May 26, 2021: Nine coworkers murdered at the VTA rail yard
On May 26, 2021, Samuel James Cassidy, a 57-year-old VTA substation maintainer with approximately 20 years at the agency, opened fire at the Guadalupe Division light rail yard in San Jose during a morning shift change. Nine VTA employees were killed before Cassidy died by suicide as law enforcement arrived. It was the deadliest mass shooting in San Jose's history.
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