Incident

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5-26-2021 California San Jose 9-1

Location

May 26, 2021

VTA Light Rail Facility
101 W Younger Ave
San Jose, California

Participants

Type: Victim
Name: Paul Delacruz Megia
Age: 42
Age Group: Adult 18+
Gender: Male
Status: Killed

Type: Victim
Name: Taptejdeep Singh
Age: 36
Age Group: Adult 18+
Gender: Male
Status: Killed

Type: Victim
Name: Adrian Balleza
Age: 29
Age Group: Adult 18+
Gender: Male
Status: Killed

Type: Victim
Name: Jose Dejesus Hernandez III
Age: 35
Age Group: Adult 18+
Gender: Male
Status: Killed

Type: Victim
Name: Timothy Michael Romo
Age: 49
Age Group: Adult 18+
Gender: Male
Status: Killed

Type: Victim
Name: Michael Joseph Rudometkin
Age: 40
Age Group: Adult 18+
Gender: Male
Status: Killed

Type: Victim
Name: Abdolvahab Alaghmandan
Age: 63
Age Group: Adult 18+
Status: Killed

Type: Victim
Name: Lars Kepler Lane
Age: 63
Age Group: Adult 18+
Gender: Male
Status: Killed

Type: Victim
Name: Alex Ward Fritch
Age: 49
Age Group: Adult 18+
Gender: Male
Status: Killed

Type: Subject-Suspect
Relationship: Co-worker
Name: Samuel Cassidy
Age: 57
Age Group: Adult 18+
Gender: Male
Status: Killed

Incident Characteristics

Shot - Dead (murder, accidental, or suicide)
Suicide^
Murder/Suicide
Officer Involved Incident
Officer Involved Shooting - subject/suspect/perpetrator killed
Officer Involved Shooting - subject/suspect/perpetrator suicide at standoff
Mass Murder (4+ deceased victims excluding the subject/suspect/perpetrator , one location)
Mass Shooting (4+ victims injured or killed excluding the subject/suspect/perpetrator, one location)
Workplace shooting (disgruntled current or former employee)

Notes

Maintenance Yard; at least 8 killed, multiple injured, employee male shooter shot self when confront by LE; Victims were targeted VTA employees

Guns Involved

3 guns involved.

Type: 9mm

Type: 9mm

Type: 9mm

Sources

URL: https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2021/05/26/san-jose-police-respond-reports-shooting-light-rail-yard/7446929002/

URL: https://abc7news.com/san-jose-shooting-vta-sjpd-santa-clara-county-sheriffs-deputies/10697622/

URL: https://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/local/police-deputies-respond-to-shooting-near-downtown-san-jose/2554847/

URL: https://twitter.com/henrykleeKTVU/status/1397612420806242305

URL: https://www.kron4.com/news/bay-area/active-shooter-investigation-at-vta-maintenance-yard-in-san-jose/

URL: https://www.mercurynews.com/2021/05/26/active-shooter-response-underway-near-san-jose-vta-light-rail-yard/

URL: https://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/2021/05/26/san-jose-vta-rail-yard-mass-shooting/

URL: https://www.ktvu.com/news/santa-clara-county-medical-examiner-coroners-office-identifies-vta-shooting-victims

URL: https://www.mercurynews.com/2021/05/27/vta-mass-shooting-sheriff-says-gunman-had-2-semi-automatic-handguns/

District

Congressional District: 19
State Senate District: 15
State House District: 27