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"content": "\u003cp>Roughly two dozen people wearing orange T-shirts marched in downtown Mountain View on Sunday to speak out against gun violence. The event, which organizers had been planning for months as part of \u003ca href=\"https://wearorange.org/\">Gun Violence Awareness Weekend\u003c/a>, happened to take place just two days after a San Diego federal judge \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/california-gun-politics-government-and-politics-3d72caa3b52667b2a450cae41a087468\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">overturned California's 32-year-old ban on assault weapons\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Volunteers with the San Jose chapter of Moms Demand Action met at Mountain View City Hall before marching down Castro Street to the Mountain View Transit Center and back. Organizers said they wore orange to honor survivors and victims of gun violence and were also marching to \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11875667/well-heal-together-more-than-a-thousand-gather-in-san-jose-to-honor-the-victims-of-the-vta-shooting\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">honor the victims of the Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority light rail yard mass shooting\u003c/a> in San Jose.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The group carried large plastic bags filled with 2,700 handmade origami boxes, each box representing a life lost to gun violence, as part of a partnership with the \u003ca href=\"https://soulboxproject.org/home\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Soul Box Project\u003c/a>, started by an artist in Portland to raise awareness of the United States' gun violence epidemic.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“You don't really know who is a survivor of this epidemic,\" said event co-organizer Rachel Michelson to the assembled volunteers, kicking off the event. \"And I think there's much more of us walking around, maybe we don't even realize it ourselves, that are indeed impacted.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://twitter.com/BayAreaJulie/status/1401582797232377856?s=20\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The soul boxes will be shipped to Portland next, and will eventually make their way to Washington, D.C., where they’ll be included in an exhibition of 200,000 other boxes on the National Mall this fall.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[pullquote size=\"medium\" align=\"right\" citation=\"Rachel Michelson, Moms Demand Action San Jose volunteer\"]'You don't really know who is a survivor of this [gun violence] epidemic. 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And the universe worked out that way.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID=news_11875667 hero='https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/05/Image-from-iOS-29-1038x576.jpg']Erin Cizina, a volunteer with the group, said she used to take the VTA light rail up and down from central to northern San Jose before the pandemic forced her, like many others, to work from home. And she said her family and her neighbors heavily rely on public transportation to get around.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The VTA has suspended light rail and bus bridge service while it recovers from the shooting, showing one of the ripple effects a mass shooting can have on a community.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It makes it extremely difficult for those people that are in between, who either don't have a vehicle or aren't yet able to drive,” Cizina said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Cizina said changing gun regulations isn’t enough. “We need to actually change the culture,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>To Cizina and the other volunteers, showing support for those affected by the VTA shooting meant being vocal and standing up against gun violence.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"In the Bay Area, we have probably the best public transit in the state,\" Cizina said. \"And we've got to maintain that. We have to support them. And whenever possible, we have to utilize the services.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11876992\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11876992\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/06/Moms-Demand-Action-MV-1-800x600.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/06/Moms-Demand-Action-MV-1-800x600.jpeg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/06/Moms-Demand-Action-MV-1-1020x765.jpeg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/06/Moms-Demand-Action-MV-1-160x120.jpeg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/06/Moms-Demand-Action-MV-1-1536x1152.jpeg 1536w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/06/Moms-Demand-Action-MV-1.jpeg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The almost 3,000 soul boxes volunteers carried as they marched through downtown Mountain View. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>To Cizina and the other volunteers, showing support for those affected by the VTA shooting meant being vocal and standing up against gun violence.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"In the Bay Area, we have probably the best public transit in the state,\" Cizina said. \"And we've got to maintain that. We have to support them. And whenever possible, we have to utilize the services.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11876992\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11876992\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/06/Moms-Demand-Action-MV-1-800x600.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/06/Moms-Demand-Action-MV-1-800x600.jpeg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/06/Moms-Demand-Action-MV-1-1020x765.jpeg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/06/Moms-Demand-Action-MV-1-160x120.jpeg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/06/Moms-Demand-Action-MV-1-1536x1152.jpeg 1536w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/06/Moms-Demand-Action-MV-1.jpeg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The almost 3,000 soul boxes volunteers carried as they marched through downtown Mountain View. Each box represent a life taken by gun violence. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of Moms Demand Action San Jose)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>As the group walked through the farmers market, they caught the attention of William Brown, a subcontractor who works at the VTA light rail yard where the shooting took place.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Brown said before the shooting, he worked at the rail yard five days a week, in the building where the shooter took his own life. He said he didn’t know any of the victims personally.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Brown said he supports red flag gun laws and more extensive background checks. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I don't think people should have 25,000 rounds of ammunition, especially with guns that can kill a lot of people really quickly,” he added.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"disqusTitle": "‘I Love You Always’: Remembering the 9 Victims of the VTA Shooting",
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"content": "\u003cp>For many of them, it was more than just a job.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"You know, many of these folks worked here for 20, 30 years. And so, yes, we do become a family,\" said George Sandoval, a maintenance operations manager at the Santa Clara County Valley Transit Authority light rail yard in San Jose, where \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11875404/official-multiple-people-killed-in-shooting-at-san-jose-vta-railyard\">a gunman on Wednesday took the lives\u003c/a> of nine of his co-workers.[pullquote align=\"right\" size=\"medium\" citation=\"Raul Peralez, San Jose City Councilmember\"]'My heart is broken. And honestly, it’s gonna take a lot of time for all of us to be able to heal.'[/pullquote]Before naming all the victims and the jobs they performed to keep the trains running, Glenn Hendricks, chair of the VTA board of directors, emphasized how close-knit this community of workers has been.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"To us here at VTA, they are friends and they are family. And we want to honor their memory,\" he said during a Thursday event at VTA headquarters to honor the victims.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I'm that unfortunate leader who lost my VTA family members,\" said Naunihal Singh, the superintendent of the rail yard. \"Words are not enough to justify the pain we are all going through.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He said his fallen workers demonstrated their strength and integrity right up until the end.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"What I’m hearing from my peers about what happened yesterday, it shows the character of those guys,\" he said, \"how they tried to save others while going through that chaotic situation.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11875687\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/05/post-graphic-victims.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-11875687\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/05/post-graphic-victims.jpg\" alt=\"Images of the victims\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/05/post-graphic-victims.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/05/post-graphic-victims-800x450.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/05/post-graphic-victims-1020x574.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/05/post-graphic-victims-160x90.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/05/post-graphic-victims-1536x864.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The nine confirmed victims of a mass shooting at a VTA light rail yard in San Jose on May 26, 2021. All nine victims were VTA employees. \u003ccite>(Photos courtesy of VTA; designed by Anna Vignet/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Evelynn Tran, VTA's acting general manager, said she was with some of the victims' families on Wednesday when they learned the fate of their loved ones.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Some of us get training on what to do when there is an active shooter event, but not about the aftermath,\" she said. \"I saw that aftermath and I saw the immense pain in the faces of the families and I heard their cries when they got the news. And it was utterly heart-wrenching. And I felt immensely helpless.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We get up every morning, safe in the belief that when we go to work, that we would come home to our family and our loved ones,\" Tran said. \"That did not happen for Abdolvahab, Adrian, Alex, Jose, Lars, Michael, Paul, Taptejdeep, Timothy.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>What follows is a brief description of all nine victims and some memories of them that will endure. These descriptions will be updated as more information is gathered.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Two separate funds had been established to assist victims' families:\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://act.wpusa.org/vta_victims_support_fund\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Working Partnerships USA Union Community Resources\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://actionnetwork.org/fundraising/the-atu-disaster-relief-fund-4/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Amalgamated Transit Union Disaster Relief Fund\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Paul Delacruz Megia, 42\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/05/post-graphic-victims_8.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-11875841\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/05/post-graphic-victims_8-160x232.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"160\" height=\"232\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/05/post-graphic-victims_8-160x232.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/05/post-graphic-victims_8.jpg 312w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 160px) 100vw, 160px\">\u003c/a>Megia always had a smile on his face, no matter what was thrown his way, said his supervisor Naunihal Singh, the rail yard's superintendent, who shared an office with him.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>First hired in 2002 as a bus operator trainee, Megia went on to serve a light rail operator, climbing the ranks to eventually become the facility's assistant superintendent. He was known for embracing challenges on the job, said Singh.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Sometimes my demands could be unreasonable, but Paul always accepted it with a smile, always willing to help his employees,\" he said. \"They seemed to reach out to him for whatever their needs were.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"He was a great friend, son, mentor to all. He was so proud of being an employee at VTA and all the accomplishments he made here,\" his wife Nicole said during a Thursday evening vigil at San Jose City Hall. \"God took my best friend too soon, and I wish I could give you one last hug and tell [you] how much I love you,\" she said, choking back tears. \"I love you always.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Megia had two sons, a daughter and a stepson, and was planning to take his family on Thursday to Disneyland, his father Leonard Megia told The New York Times. He said his son commuted to work from his home near Tracy, usually hitting the road by 4:30 a.m., but made sure to call his children every morning to check in before they started school.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"He was a wonderful dad,” he said. “He’s my son and my best friend.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Taptejdeep Singh, 36\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/05/post-graphic-victims_9.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-11875857\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/05/post-graphic-victims_9-160x235.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"160\" height=\"235\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/05/post-graphic-victims_9-160x235.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/05/post-graphic-victims_9.jpg 303w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 160px) 100vw, 160px\">\u003c/a>Born in India, Singh joined VTA in 2014 as a bus operator trainee and later became a light rail operator.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He was a hard worker who was trying to build a future for his kids, said Anmol Dhillon, his cousin. He leaves behind a wife, a 3-year-old son and a 1 1/2-year-old daughter, whom he lived with in Union City.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"He’s a great loss to the family, we can’t really get him back. At least he did what he loved,\" Dhillon said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Singh, he said, was smart and generous. Religion was very important to him, Dhillon added, noting that he volunteered and was very involved at his local Sikh temple.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>His surviving co-workers say Singh died helping them hide from the gunman.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“He told me he was with Paul (Delacruz Megia), another victim, at the time,” co-worker Sukhvir Singh, who is not related to him, said in a statement. “From what I’ve heard, he spent the last moments of his life making sure that others — in the building and elsewhere — would be able to stay safe.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At Thursday's vigil, Karmen Singh said his older brother was always there to offer help to anyone in need.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Whatever trouble I'm in, he was my first call,\" Karmen said. \"Not just mine — any of my friends needed help, any of my colleagues needed help, I told them, 'Hey, you know, I can call my brother and get an answer for you.' And that was the type of person he was.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"That's how he lived his whole life is helping others, whoever he met,\" he added.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Karmen extended that spirit to the families of the other victims.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I want to tell everybody — all the nine families that are here — that I'm here for them. That's what my brother would want me to do,\" Karmen said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Adrian Balleza, 29\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/05/post-graphic-victims_3.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-11875851\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/05/post-graphic-victims_3-160x204.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"160\" height=\"204\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/05/post-graphic-victims_3-160x204.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/05/post-graphic-victims_3.jpg 318w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 160px) 100vw, 160px\">\u003c/a>Balleza began his career at VTA in 2014 as bus operator trainee, later becoming a maintenance worker and light rail operator. He was known as the guy who tried to make the workplace more fun for everyone, said Naunihal Singh, his supervisor.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"What can I say about that gem of a person,\" he said. \"Very kindhearted.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Balleza is survived by his wife, Heather Balleza, and a 2-year-old son.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Our hearts are breaking over and over. Adrian was a kind, humble human being and he cared about everyone who surrounded him,\" Balleza's family said in statement, read by San Jose Mayor Sam Liccardo at Thursday's vigil.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"He cared about everyone who surrounded him. He lit up the room with his big smile and his goofy jokes,\" Balleza's family said. \"His proudest moment was becoming a father. Joseph [his son] was his world. It breaks my heart that he won't able to watch him grow up, take him fishing, or to his first football game.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"He had so much life left and things he wanted to do, and he was loved by so many people.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Alex Ward Fritch, 49\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/05/Adobe_20210528_150208_3.png\">\u003cimg class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-11875893\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/05/Adobe_20210528_150208_3-160x203.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"160\" height=\"203\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/05/Adobe_20210528_150208_3-160x203.png 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/05/Adobe_20210528_150208_3.png 318w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 160px) 100vw, 160px\">\u003c/a>A substation maintainer at the yard, Fritch died at a hospital late Wednesday, surrounded by his children and parents, said his wife, Terra Fritch of San Jose.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“He was our rock, my safe place to fall. He was the love of my life,” Terra told KTVU-TV.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The couple got married 20 years ago after having known each other for just six months. They were supposed to travel to Hawaii next September to renew their vows, she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>According to a GoFundMe created by his wife, Fritch was an optimistic and passionate person who loved Tiki crawls, dirt bikes, Star Wars and his family. He was the sole provider for two teenage boys.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“He always tried to look on the bright side of things. He loved Mr. Rogers. He watched him all the time. He loved the documentaries. He loved movies,\" Terra said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Terra told KTVU that she raced to the hospital after learning he had been shot. She said hospital staff moved him over in his bed so she could lie down with him.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Alex was really fighting hard. He didn’t want to go anywhere, and I didn’t want him to go,\" she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Abdolvahab Alaghmandan, 63\u003cbr>\n\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\n\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/05/post-graphic-victims_2.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-11875849\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/05/post-graphic-victims_2-160x221.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"160\" height=\"221\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/05/post-graphic-victims_2-160x221.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/05/post-graphic-victims_2.jpg 327w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 160px) 100vw, 160px\">\u003c/a>Alaghmandan, a substation maintainer, had been with VTA for 20 years. He was dedicated to his job, his son Soheil Alaghmandan, 33, told The Mercury News.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“He worked overtime. He worked through the entire pandemic,” Soheil said of his father. “He’s a tinkerer. He can fix anything.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When Megan Staker moved to San Francisco from Des Moines in 2018 with her boyfriend Soheil, he took her home to meet his parents at their Castro Valley home, she told the San Francisco Chronicle.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Right away Abdi, as Alaghmandan was known, “became like a second father to me,” she said. “He brought so much joy and laughter to our lives.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“He was stolen from us,” she added. “Our hearts are broken forever.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Jose Dejesus Hernandez III, 35\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/05/post-graphic-victims_5.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-11875848\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/05/post-graphic-victims_5-160x238.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"160\" height=\"238\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/05/post-graphic-victims_5-160x238.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/05/post-graphic-victims_5.jpg 301w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 160px) 100vw, 160px\">\u003c/a>Hernandez could fix anything, loved his hobbies and lived life with zest, according to his family.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"He was somebody who was so fair. A very, very fair person and always leaning to the right side of things, always looking for the right thing to do,\" said his father, Jesus Hernandez II, a retired VTA employee. \"He was a really good guy, a great kid, and now he’s gone.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jose’s former wife, Sarah, said waiting to find out what happened Wednesday was torturous. She tried to channel her former husband's logic and calm.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I just tried to be very logical and think, 'Thousands of people work there, there’s no way, let’s just wait to hear and not get worked up, I’m sure he’s fine, I’m sure he’s on scene and he can’t have his phone,'\" she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Michael Joseph Rudometkin, 40\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/05/post-graphic-victims_7.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-11875856\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/05/post-graphic-victims_7-160x229.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"160\" height=\"229\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/05/post-graphic-victims_7-160x229.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/05/post-graphic-victims_7.jpg 312w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 160px) 100vw, 160px\">\u003c/a>Known as \"Mikey\" to his close friends, Rudometkin started working for VTA in 2013 as a mechanic, later becoming an overhead line worker.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"My heart is broken. And honestly, it’s gonna take a lot of time for all of us to be able to heal,” said Raul Peralez, a close friend.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Peralez, a San Jose City Councilmember, rushed to the rail yard on Wednesday morning, only to discover that Rudometkin was one of the victims of the deadly rampage.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In a \u003ca href=\"https://www.facebook.com/raulrperalez/\">Facebook message\u003c/a> posted later that day, Peralez said he and Rudometkin had been planning their next golfing outing together.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Now that will never happen again,\" he said. “My family and I have lost a long-time great friend and there are no words to describe the heartache we are feeling right now, especially for his family.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Timothy Michael Romo, 49\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/05/post-graphic-victims_10.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-11875847\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/05/post-graphic-victims_10-160x244.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"160\" height=\"244\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/05/post-graphic-victims_10-160x244.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/05/post-graphic-victims_10.jpg 302w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 160px) 100vw, 160px\">\u003c/a>An overhead line worker, Romo had been at VTA for 20 years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He grew up in the Central Coast town of Greenfield, where his father, Mike Romo, was the mayor and police chief for many years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Romo is survived by his wife, Annette, and three children, Audrey, Scott and Tristan.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At Thursday's vigil, Romo's children conveyed how much their father meant to them.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"All my friends loved being around him,\" said Audrey, his daughter. \"Almost every time I talked to my dad, he'd always say, 'Who is my favorite little girl?' And I'd always respond, 'I'm your only little girl.' \"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"He was the funniest man I know,\" she added. \"I'm going to miss him every day.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Scott Romo described his dad as his hero.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"[He was] everything I ever wanted to be as a man,\" he said. \"And he led by example with everything he did.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Lars Kepler Lane, 63\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/05/post-graphic-victims_6.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-11875855\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/05/post-graphic-victims_6-160x238.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"160\" height=\"238\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/05/post-graphic-victims_6-160x238.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/05/post-graphic-victims_6.jpg 298w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 160px) 100vw, 160px\">\u003c/a>Vicki Lane, Lars' wife, said he was her “soul mate” and the love of her life. They had been married for 22 years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He came to VTA 20 years ago, working as an electro-mechanic and then an overhead line worker.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lane leaves behind his four children, grandchildren and a dog he doted on, Vicki said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>His 64th birthday was this coming weekend.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>This post includes reporting from KQED's Holly J. McDede, MJ Johnson, Ezra David Romero, Gabriella Frenes, Julie Chang and Michelle Wiley, with additional content from The Associated Press.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>Before naming all the victims and the jobs they performed to keep the trains running, Glenn Hendricks, chair of the VTA board of directors, emphasized how close-knit this community of workers has been.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"To us here at VTA, they are friends and they are family. And we want to honor their memory,\" he said during a Thursday event at VTA headquarters to honor the victims.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I'm that unfortunate leader who lost my VTA family members,\" said Naunihal Singh, the superintendent of the rail yard. \"Words are not enough to justify the pain we are all going through.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He said his fallen workers demonstrated their strength and integrity right up until the end.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"What I’m hearing from my peers about what happened yesterday, it shows the character of those guys,\" he said, \"how they tried to save others while going through that chaotic situation.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11875687\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/05/post-graphic-victims.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-11875687\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/05/post-graphic-victims.jpg\" alt=\"Images of the victims\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/05/post-graphic-victims.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/05/post-graphic-victims-800x450.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/05/post-graphic-victims-1020x574.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/05/post-graphic-victims-160x90.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/05/post-graphic-victims-1536x864.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The nine confirmed victims of a mass shooting at a VTA light rail yard in San Jose on May 26, 2021. All nine victims were VTA employees. \u003ccite>(Photos courtesy of VTA; designed by Anna Vignet/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Evelynn Tran, VTA's acting general manager, said she was with some of the victims' families on Wednesday when they learned the fate of their loved ones.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Some of us get training on what to do when there is an active shooter event, but not about the aftermath,\" she said. \"I saw that aftermath and I saw the immense pain in the faces of the families and I heard their cries when they got the news. And it was utterly heart-wrenching. And I felt immensely helpless.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We get up every morning, safe in the belief that when we go to work, that we would come home to our family and our loved ones,\" Tran said. \"That did not happen for Abdolvahab, Adrian, Alex, Jose, Lars, Michael, Paul, Taptejdeep, Timothy.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>What follows is a brief description of all nine victims and some memories of them that will endure. These descriptions will be updated as more information is gathered.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Two separate funds had been established to assist victims' families:\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://act.wpusa.org/vta_victims_support_fund\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Working Partnerships USA Union Community Resources\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://actionnetwork.org/fundraising/the-atu-disaster-relief-fund-4/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Amalgamated Transit Union Disaster Relief Fund\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Paul Delacruz Megia, 42\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/05/post-graphic-victims_8.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-11875841\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/05/post-graphic-victims_8-160x232.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"160\" height=\"232\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/05/post-graphic-victims_8-160x232.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/05/post-graphic-victims_8.jpg 312w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 160px) 100vw, 160px\">\u003c/a>Megia always had a smile on his face, no matter what was thrown his way, said his supervisor Naunihal Singh, the rail yard's superintendent, who shared an office with him.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>First hired in 2002 as a bus operator trainee, Megia went on to serve a light rail operator, climbing the ranks to eventually become the facility's assistant superintendent. He was known for embracing challenges on the job, said Singh.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Sometimes my demands could be unreasonable, but Paul always accepted it with a smile, always willing to help his employees,\" he said. \"They seemed to reach out to him for whatever their needs were.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"He was a great friend, son, mentor to all. He was so proud of being an employee at VTA and all the accomplishments he made here,\" his wife Nicole said during a Thursday evening vigil at San Jose City Hall. \"God took my best friend too soon, and I wish I could give you one last hug and tell [you] how much I love you,\" she said, choking back tears. \"I love you always.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Megia had two sons, a daughter and a stepson, and was planning to take his family on Thursday to Disneyland, his father Leonard Megia told The New York Times. He said his son commuted to work from his home near Tracy, usually hitting the road by 4:30 a.m., but made sure to call his children every morning to check in before they started school.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"He was a wonderful dad,” he said. “He’s my son and my best friend.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Taptejdeep Singh, 36\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/05/post-graphic-victims_9.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-11875857\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/05/post-graphic-victims_9-160x235.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"160\" height=\"235\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/05/post-graphic-victims_9-160x235.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/05/post-graphic-victims_9.jpg 303w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 160px) 100vw, 160px\">\u003c/a>Born in India, Singh joined VTA in 2014 as a bus operator trainee and later became a light rail operator.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He was a hard worker who was trying to build a future for his kids, said Anmol Dhillon, his cousin. He leaves behind a wife, a 3-year-old son and a 1 1/2-year-old daughter, whom he lived with in Union City.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"He’s a great loss to the family, we can’t really get him back. At least he did what he loved,\" Dhillon said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Singh, he said, was smart and generous. Religion was very important to him, Dhillon added, noting that he volunteered and was very involved at his local Sikh temple.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>His surviving co-workers say Singh died helping them hide from the gunman.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“He told me he was with Paul (Delacruz Megia), another victim, at the time,” co-worker Sukhvir Singh, who is not related to him, said in a statement. “From what I’ve heard, he spent the last moments of his life making sure that others — in the building and elsewhere — would be able to stay safe.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At Thursday's vigil, Karmen Singh said his older brother was always there to offer help to anyone in need.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Whatever trouble I'm in, he was my first call,\" Karmen said. \"Not just mine — any of my friends needed help, any of my colleagues needed help, I told them, 'Hey, you know, I can call my brother and get an answer for you.' And that was the type of person he was.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"That's how he lived his whole life is helping others, whoever he met,\" he added.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Karmen extended that spirit to the families of the other victims.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I want to tell everybody — all the nine families that are here — that I'm here for them. That's what my brother would want me to do,\" Karmen said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Adrian Balleza, 29\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/05/post-graphic-victims_3.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-11875851\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/05/post-graphic-victims_3-160x204.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"160\" height=\"204\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/05/post-graphic-victims_3-160x204.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/05/post-graphic-victims_3.jpg 318w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 160px) 100vw, 160px\">\u003c/a>Balleza began his career at VTA in 2014 as bus operator trainee, later becoming a maintenance worker and light rail operator. He was known as the guy who tried to make the workplace more fun for everyone, said Naunihal Singh, his supervisor.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"What can I say about that gem of a person,\" he said. \"Very kindhearted.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Balleza is survived by his wife, Heather Balleza, and a 2-year-old son.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Our hearts are breaking over and over. Adrian was a kind, humble human being and he cared about everyone who surrounded him,\" Balleza's family said in statement, read by San Jose Mayor Sam Liccardo at Thursday's vigil.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"He cared about everyone who surrounded him. He lit up the room with his big smile and his goofy jokes,\" Balleza's family said. \"His proudest moment was becoming a father. Joseph [his son] was his world. It breaks my heart that he won't able to watch him grow up, take him fishing, or to his first football game.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"He had so much life left and things he wanted to do, and he was loved by so many people.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Alex Ward Fritch, 49\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/05/Adobe_20210528_150208_3.png\">\u003cimg class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-11875893\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/05/Adobe_20210528_150208_3-160x203.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"160\" height=\"203\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/05/Adobe_20210528_150208_3-160x203.png 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/05/Adobe_20210528_150208_3.png 318w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 160px) 100vw, 160px\">\u003c/a>A substation maintainer at the yard, Fritch died at a hospital late Wednesday, surrounded by his children and parents, said his wife, Terra Fritch of San Jose.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“He was our rock, my safe place to fall. He was the love of my life,” Terra told KTVU-TV.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The couple got married 20 years ago after having known each other for just six months. They were supposed to travel to Hawaii next September to renew their vows, she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>According to a GoFundMe created by his wife, Fritch was an optimistic and passionate person who loved Tiki crawls, dirt bikes, Star Wars and his family. He was the sole provider for two teenage boys.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“He always tried to look on the bright side of things. He loved Mr. Rogers. He watched him all the time. He loved the documentaries. He loved movies,\" Terra said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Terra told KTVU that she raced to the hospital after learning he had been shot. She said hospital staff moved him over in his bed so she could lie down with him.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Alex was really fighting hard. He didn’t want to go anywhere, and I didn’t want him to go,\" she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Abdolvahab Alaghmandan, 63\u003cbr>\n\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\n\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/05/post-graphic-victims_2.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-11875849\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/05/post-graphic-victims_2-160x221.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"160\" height=\"221\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/05/post-graphic-victims_2-160x221.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/05/post-graphic-victims_2.jpg 327w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 160px) 100vw, 160px\">\u003c/a>Alaghmandan, a substation maintainer, had been with VTA for 20 years. He was dedicated to his job, his son Soheil Alaghmandan, 33, told The Mercury News.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“He worked overtime. He worked through the entire pandemic,” Soheil said of his father. “He’s a tinkerer. He can fix anything.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When Megan Staker moved to San Francisco from Des Moines in 2018 with her boyfriend Soheil, he took her home to meet his parents at their Castro Valley home, she told the San Francisco Chronicle.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Right away Abdi, as Alaghmandan was known, “became like a second father to me,” she said. “He brought so much joy and laughter to our lives.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“He was stolen from us,” she added. “Our hearts are broken forever.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Jose Dejesus Hernandez III, 35\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/05/post-graphic-victims_5.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-11875848\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/05/post-graphic-victims_5-160x238.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"160\" height=\"238\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/05/post-graphic-victims_5-160x238.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/05/post-graphic-victims_5.jpg 301w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 160px) 100vw, 160px\">\u003c/a>Hernandez could fix anything, loved his hobbies and lived life with zest, according to his family.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"He was somebody who was so fair. A very, very fair person and always leaning to the right side of things, always looking for the right thing to do,\" said his father, Jesus Hernandez II, a retired VTA employee. \"He was a really good guy, a great kid, and now he’s gone.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jose’s former wife, Sarah, said waiting to find out what happened Wednesday was torturous. She tried to channel her former husband's logic and calm.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I just tried to be very logical and think, 'Thousands of people work there, there’s no way, let’s just wait to hear and not get worked up, I’m sure he’s fine, I’m sure he’s on scene and he can’t have his phone,'\" she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Michael Joseph Rudometkin, 40\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/05/post-graphic-victims_7.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-11875856\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/05/post-graphic-victims_7-160x229.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"160\" height=\"229\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/05/post-graphic-victims_7-160x229.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/05/post-graphic-victims_7.jpg 312w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 160px) 100vw, 160px\">\u003c/a>Known as \"Mikey\" to his close friends, Rudometkin started working for VTA in 2013 as a mechanic, later becoming an overhead line worker.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"My heart is broken. And honestly, it’s gonna take a lot of time for all of us to be able to heal,” said Raul Peralez, a close friend.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Peralez, a San Jose City Councilmember, rushed to the rail yard on Wednesday morning, only to discover that Rudometkin was one of the victims of the deadly rampage.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In a \u003ca href=\"https://www.facebook.com/raulrperalez/\">Facebook message\u003c/a> posted later that day, Peralez said he and Rudometkin had been planning their next golfing outing together.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Now that will never happen again,\" he said. “My family and I have lost a long-time great friend and there are no words to describe the heartache we are feeling right now, especially for his family.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Timothy Michael Romo, 49\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/05/post-graphic-victims_10.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-11875847\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/05/post-graphic-victims_10-160x244.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"160\" height=\"244\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/05/post-graphic-victims_10-160x244.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/05/post-graphic-victims_10.jpg 302w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 160px) 100vw, 160px\">\u003c/a>An overhead line worker, Romo had been at VTA for 20 years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He grew up in the Central Coast town of Greenfield, where his father, Mike Romo, was the mayor and police chief for many years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Romo is survived by his wife, Annette, and three children, Audrey, Scott and Tristan.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At Thursday's vigil, Romo's children conveyed how much their father meant to them.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"All my friends loved being around him,\" said Audrey, his daughter. \"Almost every time I talked to my dad, he'd always say, 'Who is my favorite little girl?' 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"content": "\u003cp>Outside of San Jose City Hall Plaza Thursday evening, more than 1,000 people gathered to mourn the lives of nine individuals killed in a mass shooting earlier this week.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’ve been apart for more than a year, through a year of pandemic and isolation and tragedy. But today, we’re here together as one community,\" said San Jose Mayor Sam Liccardo.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Throughout the vigil, speakers highlighted the importance of the community coming together and supporting each other through this difficult time.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Healing for many will be a long, difficult path,\" Liccardo said. \"We’re here to express our commitment to one another, to walk with our forlorn friends and family on that long road to healing. We’re here to express a singular message in our community: We will heal and we’ll heal together.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://twitter.com/BayAreaJulie/status/1398076327681351686?s=20\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Early Wednesday morning, a gunman opened fire at a Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority rail yard in San Jose, killing at least nine employees before killing himself.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>By late that evening, the Santa Clara County Office of the Medical Examiner-Coroner had identified the nine deceased victims — including 49-year-old Alex Fritch, who had been hospitalized in critical condition after the attack and later died from his injuries.\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>Paul Delacruz Megia, 42\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Taptejdeep Singh, 36\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Adrian Balleza, 29\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Jose Dejesus Hernandez III, 35\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Timothy Michael Romo, 49\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Michael Joseph Rudometkin, 40\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Abdolvahab Alaghmandan, 63\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Lars Kepler Lane, 63\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Alex Ward Fritch, 49\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11875777\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 1922px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-11875777\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/05/IMG_2067-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1922\" height=\"2560\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/05/IMG_2067-scaled.jpg 1922w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/05/IMG_2067-800x1066.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/05/IMG_2067-1020x1359.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/05/IMG_2067-160x213.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/05/IMG_2067-1153x1536.jpg 1153w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/05/IMG_2067-1538x2048.jpg 1538w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/05/IMG_2067-1920x2557.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1922px) 100vw, 1922px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Timothy Romo's family embraces after speaking at a vigil Thursday night. Romo is survived by his wife and three children. \u003ccite>(Julie Chang/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>At the Thursday vigil, relatives of some of the victims spoke about their lives and the impact they had on everyone around them.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The family of Timothy Romo described him as the \"funniest\" and \"smartest\" person they knew.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Almost every time I'd talk to my dad, he'd always say, 'Who is my favorite little girl?' And I'd always respond, 'I'm your only little girl,' \" Romo's daughter Audrey said. \"I'm going to miss him every day.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In a statement read by Liccardo, Adrian Balleza's wife, Heather, and his family, said he was a \"kind, humble human being.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"He had so much life left and things he wanted to do, and he was loved by so many people,\" the statement said. \"I want to reach out to the other families involved and let them know that we are grieving with you.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Taptejdeep Singh's brother, Karmen Singh, described his sibling as someone who could always be reached out to for help.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He said his older brother's colleagues told him that when Taptejdeep Singh heard gunshots, \"his first reaction was to tell other people, 'Hey, run to safety.' \" \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"That's who he was,\" Karmen Singh said. \"That's how he lived his whole life, is helping others.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And he extended that spirit to the families of the other victims.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I want to tell everybody — all the nine families that are here — that I'm here for them. That's what my brother would want me to do,\" Karmen Singh said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11875759\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2560px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-11875759\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/05/IMG_1208-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1920\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/05/IMG_1208-scaled.jpg 2560w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/05/IMG_1208-800x600.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/05/IMG_1208-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/05/IMG_1208-160x120.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/05/IMG_1208-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/05/IMG_1208-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/05/IMG_1208-1920x1440.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Hundreds gather in San Jose Thursday night to mourn the lives of nine people who were killed in a mass shooting this week. \u003ccite>(Marnette Federis/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>San Jose resident Karla Chavez said she attended the vigil Thursday night to show support for the community. She said she used to ride the VTA and was shocked when she heard about the shooting.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"You wake up every day thinking you're going to go to work, like a normal day and things like this happen,\" Chavez said. \"No one ever gets prepared to live something like this.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Elizabeth Whitfield, who grew up in San Jose, said she didn't know what else to do and wanted to be with her community.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I want the families to feel like they have support behind them and that we care because it matters,\" Whitfield said. \"To be honest with you, it feels really powerless when this kind of thing happens.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11875773\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-11875773\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/05/Image-from-iOS-30-scaled-e1622180955354.jpg\" alt=\"Signs placed at the vigil highlight the impact of VTA employees in the community, and express solidarity with the victims' families\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1440\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Speakers at the vigil highlighted the need for the community to come together and support each other through this difficult time. \u003ccite>(Julie Chang/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>On Thursday afternoon, the Medical Examiner-Coroner's Office confirmed the identity of the shooter, also an employee at the VTA facility. No motive for the attack has been announced.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Around the same time the attack took place, firefighters rushed to the shooter's home to put out a two-alarm blaze. Authorities still have not confirmed if the two incidents are related. At the house, authorities said they found bomb-making materials, prompting a search of the entire VTA rail site.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The shooting began while a meeting for members of the union that represents VTA workers was taking place. Officials said it's unclear if the the attack was related to the meeting. More than 100 people were present at the facility at the time, officials said. 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And I'd always respond, 'I'm your only little girl,' \" Romo's daughter Audrey said. \"I'm going to miss him every day.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In a statement read by Liccardo, Adrian Balleza's wife, Heather, and his family, said he was a \"kind, humble human being.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"He had so much life left and things he wanted to do, and he was loved by so many people,\" the statement said. \"I want to reach out to the other families involved and let them know that we are grieving with you.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Taptejdeep Singh's brother, Karmen Singh, described his sibling as someone who could always be reached out to for help.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He said his older brother's colleagues told him that when Taptejdeep Singh heard gunshots, \"his first reaction was to tell other people, 'Hey, run to safety.' \" \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"That's who he was,\" Karmen Singh said. \"That's how he lived his whole life, is helping others.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And he extended that spirit to the families of the other victims.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I want to tell everybody — all the nine families that are here — that I'm here for them. 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No motive for the attack has been announced.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Around the same time the attack took place, firefighters rushed to the shooter's home to put out a two-alarm blaze. Authorities still have not confirmed if the two incidents are related. At the house, authorities said they found bomb-making materials, prompting a search of the entire VTA rail site.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The shooting began while a meeting for members of the union that represents VTA workers was taking place. Officials said it's unclear if the the attack was related to the meeting. More than 100 people were present at the facility at the time, officials said. \u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>Workplace mass shootings are rare, but the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11875404/official-multiple-people-killed-in-shooting-at-san-jose-vta-railyard\">killing of nine people\u003c/a> by a fellow employee at a San Jose rail yard on Wednesday marks the third such rampage in under two months.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That could foreshadow a rise in this type of violence after the nationwide shutdown of businesses resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic, says Jaclyn Schildkraut, associate professor of criminal justice at the State University of New York at Oswego.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>However, Schildkraut stresses that while such shootings \"are increasing incrementally in frequency, they're still extremely statistically rare.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On Wednesday, authorities say, a public transit employee opened fire on co-workers at the Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority, killing eight people and injuring others before taking his own life. A ninth victim who had been wounded and hospitalized in critical condition after the attack died late Wednesday. The suspect, who reportedly killed himself following the attack, was identified in multiple reports as a 57-year-old VTA employee. A motive is still unknown.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The attack comes on the heels of a similar shooting in Indianapolis on April 15 in which a former FedEx worker also \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2021/04/16/987929888/9-killed-others-injured-in-shooting-at-fedex-warehouse-in-indianapolis\">killed eight people\u003c/a> before killing himself. That was reported to be the deadliest workplace massacre since a brewery employee gunned down \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2020/02/26/809762360/multiple-fatalities-in-shooting-at-molson-coors-brewing-headquarters-in-milwauke\">five people\u003c/a> at the Molson Coors campus in Milwaukee in February 2020, shortly before the pandemic shutdown.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>About a week before the Indiana shooting, a gunman killed one person and wounded five others in an ambush at a cabinet manufacturing facility in Bryan, Texas, where he worked. He survived and was arrested.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>More People Are Returning to Work\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>A \u003ca href=\"https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2020/02/27/milwaukee-shooting-molson-coors-workplace-mass-shootings-rare/4890864002/\">database \u003c/a>compiled by The Associated Press, USA Today and Northeastern University found that between 2006 and February 2020, there had been 13 mass workplace shootings carried out by a current or former employee — roughly one a year on average.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"The reason they seem more frequent right now is because we haven't had them really for the last year because of COVID,\" Schildkraut says. Such restrictions have also served to limit opportunities for potential shooters \"because it reduces the available targets for a person,\" she says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Now that much of the country is returning to work, we're seeing an uptick in these events in the sense that they're now out there because people are back out there,\" she says.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Shooters May Have Had Time to Plan\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Another reason we may see more workplace attacks is that potential perpetrators, who've likely been in isolation over the past year, have had time to plan, Schildkraut notes. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"One of the things that we know about shooters, especially those who target schools or other specific public spaces, is that they don't usually wake up and snap.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There are as yet few details about the person who carried out the latest shooting in San Jose. But Schildkraut says, \"It's very unlikely that the individual woke up this morning and said, 'It's Wednesday, I'm going to go and commit a mass shooting.' \"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At the very least, some planning goes into committing these acts of violence, she says, \"and so when we think about the pandemic and this idea of opportunity, not only did we remove the opportunity for the crime to occur, but we gave them more opportunity to plan.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside label='Related Coverage' tag='san-jose-shooting']\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>There's Been an Overall Rise in Shootings\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Although definitions vary by agency or organization, the independent research group\u003ca href=\"https://www.gunviolencearchive.org/\"> Gun Violence Archive\u003c/a> reports there have been 15 mass murders in 2021. But only the incidents already detailed were committed by an existing or former employee in the workplace. A third assault in an \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2021/04/01/983301503/4-killed-in-shooting-at-office-building-in-california\">office park\u003c/a> in Orange, California, involved a man who had a \"business and personal relationship\" with many of the nine people he killed, but he did not appear to have been directly affiliated with the company he targeted.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The archive \u003ca href=\"https://www.gunviolencearchive.org/methodology\">defines\u003c/a> mass murder as any instance in which four or more people are fatally shot in a single event, which is why it excludes the Texas shooting where only one person was killed. And it differentiates between mass murders and mass shootings, which it counts as when four or more individuals are shot or killed in a single event. According to those parameters, there have been 232 of those since the start of the year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"It appears as if a tsunami of gun violence has hit parts of the nation,\" Robert McCrie, deputy chair of the Department of Security, Fire and Emergency Management at John Jay College of Criminal Justice said, citing a national rise in shootings over the past year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Like Schildkraut, McCrie — who has written about mass homicides in the workplace — believes the spike we've been experiencing can be attributed to the pandemic. \"It has had a pervasive effect on behavior, releasing inhibitions of fragile populations in ways that we have not seen before,\" McCrie said.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>They Follow a Similar Pattern\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Workplace mass shootings often follow a similar pattern, according to Seamus McGraw, author of \"From a Taller Tower: The Rise of the American Mass Shooter.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>These shooters use multiple weapons that they have often acquired only shortly before a planned shooting, he says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"They're usually acquired within the last couple of months as part of the preparation for this sort of thing,\" McGraw says, adding that similar behavior extends to nearly all mass shooters. \"They either began or accelerated their collection of weapons\" when they started seriously planning the violent event.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Whether the shooters survive to explain the \"why\" of their actions or die without leaving behind an explicit rationalization, they tend to share similar motivations, according to Schildkraut.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She says that typical \"precipitating factors\" are that the perpetrators \"feel ostracized by co-workers or maybe they feel like they've been bullied or slighted in some way or maybe passed up for promotion.\" \u003c/p>\n\u003cdiv class=\"fullattribution\">Copyright 2021 NPR. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>There's Been an Overall Rise in Shootings\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Although definitions vary by agency or organization, the independent research group\u003ca href=\"https://www.gunviolencearchive.org/\"> Gun Violence Archive\u003c/a> reports there have been 15 mass murders in 2021. But only the incidents already detailed were committed by an existing or former employee in the workplace. A third assault in an \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2021/04/01/983301503/4-killed-in-shooting-at-office-building-in-california\">office park\u003c/a> in Orange, California, involved a man who had a \"business and personal relationship\" with many of the nine people he killed, but he did not appear to have been directly affiliated with the company he targeted.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The archive \u003ca href=\"https://www.gunviolencearchive.org/methodology\">defines\u003c/a> mass murder as any instance in which four or more people are fatally shot in a single event, which is why it excludes the Texas shooting where only one person was killed. And it differentiates between mass murders and mass shootings, which it counts as when four or more individuals are shot or killed in a single event. According to those parameters, there have been 232 of those since the start of the year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"It appears as if a tsunami of gun violence has hit parts of the nation,\" Robert McCrie, deputy chair of the Department of Security, Fire and Emergency Management at John Jay College of Criminal Justice said, citing a national rise in shootings over the past year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Like Schildkraut, McCrie — who has written about mass homicides in the workplace — believes the spike we've been experiencing can be attributed to the pandemic. \"It has had a pervasive effect on behavior, releasing inhibitions of fragile populations in ways that we have not seen before,\" McCrie said.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>They Follow a Similar Pattern\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Workplace mass shootings often follow a similar pattern, according to Seamus McGraw, author of \"From a Taller Tower: The Rise of the American Mass Shooter.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>These shooters use multiple weapons that they have often acquired only shortly before a planned shooting, he says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"They're usually acquired within the last couple of months as part of the preparation for this sort of thing,\" McGraw says, adding that similar behavior extends to nearly all mass shooters. \"They either began or accelerated their collection of weapons\" when they started seriously planning the violent event.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Whether the shooters survive to explain the \"why\" of their actions or die without leaving behind an explicit rationalization, they tend to share similar motivations, according to Schildkraut.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She says that typical \"precipitating factors\" are that the perpetrators \"feel ostracized by co-workers or maybe they feel like they've been bullied or slighted in some way or maybe passed up for promotion.\" \u003c/p>\n\u003cdiv class=\"fullattribution\">Copyright 2021 NPR. To see more, visit \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org\">NPR.org\u003c/a>.\u003cimg src=\"https://www.google-analytics.com/__utm.gif?utmac=UA-5828686-4&utmdt=We%27re+Seeing+A+Spike+In+Workplace+Shootings.+Here%27s+Why&utme=8(APIKey)9(MDAxOTAwOTE4MDEyMTkxMDAzNjczZDljZA004)\">\u003c/div>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
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"content": "\u003cp>\u003cem>Updated 4:30 p.m. Thursday\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Santa Clara County officials on Thursday confirmed the identity of a gunman who opened fire Wednesday morning at a Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority rail yard in San Jose, killing at least nine VTA employees before turning the gun on himself. The Santa Clara County Office of the Medical Examiner-Coroner identified Samuel James Cassidy, 57, a VTA employee, as the shooter. Previous reports identifying Cassidy were attributed to unnamed law enforcement sources.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The shooting took place at a VTA light rail facility which includes a transit control center, parking for trains and a maintenance yard at 101 W. Younger Ave., across Highway 87 from San Jose International Airport. Officers from the Santa Clara County Sheriff's Office and San Jose Police Department rushed to the scene after receiving 911 calls of shots fired around 6:30 a.m., officials said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[pullquote size=\"medium\" align=\"right\" citation=\"Glenn Hendricks, chair of the VTA board of directors\"]'A horrible tragedy has happened today ... VTA is a family. People in the organization know everyone. We will do everything that we can to help people get through this.'[/pullquote]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On Wednesday evening, the Medical Examiner-Coroner's Office initially identified eight of the deceased victims. Later that night, it confirmed the death of a ninth victim, who had been hospitalized in critical condition after the attack.\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>Paul Delacruz Megia, 42\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Taptejdeep Singh, 36\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Adrian Balleza, 29\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Jose Dejesus Hernandez III, 35\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Timothy Michael Romo, 49\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Michael Joseph Rudometkin, 40\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Abdolvahab Alaghmandan, 63\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Lars Kepler Lane, 63\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Alex Ward Fritch, 49\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>Their jobs included bus and light rail operators, mechanics, linemen and assistant superintendent. One had worked for the transit authority since 1999.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://twitter.com/VTA/status/1397970095649878022?s=20\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>San Jose City Councilmember Raul Peralez said Michael Rudometkin, one of the victims, was a close friend.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"There are no words to describe the heartache we are feeling right now, especially for his family,\" Peralez wrote on Facebook. \"Eight families are feeling this same sense of loss tonight and our entire community is mourning as well.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The gunman appeared to target some of the victims, Santa Clara County Sheriff Laurie Smith said on Thursday. She said he reportedly told at least one person: \"I’m not going to shoot you,\" before opening fire.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"So I imagine there was some kind of thought on who he wanted to shoot,\" Smith said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Members of a union representing VTA workers were meeting when the shooting began, officials said, but it’s unclear if the meeting was related to the attack. More than 100 people were reportedly in the facility at the time.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When transit authority mechanic Rochelle Hawkins heard shots, she said she dropped her phone and ran.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I was running so fast, I just ran for my life,” she said. “I would hope everyone would just pray for the VTA family. Just pray for us.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11875449\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-11875449\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/05/RS49526_GettyImages-1233119987-qut.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/05/RS49526_GettyImages-1233119987-qut.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/05/RS49526_GettyImages-1233119987-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/05/RS49526_GettyImages-1233119987-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/05/RS49526_GettyImages-1233119987-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/05/RS49526_GettyImages-1233119987-qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Emergency responders gather at a Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority rail yard in San Jose on May 26, 2021, where an early morning mass shooting left at least nine people dead, including the suspect. \u003ccite>(Amy Osborne/AFP via Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>While there are no cameras inside the rail yard's two buildings, Smith said footage captured the gunman moving from one location to the next, with victims found in both buildings. It took deputies six minutes from the first 911 calls to find the body of the gunman on the third floor of one of the buildings, who she said had killed himself as deputies closed in.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"When our deputies went through the door, initially [the shooter] was still firing rounds,\" Smith told reporters, noting that there was no exchange of gunfire with law enforcement. \"I know for sure that when the suspect knew that law enforcement was there, he took his own life.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Authorities do not yet know whether the gunman had worked regularly with any of the victims. Investigators were serving search warrants for his home and cellphone, seeking to determine what prompted the bloodshed, the sheriff said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID=news_11875490 hero='https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/05/GettyImages-1233126939-1020x680.jpg']The attacker used three handguns — all of which were legally registered to him — and likely fired dozens of rounds during the rampage, according to Craig D. Fair, an FBI agent based in San Francisco.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Fair told KQED Thursday that officers recovered 11 fully loaded magazines on the gunman's belt, and noted that multiple expended 15-round magazines were also found at the scene, which are illegal for civilian use in California.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Investigators, he said, are now examining five different areas within the facility that the gunman appears to have gone through during the attack.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"There’s two primary buildings involved,\" Fair said. \"Victims were found in both of those buildings. Some of those rooms were very small.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"At this point, we do not know what the motive is. We do not know conclusively what drove him to this act,” Fair said. “I think it’s important to note that in an active shooter scenario, very rarely does somebody just snap. There is a reasonably lengthy ramp-up period of mobilization, a period of planning, a period where they obtain weapons.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And during that process, long before the attack happens, Fair said, they are often showing “pre-attack indicators that are overt and they’re observable to the public, to the community, to law enforcement, to mental health professionals, to educators.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Immediately after receiving the first 911 calls, multiple local agencies initiated a rescue task force as part of the county's active shooting protocol to assist victims and provide medical aid, said Deputy Russell Davis, a sheriff's spokesperson, on Wednesday. Federal agents from the FBI and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives were also investigating the incident, he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While recognizing the enormity of the tragedy, Davis said many lives were saved due to the preparedness of local law enforcement agencies.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I'll tell you this, with the training that we've been doing with our active shooter protocol, this could have been a lot worse of a situation,\" he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11875543\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1492px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-11875543\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/05/Image-from-iOS-7.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1492\" height=\"995\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/05/Image-from-iOS-7.jpg 1492w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/05/Image-from-iOS-7-800x534.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/05/Image-from-iOS-7-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/05/Image-from-iOS-7-160x107.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1492px) 100vw, 1492px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Deputy Russell Davis (center), a Santa Clara County Sheriff's Office spokesperson, prepares to speak during a press briefing on a shooting at a VTA rail yard in San Jose on Wednesday, May 26, 2021. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>On Wednesday, a bomb squad had also been called in to search the entire rail complex after finding evidence of possible explosive devices, Davis added.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At nearly the same time the first 911 calls came in from the rail yard, \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/SJFD/status/1397555853360713731\">San Jose firefighters rushed\u003c/a> to a two-alarm fire at the gunman's home about 9 miles away.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Smith said the gunman also appeared to have set a timer or slow-burn device to set his home on fire.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I’m not sure we’ll ever actually find the real motive, but we’ll piece it together as much as we can from witnesses,\" Smith said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Footage from a neighbor's security camera captured the gunman at 5:40 a.m. on Wednesday leaving his home and loading a large black duffel bag into his white pickup truck. He was wearing a uniform with reflective stripes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>His ex-wife, Cecilia Nelms, said he had a bad temper and would tell her that he wanted to kill people at work, \"but I never believed him, and it never happened. Until now.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Nelms, teary-eyed and shaken by the news, said her ex-husband would come home wound up and angry about things that happened at work. As he talked about it, \"he would get more mad,\" she said. \"He could dwell on things.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>FBI and ATF agents on Wednesday said they expanded the safety perimeter around the gunman's home on the 1100 block of Angmar Court after finding ammunition inside, and were using robots to search for explosives.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11875545\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-11875545\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/05/RS49528_GettyImages-1233121455-qut.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/05/RS49528_GettyImages-1233121455-qut.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/05/RS49528_GettyImages-1233121455-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/05/RS49528_GettyImages-1233121455-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/05/RS49528_GettyImages-1233121455-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/05/RS49528_GettyImages-1233121455-qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Emergency responders and the San Jose Bomb Squad deploy a robot to search for explosives at a home on the 1100 block of Angmar Court after finding ammunition inside following a two-alarm fire. \u003ccite>(AMY OSBORNE/AFP via Getty Images))\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The transit agency is arranging for grief counselors to assist employees and their families, said Glenn Hendricks, chair of the VTA board of directors.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Two funds have also been set up to assist victims’ families, including one hosted by \u003ca class=\"c-link\" href=\"https://act.wpusa.org/vta_victims_support_fund\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-stringify-link=\"https://act.wpusa.org/vta_victims_support_fund\" data-sk=\"tooltip_parent\">Working Partnerships USA\u003c/a> and another organized by the \u003ca class=\"c-link\" href=\"https://actionnetwork.org/fundraising/the-atu-disaster-relief-fund-4/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-stringify-link=\"https://actionnetwork.org/fundraising/the-atu-disaster-relief-fund-4/\" data-sk=\"tooltip_parent\">Amalgamated Transit Union\u003c/a>, which represents many workers at the site, including a number of the victims.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"A horrible tragedy has happened today,\" Hendricks said on Wednesday, fighting back tears. \"VTA is a family. People in the organization know everyone. We will do everything that we can to help people get through this.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11875550\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1138px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-11875550\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/05/Hendricks-VTA-Shooting-Presser.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1138\" height=\"759\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/05/Hendricks-VTA-Shooting-Presser.jpg 1138w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/05/Hendricks-VTA-Shooting-Presser-800x534.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/05/Hendricks-VTA-Shooting-Presser-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/05/Hendricks-VTA-Shooting-Presser-160x107.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1138px) 100vw, 1138px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">VTA board of directors Chair Glenn Hendricks speaks during a press conference across from the First Street VTA service yard where a mass shooting took place in San Jose on Wednesday, May 26, 2021. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Victims, family members and witnesses can access free mental health and grief counseling, among other services, at the Red Cross building at 2731 North First St. in San Jose, with more information available at 408-209-8356.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Hendricks also said a hotline had been set up exclusively for VTA employees and family members, who can call 408-321-7550 for additional assistance.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>VTA light rail service, he added, would be suspended starting at noon Wednesday for the foreseeable future, with bus bridges put in place to provide limited service. AC Transit and SamTrans have both provided bus operators to enable additional service.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://twitter.com/VTA/status/1397595826864590853\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"This is a very dark day for our city and for our community, but we've already seen how people are pulling together in this very, very tough time,\" said San Jose Mayor Sam Liccardo, who serves on the VTA board, at a press briefing on Wednesday. \"These are and were essential workers. These VTA employees helped us get through this horrific pandemic.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Liccardo said this is the time \"to understand what happened, to mourn and to help those who have suffered to heal.\" But he added he would soon turn his attention to \"ensuring we do everything possible to ensure this never happens again in our city,\" and said he plans to elaborate on those plans within the next 48 hours.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11875551\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1620px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-11875551\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/05/Liccardo-VTA-Shooting-Presser.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1620\" height=\"1080\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/05/Liccardo-VTA-Shooting-Presser.jpg 1620w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/05/Liccardo-VTA-Shooting-Presser-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/05/Liccardo-VTA-Shooting-Presser-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/05/Liccardo-VTA-Shooting-Presser-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/05/Liccardo-VTA-Shooting-Presser-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1620px) 100vw, 1620px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">San Jose Mayor Sam Liccardo speaks at a press conference following Wednesday's mass shooting at a VTA rail yard in San Jose. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\"These folks were heroes during COVID-19. The buses never stopped running, VTA didn’t stop running,\" said Santa Clara County Supervisor Cindy Chavez. \"They just kept at work, and now we’re really calling on them to be heroes a second time to survive such a terrible, terrible tragedy.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On Wednesday afternoon, Gov. Gavin Newsom joined local officials at a press briefing in front of a Santa Clara County office building, where flags flew at half-staff.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Visibly emotional, he said victims' relatives were \"waiting to hear from the coroner, waiting to hear from any of us, just desperate to find out if their brother, their son, their dad, their mom is still alive.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"There's a numbness I imagine some of us are feeling about this, because there's a sameness to this,\" Newsom said. \"You know, anywhere USA. It just feels like this happens over and over and over again, rinse and repeat, rinse and repeat.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This marks the county’s second major mass shooting in less than two years, he said, referencing an attack in which a gunman killed three people before killing himself at the Gilroy Garlic Festival in July 2019.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11875553\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1321px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-11875553\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/05/Newsom-VTA-Shooting-Presser.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1321\" height=\"881\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/05/Newsom-VTA-Shooting-Presser.jpg 1321w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/05/Newsom-VTA-Shooting-Presser-800x534.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/05/Newsom-VTA-Shooting-Presser-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/05/Newsom-VTA-Shooting-Presser-160x107.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1321px) 100vw, 1321px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Gov. Gavin Newsom speaks at a press briefing following Wednesday's mass shooting at a VTA rail yard in San Jose. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The bloodshed comes amid a recent rise in mass killings after the pandemic closed many public places and kept people confined to their homes last year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Wednesday's attack is the 15th mass shooting so far in 2021, according to a database compiled by The Associated Press, USA Today and Northeastern University.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We're experiencing something [that] just is not experienced anywhere else in the world,\" Newsom said, calling it an epidemic. \"It begs the damn question, what the hell is going on in the United States of America? What the hell is wrong with us? And when are we going to come to grips with this?\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At the White House, President Biden ordered flags to be flown at half-staff and urged Congress to act on legislation to curb gun violence.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Every life that is taken by a bullet pierces the soul of our nation,\" Biden said in a statement. \"We can, and we must, do more.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A vigil for the victims of the attack will be held on Thursday at 6 p.m. at City Hall Plaza in San Jose. Caltrain will be \u003ca href=\"https://www.caltrain.com/about/MediaRelations/news/Caltrain_to_Provide_Free_Rides_to_San_Jose_Vigil_Tonight.html\">providing free rides\u003c/a> to and from the event.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://twitter.com/sliccardo/status/1397989666217873408?s=20\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>This post includes reporting from KQED's Julie Chang and The Associated Press.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\n\u003cp>San Jose City Councilmember Raul Peralez said Michael Rudometkin, one of the victims, was a close friend.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"There are no words to describe the heartache we are feeling right now, especially for his family,\" Peralez wrote on Facebook. \"Eight families are feeling this same sense of loss tonight and our entire community is mourning as well.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The gunman appeared to target some of the victims, Santa Clara County Sheriff Laurie Smith said on Thursday. She said he reportedly told at least one person: \"I’m not going to shoot you,\" before opening fire.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"So I imagine there was some kind of thought on who he wanted to shoot,\" Smith said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Members of a union representing VTA workers were meeting when the shooting began, officials said, but it’s unclear if the meeting was related to the attack. More than 100 people were reportedly in the facility at the time.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When transit authority mechanic Rochelle Hawkins heard shots, she said she dropped her phone and ran.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I was running so fast, I just ran for my life,” she said. “I would hope everyone would just pray for the VTA family. Just pray for us.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11875449\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-11875449\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/05/RS49526_GettyImages-1233119987-qut.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/05/RS49526_GettyImages-1233119987-qut.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/05/RS49526_GettyImages-1233119987-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/05/RS49526_GettyImages-1233119987-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/05/RS49526_GettyImages-1233119987-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/05/RS49526_GettyImages-1233119987-qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Emergency responders gather at a Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority rail yard in San Jose on May 26, 2021, where an early morning mass shooting left at least nine people dead, including the suspect. \u003ccite>(Amy Osborne/AFP via Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>While there are no cameras inside the rail yard's two buildings, Smith said footage captured the gunman moving from one location to the next, with victims found in both buildings. It took deputies six minutes from the first 911 calls to find the body of the gunman on the third floor of one of the buildings, who she said had killed himself as deputies closed in.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"When our deputies went through the door, initially [the shooter] was still firing rounds,\" Smith told reporters, noting that there was no exchange of gunfire with law enforcement. \"I know for sure that when the suspect knew that law enforcement was there, he took his own life.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Authorities do not yet know whether the gunman had worked regularly with any of the victims. Investigators were serving search warrants for his home and cellphone, seeking to determine what prompted the bloodshed, the sheriff said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>The attacker used three handguns — all of which were legally registered to him — and likely fired dozens of rounds during the rampage, according to Craig D. Fair, an FBI agent based in San Francisco.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Fair told KQED Thursday that officers recovered 11 fully loaded magazines on the gunman's belt, and noted that multiple expended 15-round magazines were also found at the scene, which are illegal for civilian use in California.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Investigators, he said, are now examining five different areas within the facility that the gunman appears to have gone through during the attack.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"There’s two primary buildings involved,\" Fair said. \"Victims were found in both of those buildings. Some of those rooms were very small.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"At this point, we do not know what the motive is. We do not know conclusively what drove him to this act,” Fair said. “I think it’s important to note that in an active shooter scenario, very rarely does somebody just snap. There is a reasonably lengthy ramp-up period of mobilization, a period of planning, a period where they obtain weapons.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And during that process, long before the attack happens, Fair said, they are often showing “pre-attack indicators that are overt and they’re observable to the public, to the community, to law enforcement, to mental health professionals, to educators.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Immediately after receiving the first 911 calls, multiple local agencies initiated a rescue task force as part of the county's active shooting protocol to assist victims and provide medical aid, said Deputy Russell Davis, a sheriff's spokesperson, on Wednesday. Federal agents from the FBI and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives were also investigating the incident, he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While recognizing the enormity of the tragedy, Davis said many lives were saved due to the preparedness of local law enforcement agencies.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I'll tell you this, with the training that we've been doing with our active shooter protocol, this could have been a lot worse of a situation,\" he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11875543\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1492px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-11875543\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/05/Image-from-iOS-7.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1492\" height=\"995\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/05/Image-from-iOS-7.jpg 1492w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/05/Image-from-iOS-7-800x534.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/05/Image-from-iOS-7-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/05/Image-from-iOS-7-160x107.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1492px) 100vw, 1492px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Deputy Russell Davis (center), a Santa Clara County Sheriff's Office spokesperson, prepares to speak during a press briefing on a shooting at a VTA rail yard in San Jose on Wednesday, May 26, 2021. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>On Wednesday, a bomb squad had also been called in to search the entire rail complex after finding evidence of possible explosive devices, Davis added.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At nearly the same time the first 911 calls came in from the rail yard, \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/SJFD/status/1397555853360713731\">San Jose firefighters rushed\u003c/a> to a two-alarm fire at the gunman's home about 9 miles away.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Smith said the gunman also appeared to have set a timer or slow-burn device to set his home on fire.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I’m not sure we’ll ever actually find the real motive, but we’ll piece it together as much as we can from witnesses,\" Smith said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Footage from a neighbor's security camera captured the gunman at 5:40 a.m. on Wednesday leaving his home and loading a large black duffel bag into his white pickup truck. He was wearing a uniform with reflective stripes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>His ex-wife, Cecilia Nelms, said he had a bad temper and would tell her that he wanted to kill people at work, \"but I never believed him, and it never happened. Until now.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Nelms, teary-eyed and shaken by the news, said her ex-husband would come home wound up and angry about things that happened at work. As he talked about it, \"he would get more mad,\" she said. \"He could dwell on things.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>FBI and ATF agents on Wednesday said they expanded the safety perimeter around the gunman's home on the 1100 block of Angmar Court after finding ammunition inside, and were using robots to search for explosives.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11875545\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-11875545\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/05/RS49528_GettyImages-1233121455-qut.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/05/RS49528_GettyImages-1233121455-qut.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/05/RS49528_GettyImages-1233121455-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/05/RS49528_GettyImages-1233121455-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/05/RS49528_GettyImages-1233121455-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/05/RS49528_GettyImages-1233121455-qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Emergency responders and the San Jose Bomb Squad deploy a robot to search for explosives at a home on the 1100 block of Angmar Court after finding ammunition inside following a two-alarm fire. \u003ccite>(AMY OSBORNE/AFP via Getty Images))\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The transit agency is arranging for grief counselors to assist employees and their families, said Glenn Hendricks, chair of the VTA board of directors.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Two funds have also been set up to assist victims’ families, including one hosted by \u003ca class=\"c-link\" href=\"https://act.wpusa.org/vta_victims_support_fund\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-stringify-link=\"https://act.wpusa.org/vta_victims_support_fund\" data-sk=\"tooltip_parent\">Working Partnerships USA\u003c/a> and another organized by the \u003ca class=\"c-link\" href=\"https://actionnetwork.org/fundraising/the-atu-disaster-relief-fund-4/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-stringify-link=\"https://actionnetwork.org/fundraising/the-atu-disaster-relief-fund-4/\" data-sk=\"tooltip_parent\">Amalgamated Transit Union\u003c/a>, which represents many workers at the site, including a number of the victims.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"A horrible tragedy has happened today,\" Hendricks said on Wednesday, fighting back tears. \"VTA is a family. People in the organization know everyone. We will do everything that we can to help people get through this.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11875550\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1138px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-11875550\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/05/Hendricks-VTA-Shooting-Presser.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1138\" height=\"759\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/05/Hendricks-VTA-Shooting-Presser.jpg 1138w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/05/Hendricks-VTA-Shooting-Presser-800x534.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/05/Hendricks-VTA-Shooting-Presser-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/05/Hendricks-VTA-Shooting-Presser-160x107.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1138px) 100vw, 1138px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">VTA board of directors Chair Glenn Hendricks speaks during a press conference across from the First Street VTA service yard where a mass shooting took place in San Jose on Wednesday, May 26, 2021. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Victims, family members and witnesses can access free mental health and grief counseling, among other services, at the Red Cross building at 2731 North First St. in San Jose, with more information available at 408-209-8356.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Hendricks also said a hotline had been set up exclusively for VTA employees and family members, who can call 408-321-7550 for additional assistance.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>VTA light rail service, he added, would be suspended starting at noon Wednesday for the foreseeable future, with bus bridges put in place to provide limited service. 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These VTA employees helped us get through this horrific pandemic.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Liccardo said this is the time \"to understand what happened, to mourn and to help those who have suffered to heal.\" But he added he would soon turn his attention to \"ensuring we do everything possible to ensure this never happens again in our city,\" and said he plans to elaborate on those plans within the next 48 hours.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11875551\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1620px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-11875551\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/05/Liccardo-VTA-Shooting-Presser.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1620\" height=\"1080\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/05/Liccardo-VTA-Shooting-Presser.jpg 1620w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/05/Liccardo-VTA-Shooting-Presser-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/05/Liccardo-VTA-Shooting-Presser-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/05/Liccardo-VTA-Shooting-Presser-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/05/Liccardo-VTA-Shooting-Presser-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1620px) 100vw, 1620px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">San Jose Mayor Sam Liccardo speaks at a press conference following Wednesday's mass shooting at a VTA rail yard in San Jose. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\"These folks were heroes during COVID-19. The buses never stopped running, VTA didn’t stop running,\" said Santa Clara County Supervisor Cindy Chavez. \"They just kept at work, and now we’re really calling on them to be heroes a second time to survive such a terrible, terrible tragedy.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On Wednesday afternoon, Gov. Gavin Newsom joined local officials at a press briefing in front of a Santa Clara County office building, where flags flew at half-staff.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Visibly emotional, he said victims' relatives were \"waiting to hear from the coroner, waiting to hear from any of us, just desperate to find out if their brother, their son, their dad, their mom is still alive.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"There's a numbness I imagine some of us are feeling about this, because there's a sameness to this,\" Newsom said. \"You know, anywhere USA. It just feels like this happens over and over and over again, rinse and repeat, rinse and repeat.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This marks the county’s second major mass shooting in less than two years, he said, referencing an attack in which a gunman killed three people before killing himself at the Gilroy Garlic Festival in July 2019.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11875553\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1321px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-11875553\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/05/Newsom-VTA-Shooting-Presser.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1321\" height=\"881\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/05/Newsom-VTA-Shooting-Presser.jpg 1321w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/05/Newsom-VTA-Shooting-Presser-800x534.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/05/Newsom-VTA-Shooting-Presser-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/05/Newsom-VTA-Shooting-Presser-160x107.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1321px) 100vw, 1321px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Gov. 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