 | This article needs to be updated. (March 2022) |
| 2021 San Jose shooting | |
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 Sheriff's deputies block access to the VTA Guadalupe Division yard a day after the shooting took place. | |
| Location | 101 West Younger Avenue, San Jose, California, U.S. |
| Coordinates | 37°21′15″N 121°54′30″W / 37.35417°N 121.90833°W |
| Date | May 26, 2021 c. 6:30[1] – 6:43 a.m.[2] (PDT) |
| Target | Staff at a Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority facility |
Attack type | Mass shooting, mass murder, androcide, murder–suicide, workplace shooting, arson |
| Weapons | Three semiautomatic handguns[3] |
| Deaths | 10 (including the perpetrator) |
| Injured | 0 |
| Perpetrator | Samuel James Cassidy |
| Motive | Unknown |
On May 26, 2021, a mass shooting occurred at a Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority (VTA) rail yard in San Jose, California, United States. A 57-year-old VTA employee, Samuel James Cassidy, shot and killed nine VTA employees before committing suicide.[1][4] It is the deadliest mass shooting in the history of the San Francisco Bay Area.[5]
As a result of the shooting, service throughout the VTA light rail system was suspended or limited for months.[6] The city announced and later passed a package of policy proposals intended to curb gun violence, including mandatory liability insurance (the first law of its kind in the nation) and fees for gun owners.[7]
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- ^ Angst, Maggie; Woolfolk, John; Toledo, Aldo; Sulek, Julia Prodis; Salonga, Robert; Green, Jason (May 26, 2021). "Victims, shooter identified in Bay Area's deadliest mass shooting". The Mercury News. San Jose, California. Archived from the original on May 26, 2021. Retrieved May 26, 2021.
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