ByTheresa Seiger and Bob D'Angelo, Cox Media Group National Content Desk
9 killed in shooting at San Jose light rail yard Emergency personnel respond to a shooting at a Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority (VTA) facility on Wednesday, May 26, 2021, in San Jose, Calif. Santa Clara County sheriff's spokesman said the rail yard shooting left multiple people, including the shooter, dead. (Noah Berger/AP Photo)
(Noah Berger/AP Photo)
ByTheresa Seiger and Bob D'Angelo, Cox Media Group National Content Desk
SAN JOSE, Calif. — A Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority employee shot and killed nine of his co-workers on Wednesday morning at one of the agency’s rail yards in San Jose before shooting and killing himself, according to officials in San Jose.
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Photos: Community pays tribute to victims of deadly San Jose railyard shooting Stephanie Jayne, right, hugs a friend at a vigil at City Hall in San Jose, Calif., Thursday, May 27, 2021, in honor of the multiple people killed when a gunman opened fire at a rail yard the day before. (AP Photo/Nic Coury)
Photos: Community pays tribute to victims of deadly San Jose railyard shooting Family members of shooting victim Timothy Romo embrace during a vigil at City Hall in San Jose, Calif., Thursday, May 27, 2021, in honor of the multiple people killed when a gunman opened fire at a rail yard the day before. (AP Photo/Nic Coury)
Photos: Community pays tribute to victims of deadly San Jose railyard shooting Guadalupe Morales holds a sign at a vigil at the City Hall in San Jose, Calif., Thursday, May 27, 2021, in honor of the multiple people killed when a gunman opened fire at a rail yard the day before. (AP Photo/Nic Coury)
Photos: Community pays tribute to victims of deadly San Jose railyard shooting Diana Carreras places flowers at a vigil at City Hall in San Jose, Calif., Thursday, May 27, 2021, in honor of the multiple people killed when a gunman opened fire at a rail yard the day before. (AP Photo/Nic Coury)
Photos: Community pays tribute to victims of deadly San Jose railyard shooting People gather at a memorial outside City Hall in San Jose, Calif., Thursday, May 27, 2021. A day earlier, a gunman killed multiple people at a Valley Transportation Authority rail yard. (AP Photo/Nic Coury)
Photos: Community pays tribute to victims of deadly San Jose railyard shooting Valley Transport Authority employees attend a vigil at City Hall in San Jose, Calif., Thursday, May 27, 2021, in remembrance of the multiple people killed when a gunman opened fire at a rail yard the day before. (AP Photo/Nic Coury)
Photos: Community pays tribute to victims of deadly San Jose railyard shooting People gather at a memorial outside City Hall in San Jose, Calif., Thursday, May 27, 2021. A day earlier, a gunman killed multiple people at a Valley Transportation Authority rail yard. (AP Photo/Nic Coury)
Photos: Community pays tribute to victims of deadly San Jose railyard shooting People attend a memorial outside City Hall in San Jose, Calif., Thursday, May 27, 2021. A day earlier, a gunman killed multiple people at a Valley Transportation Authority rail yard. (AP Photo/Nic Coury)
Photos: Community pays tribute to victims of deadly San Jose railyard shooting San Jose Mayor Sam Liccardo speaks at a vigil at City Hall in San Jose, Calif., Thursday, May 27, 2021, in honor of the multiple people killed when a gunman opened fire at a rail yard the day before. (AP Photo/Nic Coury)
Photos: Community pays tribute to victims of deadly San Jose railyard shooting Gwilu Steven places a candle at a memorial outside City Hall in San Jose, Calif., Thursday, May 27, 2021. A day earlier, a gunman killed multiple people at a Valley Transportation Authority rail yard. (AP Photo/Nic Coury)
Photos: Community pays tribute to victims of deadly San Jose railyard shooting A man wipes a tear from his face at a vigil at City Hall in San Jose, Calif., Thursday, May 27, 2021, in honor of the multiple people killed when a gunman opened fire at a rail yard the day before. (AP Photo/Nic Coury)
Photos: Community pays tribute to victims of deadly San Jose railyard shooting A man looks at a memorial at City Hall in San Jose, Calif., Thursday, May 27, 2021, in honor of the multiple people killed when a gunman opened fire at a rail yard the day before. (AP Photo/Nic Coury)
Photos: Community pays tribute to victims of deadly San Jose railyard shooting People attend a vigil at City Hall in San Jose, Calif., Thursday, May 27, 2021, in remembrance of the multiple people killed when a gunman opened fire at a rail yard the day before. (AP Photo/Nic Coury)
Members of a union representing Valley Transportation Authority workers were meeting when the shooting began, San Jose Mayor Sam Liccardo said, but it’s not clear the meeting was related to the attack.
The shooting took place in two buildings and killed employees who had been bus and light rail operators, mechanics, linemen and an assistant superintendent over the course of their careers. One had worked for the agency since 1999.
Words will never fill the void that will be felt by the loss of our VTA family members: ❤️Abdolvahab Alaghmandan ❤️Adrian Balleza ❤️Alex Fritch ❤️Jose Hernandez III ❤️Lars Lane ❤️Michael Rudometkin, ❤️Paul Megia ❤️Taptejdeep Singh ❤️Timothy Romo
