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Who Is Samuel Cassidy, Gunman In San Jose Mass Shooting At VTA Rail Yard?
SAN JOSE (CBS SF) The man who shot and killed eight people at a Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority (VTA) light rail yard Wednesday was identified as Samuel Cassidy, 57, a San Jose resident and VTA employee.
Cassidy died at the scene of the mass shooting at the Guadalupe maintenance yard at 101 W. Younger Ave. Santa Clara County Sheriff Deputy Russell said its believed Cassidy took his own life with a self-inflicted gunshot wound since responding officers did not exchange gunfire with him.
Cassidy had worked for Valley Transportation Authority since at least 2012, according to the public payroll and pension database Transparent California, first as a mechanic from 2012 to 2014, then as someone who maintained substations.
Cassidy earned more than $114,000 in regular and overtime pay along with an additional $46,000 in benefits in 2019, according to public records. ............(more)
https://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/2021/05/27/samuel-cassidy-gunman-vta-rail-yard-san-jose/
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Who Is Samuel Cassidy, Gunman In San Jose Mass Shooting At VTA Rail Yard? (Original Post)
marmar
May 2021
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AllyCat
(16,189 posts)1. We are always looking for a motive. The motive here and everywhere seems to be
he had a gun or guns that could kill people and he suddenly wasn't a "good guy with a gun". So he did it.
Buns_of_Fire
(17,183 posts)2. Apparently not so much a "good guy" after all...
San Jose mass shooting: Ex-girlfriend of suspect Samuel Cassidy alleged rape
https://www.democraticunderground.com/100215469563
https://www.democraticunderground.com/100215469563
jimfields33
(15,823 posts)3. He had a great job. Great pay. Totally unnecessary that he did this.
AllyCat
(16,189 posts)4. Just another angry white guy with guns
MineralMan
(146,317 posts)5. Angry White Trump-Voter Guy with Guns.
He was probably nursing grudges for a long time, and planned to go out with a big bang.
Why don't those assholes just shoot themselves first, rather than kill others before doing so?
Other things from his past make it clear that he is an angry, angry man with poor control over his emotions.
raccoon
(31,111 posts)6. That's what I say.
Why don't those assholes just shoot themselves first, rather than kill others before doing so?
Maybe there should be a public education campaign about this. Encourage potential shooters to just kill themselves.
The way Australia did to encourage citizens to use sunblock.
sort of.
Over the years, Ive thought of starting a thread about this. Maybe one day I will.