“The gunman who killed nine colleagues at a light rail yard in Northern California before taking his own life appeared to target his victims, a sheriff told CNN on Thursday.
“During Wednesday morning’s rampage at the Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority (VTA) property in San Jose, the shooter — identified as Sam Cassidy — told a local union official there that “I’m not going to shoot you,” Santa Clara County Sheriff Laurie Smith said.
“The union official does not work for VTA, Smith said.
“Cassidy, a VTA employee, fatally shot his coworkers inside two buildings around the time of a morning shift change before killing himself in front of responding law enforcement officers, authorities said.
“Authorities said Thursday they recovered three handguns, rather than two they initially said he carried.”
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