UPDATE: 2:05 p.m.
SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) -- District attorney says California gunman who killed 8 also killed himself. The attacker was identified as 57-year-old Sam Cassidy, according to two law enforcement officials.
UPDATE: 1:55 p.m.
SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) -- An employee opened fire at a California rail yard serving Silicon Valley, killing eight people. Authorities say the suspect is also dead.
The shooting took place Wednesday in San Jose at a transit control center that stores trains and has a maintenance yard.
Sheriff's spokesman Deputy Russell Davis said the suspect was an employee of the Valley Transportation Authority, which provides bus, light rail and other transit services throughout Santa Clara County, the largest county in the Bay Area. He said the attack also resulted in "multiple major injuries."
UPDATE: 12:55 p.m.
SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) -- A Santa Clara County sheriff's spokesman says eight people were killed in the San Jose railyard shooting. Deputy Russell Davis says the suspect also died Wednesday at the Valley Transportation Authority light railyard where the shooting happened.
No identities have been released.
UPDATE: 11:45 a.m.
UPDATE: 10:40 a.m.
SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) -- A sheriff's spokesman says there are multiple fatalities and injuries in a shooting at a San Jose, California railyard and that the male suspect is dead.
Santa Clara County sheriff's spokesman said Deputy Russell Davis said Wednesday that he could not specify the number of fatalities and injuries. He says the victims include Valley Transportation Authority employees.
The shooting took place at a light rail facility that is next door to the Santa Clara County Sheriff's Department and across a freeway from the airport.
A spokesperson for the Valley Transportation Authority did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
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SAN JOSE (AP) -- The mayor of San Jose says several people are receiving medical treatment after police and sheriff's officials responded to reports of a shooting at a railyard.
Mayor Sam Liccardo said Wednesday in a tweet that "the shooter is no longer a threat" and the facility has been evacuated. He said the shooting "has left several people being treated, but the situation is still being assessed."
The shooting took place at a light rail facility that is next door to the Santa Clara County Sheriff's Department and across a freeway from the airport.
