UPDATE: The Santa Clara County Sheriff’s Office confirmed eight victims were killed in the mass shooting. The suspect was identified as a maintenance worker at the facility. He killed himself during the carnage. Read more.
SAN JOSE, Calif. — There are multiple deaths and injuries due to a shooting at a rail yard in San Jose, California, Wednesday morning, according to the Santa Clara County Sheriff’s Office.
There are “multiple victims and multiple casualties,” spokesperson Russell Davis said. The suspected shooter is among the dead, ABC 7 reported. At the time of publication, the sheriff’s office was unable to provide an exact number of deaths/injuries, although news organizations are referring to it as a “mass shooting.”
The shooting was first reported at about 6:50 a.m. It took place in the area of a VTA control center and rail yard, where light rail cars are stored. The facility is not open to the public, so the shooter would have needed employee access or to have broken in, said VTA spokesperson Brandi Childress.
“We ask for people’s prayers,” Childress said.
The Santa Clara County Sheriff’s Office said it plans to hold a press conference later in the day.
