A massacre took place this morning in a clearing of the Valley Transportation Authority public transport company in San Jose, California. The dead are at least nine including the killer, an employee of the company. Santa Clara County Sheriff’s spokesman Russell Davis said the man who opened the fire was also killed. Numerous the injured.
According to reports from the Department of Homeland Security, seven people died instantly. Among the victims there are allegedly several employees of the VTA. The structure within which the tragedy occurred is a hub used by the Authority also as a tram depot, a few hundred meters from the sheriff’s office and not far from the airport.
The mayor of San Jose, Sam Liccardo, wrote about Twitter that “several people have been hospitalized” and that the attacker “is no longer a threat”.
This is the second time this county has seen mass shootings in less than two years: in 2019 a gunman killed three people at Gilroy’s garlic festival and then took his own life.
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“What is clear is that we are suffering from an epidemic of gun violence,” said the White House deputy spokesperson. Karine Jean-Pierre, in his debut briefing with reporters, commenting on the shooting in California that the presidency is “monitoring”.
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