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At least eight killed in mass shooting at San Jose rail yard union meeting
nypost ^ | 05/26/2021 | Gabrielle Fonrouge

Posted on 05/26/2021 10:58:22 AM PDT by ChicagoConservative27

A gunman opened fire on a union meeting at a train yard close to San Jose’s airport Wednesday morning — leaving at least eight people dead and “multiple people” injured, according to officials and reports.

The suspect, believed to be a 50-year-old male, attacked the VTA Light Rail Facility on West Younger Avenue around 6:30 a.m. local time during a union gathering and then killed himself, according to the Santa Clara Sheriff’s Office and the Los Angeles Times, which cited law enforcement sources.

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KEYWORDS: aspredicted; banglist; coulterslaw; diversion; falseflag; mass; rightontime; sanjose; search; shooting; suicide; union
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To: ridesthemiles

Fodder for a day at the range.


41 posted on 05/26/2021 12:03:03 PM PDT by gundog (It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen. )
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To: ChicagoConservative27

I’ve never belonged to a union. Are union meetings at 6:30 am typical?


42 posted on 05/26/2021 12:05:52 PM PDT by hanamizu
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To: proust

Samuel Cassidy according to local NBC. There was a fire at his home. This may be an exception to Coulter’s Law.


43 posted on 05/26/2021 12:07:07 PM PDT by Lonesome in Massachussets (Diana Moon Glampers for Secretary of Education! )
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To: jimmygrace
Quite a surprise since the media says that only white people commit mass shootings.....

No matter how this one turns out, data says otherwise...

Gun Violence Archive

44 posted on 05/26/2021 12:07:23 PM PDT by Mr.Unique
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To: 1Old Pro

You were safer on a NYC trolley Car in the 1870s.

https://www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=2836208006624298&set=g.26012226159


45 posted on 05/26/2021 12:19:42 PM PDT by Ruy Dias de Bivar ((Democrats have declared us to be THE OBSOLETE MAN in the Twilight Zone.))
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To: ChicagoConservative27

San Jose shooting: New info released about suspected VTA rail yard shooter Sam Cassidy

The suspect has been identified by two law enforcement officials as 57-year-old Sam Cassidy, a VTA employee.

Santa Clara County Sheriff Laurie Smith said it was “undetermined” how the shooter died.

ABC-7 SF


46 posted on 05/26/2021 12:50:39 PM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer (The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other people's money.)
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Suspected VTA gunman is 57-year-old Samuel J. Cassidy. Fire set at his Angmar Ct. home before gunfire started at union meeting. Payroll records show he made $160k in base, OT and other pay as VTA “substation maintainer”. Two family law cases: domestic violence and divorce.

ABC-7

The gunman who killed eight people at a San Jose rail yard was an employee who apparently set his own home on fire before the bloodbath, authorities said. Samuel J. Cassidy, 57, worked for the Valley Transportation Authority; he reportedly took his own life after the shooting. His father, 88-year-old James Edward Cassidy, told The Daily Beast that his son “seemed completely himself” in recent days and didn’t appear to be holding a grudge. “He didn’t talk about his job or politics. I just found out he was dead and his house on fire and all that a minute ago,” he said.

Daily Beast


47 posted on 05/26/2021 12:53:19 PM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer (The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other people's money.)
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To: hanamizu

Not sure about Union meetings, but 06:30 is likely between night shift and day shift making the reach likely increased.


48 posted on 05/26/2021 1:04:45 PM PDT by Radix (Natural Born Citizens have Citizen parents.)
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To: ChicagoConservative27
Shooter was apparently a white guy, Samuel Cassidy.


49 posted on 05/26/2021 1:42:22 PM PDT by Grampa Dave (“Respond only to polite and intelligent posters, who don’t insult you or us! Forget the others!”)
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To: webheart

Coulter’s Law of Screeching Harpy?

One of my female in laws was an RN all of her adult life.

She told her nephews and other young male relatives, to never marry a skinny/self/starving woman. I will leave out her very descriptive words describing skinny/self/starving women


50 posted on 05/26/2021 1:52:46 PM PDT by Grampa Dave (“Respond only to polite and intelligent posters, who don’t insult you or us! Forget the others!”)
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To: Grampa Dave

Same guy...?

https://transparentcalifornia.com/salaries/2019/santa-clara-valley-transportation-authority/samuel-cassidy/


51 posted on 05/26/2021 1:56:53 PM PDT by mewzilla (Those aren't masks. They're muzzles. )
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To: Menehune56

I never heard of that law, either; but it’s dead nuts accurate. What ever became of Ms. Coulter, anyway?


52 posted on 05/26/2021 2:00:31 PM PDT by Tucker39 ("It is impossible so to rightly govern a nation without God and the Bible." George Washington )
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To: mewzilla

Probably!

Union pay with Railroads, if they can stay open, has been incredible for at least 6 decades.


53 posted on 05/26/2021 2:48:05 PM PDT by Grampa Dave (“Respond only to polite and intelligent posters, who don’t insult you or us! Forget the others!”)
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To: ChicagoConservative27
“It begs the question: What the hell is going on in the United States of America?”

democrat policies.

54 posted on 05/26/2021 3:13:44 PM PDT by TwelveOfTwenty (Still praying for our country and President Trump)
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To: Magnum44

I’ve been disgruntled ever since last November.


55 posted on 05/26/2021 3:17:31 PM PDT by Pining_4_TX (O Lord, our Lord, how majestic is your name in all the earth! Psalm 8:9)
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To: Pining_4_TX

To say the least.


56 posted on 05/26/2021 3:18:11 PM PDT by sport
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To: hanamizu
I’ve never belonged to a union.

That's such a good thing.   You never had to habit restrooms at the bus station in a sad attempt to get your self respect back.

57 posted on 05/26/2021 4:28:30 PM PDT by higgmeister ( In the Shadow of The Big Chicken )
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Looks like we’re gonna have to have more Union election!


58 posted on 05/26/2021 5:16:13 PM PDT by Delta 21 (Get off your ass and earn it!)
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