In a news release Wednesday evening, the sheriff’s office said deputies found the suspect dead from a self-inflicted gunshot wound. “We have some very brave officers and deputies,” Smith said. Sheriff Laurie Smith, whose office headquarters are near the rail yard, said deputies entered the building as shots were still being fired, but did not exchange gunfire with the gunman. Samuel James Cassidy (Santa Clara County) Authorities would not say what might have led to the rampage, what type of weapon was used or whether he obtained it legally. The gunman was identified by multiple sources as Samuel Cassidy, a 57-year-old VTA maintenance worker. Fritch was initially taken to a hospital in critical condition but later died of his injuries.

On Wednesday evening, the Santa Clara County Medical Examiner-Coroner’s Office identified the nine victims as 42-year-old Paul Delacruz Megia, 36-year-old Taptejdeep Singh, 29-year-old Adrian Balleza, 35-year-old Jose Dejesus Hernandez III, 49-year-old Timothy Michael Romo, 40-year-old Michael Joseph Rudometkin, 63-year-old Abdolvahab Alaghmandan, 63-year-old Lars Kepler Lane and 49-year-old Alex Ward Fritch. Law enforcement officers retrieve gear from a vehicle near the scene of a mass shooting at the VTA light rail yard in San Jose, Calif., on Wednesday, May 26, 2021.

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