What is known so far:

- Multiple people are dead, including the shooter
- The exact number of victims is not yet known
- VTA employees are among the dead and injured
- The facility has been evacuated trib.al/I6TRSV1
Update:

- The suspect was a male sfchronicle.com/crime/article/…
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- VTA light rail service suspended sfchronicle.com/crime/article/…
Update:

- The chairperson of the Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority board of directors, confirms that the shooting happened outside in the railyard and not inside a building sfchronicle.com/crime/article/…
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- Mayor Sam Liccardo said during a press briefing that he will work to ensure that the "horrific tragedy" of the VTA railyard shooting "never happens again in our city." sfchronicle.com/crime/article/…
Update:

Ro Khanna told MSNBC that he is devastated by the shooting near his congressional district.

“I was sick to my stomach seeing this happen at the VTA,” Khanna said. sfchronicle.com/crime/article/…
Update:

Authorities say that at least two male victims of the shooting were transported to the hospital sfchronicle.com/crime/article/…
Update:

- FBI agents and the San Jose Fire Department are at the scene of a house fire in San Jose that belongs to a VTA employee who may be the suspect in the railyard shooting sfchronicle.com/crime/article/…
Update:

- 9 victims in San Jose mass shooting, including 1 suspect

sfchronicle.com/crime/article/…
Update:

- San Jose Fire Department said officials are investigating multiple crime scenes linked to the shooting sfchronicle.com/crime/article/…
"I am heartened to see the response of the VTA family coming together to help their coworkers."

San Jose mayor Sam Liccardo speaks on the mass shooting event at the Valley Transportation Authority maintenance facility in north San Jose.

📸: Jim Gensheimer
Update:

- Officials said several explosive devices were found inside a building at the VTA control center sfchronicle.com/crime/article/…
Update:

- Nine people confirmed dead in mass shooting at VTA light-rail yard, including suspected gunman who was an employee sfchronicle.com/crime/article/…
Update:

- Multiple published reports said the shooter was Samuel James Cassidy, whose home eight miles from the scene burned Wednesday morning sfchronicle.com/crime/article/…

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