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San Jose Rail Yard Shooter Stored 12 Firearms, 22,000 Ammunition Rounds At Home - Police
Umer Jamshaid Published May 29, 2021 | 01:15 PM
The man suspected of shooting eight people dead at a rail yard in California's San Jose, stored 12 firearms and thousands of rounds of ammunition at his home, the local sheriff's office reported on Saturday
MOSCOW (UrduPoint News / Sputnik - 29th May, 2021) The man suspected of shooting eight people dead at a rail yard in California's San Jose, stored 12 firearms and thousands of rounds of ammunition at his home, the local sheriff's office reported on Saturday.
On Wednesday morning, a man, 57, killed eight people and himself at the Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority (VTA) Light Rail facility, where both the shooter and the victims worked. Later the same day, the police together with FBI officers searched the suspect's apartment. When they arrived at the scene, the place was on fire, and the fire brigade was called to assist.
"An initial search of the suspect's residence discovered multiple cans of gasoline, suspected Molotov Cocktails, twelve (12) firearms, and approximately twenty-two thousand (22,000) rounds of various types of ammunition. It is believed that the suspect coordinated the destruction of his residence," the sheriff's office said in a Friday press release.
The team also discovered potential explosive precursor materials during the initial searches of the VTA rail yard and the suspect's residence, though no bomb was found.
According to the sheriff's office, the culprit was described by his co-workers as being disgruntled. Based on the available evidence, the investigators believe that the act was planned and the shooter acted alone.
"It is clear that this was a planned event and the suspect was prepared to use his firearms to take as many lives as he possibly could had Sheriff's Deputies not made entry to stop his rampage," the statement read.
The exact motive for the shooting is yet to be determined, and the investigation is ongoing.
Since the beginning of 2021, several mass shootings took place in the US, with the most prominent ones being assaults on spas in and around Atlanta; in a grocery store in Colorado's Boulder; at a home in South Carolina's Rock Hill; and at a FedEx facility in Indiana's Indianapolis.
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