memorial in san jose after that deadly rampage. we know the shooter killed nine employees. what we are learning about the victims and the vigil planned for tonight. at 6:30 he got a call from his co worker and said there's an active shooter. >> that is a daughter of one survivor of this deadly shooting spree. the investigation still underway this morning at the railyard. security video showing the shooter just minutes before the attack. his home is still an active crime scene. good morning. it's thursday, may 27th. we appreciate you joining us this morning. >> late last night we learned that a 9th victim died in the tragedy. that person died at the hospital. that was a person that was taken to the hospital yesterday. the only person who was shot and survived at first.

the county has released a list of all the victims. here are photographs of three of them. the 9th victim, 49-year-old alex fritz. other victimother victims are timothy romo who was a husband, father and vta power foreman, and 63- year-old lars lane who was a lineman. here is where the toofneopkilled at the vta light-rail yard during a shift change just after 6:30 yesterday morning. we are expecting to get anupdate at 10:00. that will include a tribute to

the victims and updates. the shooter has been identified as samuel cassidy. investigators haven't revealed a motive. we have team coverage for you this morning. amy is at the railyard where there is still an active investigation. first we want to check in with julian who is live at city hall where a memorial is planned tonight. >> good morning. there are no words to comfort the families of this mass shooting. the victims -- so many of them asking why with no answers. we do know the city of san jose be cityall r vid you thgrowing memorial this morning. just feet away the flags at half staff city hall. families are heartbroken this

morning like the family a light-rail operator who was one of the nine killed wednesday. he leaves behind a wife and two children. this morning he is being remembered as kind, a friend, and a hero. an employee saying that he saved lives. >> one lady he put in the control room to hide over here, you know he can go there too actually but he just save her and then after that he go toward the down stair you know >> co workers saying he left a secure room where people were hiding to get others to safety. you can only imagine the bravery that took. his own life was on the line he risked it to savas. that vigil is at 6:00 p.m. tonight here at san jose city hall. that's 200 east santa clara street for folks unfamiliar with san jose. we will be here at six to honor

those victims who were killed. for now reporting live here in san jose. abc7 news. >> thank you. the daughter of a 25-year- old employee at vta spoke to good morning america and said her father was working the railyard during the spree saying he ran outside and hid behind a train car. >> he was praying the whole time and wasn't sure if he was going to come home to us. it was very scary. >> you can help support victims in this tragedy. just go to abc7 news.com. we have information on how to donate to the families impact by this gun violence. investigators are still at the railyard where the shooting happened and that's where amy is joining us live. >> good morning. there is still crime tape around the facility this morning and the vta plans to give a press conference late their morning to give more

details about their employees who were killed and also update us on how this will impact light-rail service. a 9th person has died from this massacre here at this vta railyard. a place officials say workers should feel safe. investigators say they were killed yesterday morning by one of their co workers, sam cassidy who then killed himself. police haven't said what his possible motive was. the governor met with the victims families yesterday and then gave a press conference about the need for gun control and praise for the first responders. >> i'm not just going to express my sympathies, but let me thank the heroism of those victims. what a human act. so, i just want to -- we just

want folks to know we will be there for the victims. i want folks to know i'm here for you mr. mayor and the county. >> authorities have said they expected to take days to process this huge crime scene where nine people were killed. investigators say they also found explosives here while going through the area so they are being very careful. as this community deals with its grief. the mayor calling this a horrible day for the city and flags have been ordered to fly at half staff to remember the nine victims. reporting live. abc7 news. as the deadly shooting rampage unfolded firefighters were responding to a fire at the suspect's home in east san jose. that home is still an active crime scene as well. we are tracking that part of the story. >> investigators have not said what caused the fire. a neighbor surveillance camera shows the suspect just after 5:30 yesterday

morning dressed in a vta uniform, calmly loading up his truck to head off to work. momentsafter the suspect left the house burst into flames. this is cell phone video from a neighbor across the street. you can see that heavy smoke from the windows. the flames were so intense that firefighters couldn't initially go inside. with the mass shooting just 11 miles away then the arrival of the san jose police bomb squad, followed by the atf and then the fbi. it soon became clear that this house had become a major crime scene. >> i had no idea those two were connected. i just got some information that he probably lit up his house and then went over there and went crazy. that's really shocking. i had no idea that type of stuff was happening right across the street. >> law enforcement confirmed both ammunition and fuel tanks were among the contents found inside the house. the suspect's home is still marked off with police tape. late last night most of the

investigators left but there are still some there right now. the street has also reopened. the fbi is now investigating the shooting and it comes as many wonder how this could happen in america yet again. peter thomas is on gma this morning with what he is learns. >> our sources are thankful the shooting wasn't worse given that the killer likely had multiple guns. they are saying the fact that he left his home and burned it down was a sign that he had no intention of surviving the a secret service threat assessment on shootings in public spaces suggested police will look at if there were recent stresses in his life. did he have financial difficulties and did anything happen at work that would set him off >> are we just reporting more on these mass shootings are they on the rise >> mass shootings are ngdistur rate. nearly doubling if you compare 2020 to 2018.

we had 611 such instances last year with four more victims were killed or wounds. as of this morning there have been 232 mass shootings so far this year. 258 people killed and nearly a thousand wounded in less than six months. >> tough to hear that. we are staying on top of this developing story. this is the push alert we sent out on the app when this story first started to unfold and first broke. you can download the app and enable push alerts to get the latest. we will take a moment here to talk about the weather forecast. i want to start by looking at the winds. they are faster and more widespread this morning. that will be a little bit of a cooling trend, especially for the inland neighborhoods during the afternoon. we are seeing partly cloudy conditions over san francisco. 48 to about 50 degrees. as we look elsewhere we have 43 in heelsburg to 53 in union city. 45 in santa clara.

50 in belmont. about other in walnut creek. you can see some of the clouds hanging around from our camera at pier15. we will stay pretty steady through seven. plenty of sun away from the usual spots. the peninsula and coast during the afternoon. you will stay in the 50's. pretty comfortable around the bay and inland and then the breeze at four. hitting us in the low to mid- 70s and then the mid to upper 6o's at seven. it'll be a comfortable evening. we have winds out of the west so that means north south bridges will be most affected and the small craft advisory. it'll be choppy on the bay this afternoon. now as far as the air quality, for the holiday weekend. i'm skipping today and tomorrow. it's green. it remains green saturday because we have these winds blowing off the ocean, bringing in that nice clean air. as you look into sunday and monday, some moderate air quality which is still healthy for all of us will develop. that's also going to be some of

our hottest days. triple digits are possible and some of our neighborhoods and i will show you that in the accuweather seven day forecast. you want to get a check of your morning commute. >> thank you. good morning. i do want to remind anyone that may have missed this update that light-rail service for vta has been canceled until further notice there. will be buss and bridges in place and commuters asked to give yourself extra time to complete the trip. moving to a live look in emoryville where things are starting to pick up at 5:11 for westbound traffic. that's where you see the headlights moving right now. the san mateo bridge there was an issue this morning, a bit earlier. its cleared but there was a slow down for the westbound commuters. as we give you the look at the bay area here you can see that we only have one major slow down coming out of tracy. our team coverage of the tragedy in san jose continues this morning. including new details about the shooter from a vta worker who was there.

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. in just a couple of minutes we expect there will be an update at the scene of the vta shooting yesterday. we understand that's sheriff will be providing us some more information this morning. of course we are also expecting an update later on about the investigation. this is something that we have just found out about. we have a crew there and are getting ready to bring you that as soon as we can. if you are just tuning in and you went to bed earlier last night there has been another victim as a result of the shooting. that means that a total of nine people were killed yesterday at the vta railyard. then of course the shooter also died and that 9th person was someone that went into surgery yesterday. he at first survived his

injuries and then later, last night we found out that he died as a result of his injuries. now, a total of nine people killed in this shooting. then the 10th person who died is the shooter. this morning because of everything that happened regarding the light-rail, the light-rail system is not operating. so they do have a bus bridge in place. there is a vigil that is happening this evening at 6:00 p.m. and there is also a memorial that continues to grow at the -- in san jose including at city hall and we will check in with julian later on. that's all the newest information we have about the shooting last night. we will go out to amy who is there at the scene with the sheriff. >> could you step forward to the podium. >> thank you. >> if you can just look right here. >> what is your reaction to the death that happened overnight >> last night i think around

8:00. obviously it's tragic for everybody who lost their life. this is a person that we had gotten out of the building and gotten to a hospital. even while the scene was still hot. my heart goes out to all the family members. >> any update on the investigation possible motive explosives anything you can tell us >> as far as the motive, that is probably going to take a while to sort out if we can ever determine. one thing we are releasing now is the suspect had on him or -- at the place where he died two semi automatic hand guns. then 11 magazines that were -- had ammunition in them. i know our deputies and officers were heros. they went in and confronted the suspect. this they confronted the

suspect he took his own life. i believe that the officers and deputies saved lives. >> no doubt. wow. anything new on the explosives what were those >> i can only speak to our k9's alerted on explosives in his locker. there were the precursor things to explosive devices but no explosive devices. san jose police is handling the fire and that crime scene and i know they found explosive material there. >> are you still processing here >> yes. yes. it'll be a while because of the large crime scene. we will actually have it scanned in such a way that it looks like you can walk through the building. you have seen the crime scene -- and that takes a while to set up the locations because in one building there were five people who were shot and

killed and in another building there were two that were shot and killed. it's a large crime scene. >> how about the injured how many injured do you have anyone else in the hospital or who was injured >> no. nobody. all fataliti es. >> this seems like it was targeted >> you know we don't have full information on that. that is a possibility. we are not certain. we have talked to all the witnesses who were right there when he was shotting. we don't know why some and why not others. >> did they say if he was saying anything >> not that i have been told. >> and any stories about what the victims did in the moment >> we provide law enforcement services to vta. we -- our team had actually trained all vta employees what to do in an active shooter and had done an exercise specifically in that building with

vta employees. they were told to run, hide or engage the suspect. i don't know what -- i don't know what they did. we may have some heroes also with vta. some of them may have lost their lives. i think that they reacted as they should have and certainly with our entry team and able to get out victims. that kind of protocol that we have in this county i think what we do yesterday saved lives. >> when did you do that training >> with in the last year. >> what irony. >> and an exercise in that building. >> wow. >> yeah. a lot of employers do that now. it's tragic. what is happening in this world i don't know. i don't know if we will ever find a motive for the suspect. >> can you tell us how many people were at the location at that time when the shooting happened >> you know i don't know the

number. i know that we had a number of people in our building that had been witnesses and there were probably about five or ten of those people. i don't know how close they were to the shooter or how many were there. >> there was a [inaudible] meeting >> i have heard that said. i don't know that firsthand. i would be the person who knew. i believe it was at the beginning of the shift. it could have been an informal meeting. it could have been union but that's noting have been told. any speculation on that is purely speculation. >> you were able to identity all the victims. is there a goal for the investigation tonight is there a piece of information you are working to get out next >> no. just still processing the scene to try to figure out. make sure we talk to all of the witnesses and everything else that we can do. there's search warrants being done on social media accounts if any. cell phones, see if we can put

together the investigation. >> how long do you think you will sweep the building there you know probably -- i know you are all very careful in doing that. how long do you think that will be >> probably at least another day after today. just because of the spread out nature. >> i'm not sure if where the shootings happened. if those were the only building that he went to. >> have you found anything at this point its been almost 24 hours. can you tell us on that >> it's not about finding things necessarily. you know we did find the explosives. we know where the victims were. we know where the suspect was. it's -- we are going to do a lot of -- we don't know how many shots were fired at this point but that's something we will determine from the crime scene. looking at the victims and seeing what we can find with that. >> can you tell us more about the guns are they legal guns >> on their face just by

viewing the photographs, they would be legal firearms in california. i don't know if they were modified in any way. they were semi automatic hand guns, pistols. >> were they both discharged >> i don't know at this point. woe will be able to tell that, whether or not both firearms were fired because we will do that testing. >> and no law enforcement fired any shots it was -- the moment he saw law enforcement he took his own life >> that's correct. no shots were fired by law enforcement and no sheriff's deputies or police were injured. >> [inaudible]. >> i'm sorry, what >> have the bodies been removed >> yes. >> his house. can you speak about the scene and what's been found there >> you know obviously our detectives are talking with san jose detectives. that is in their jurisdiction. they are processing that. obviously we are working on it

jointly. anything that they found there you will have to get that information. you know like we have said and has been put out already that there were explosives. >> he had two semi automatic pistols and how many rounds >> 11 magazines. people call them clips sometimes. 11 magazines that had ammunition in them. >> and none of them were illegal they were all california compliant that we know >> you know by just the appearance before any more forensics. they appear to look like legal firearms. i don't know anything about if they were modified. i don't know about the type of rounds. your message to the community >> that everybody in this community is touched by this incident. my heart goes out to the families. one of our staff had a family member that was lost. i'm just so sorry. we have to put a stop to this. i also want the community to

know the heroics of the deputies that entered the scene and i hope there is always an appreciation for law enforcement and what they do. >> how are they holding up >> they are doing well. what was difficult for all the deputies that were in there is the people who had already been shot when they entered. that's also a very much of a difficulty for them. especially since they tried to rescue at the same time after the suspect was no longer a threat. >> i know you said that you may never know a motive for the shooting. sometimes you have shooters who write notes. have you found anything that could lead you to a motive >> not yet. obviously we are doing searches -- search warrants on e-mails and phones and will be able to see texts and things like that. it may lead to smog. i don't know if there have

been any written documents. not that i'm aware of. >> thank you. >> how soon to the next update >> probably not until we get some more information. i don't want you just to get together. we may do things in writing about there's no update. we are always hear to answer questions. >> that was the update from the santa clara county sheriff giving us some new details about what was found at that scene, at the vta railyard. specifically when it comes to those hand guns. saying they were two hand guns that they found. semi automatic pistols. new information's as they continue their investigation. >> the other thing that's really important is that they did a training exercise there with in just the past year. so, the sheriff's office was

with some of the employees explaining to them what they should do in an active shooter were to enter the building and they are trying to find out where people were, who may have saved who in that building. it seems to me like that. >> that training. e. must have helped. >> that train and the deputies getting to that scene so quickly saved lives. >> right and just remembering that the shots. she told us yesterday that shots were still being fired when her deputies went in there. it seems to be her belief that the shooter then ended his life when the deputies entered the building. when it was clear that this was going to end one way or the other. it seems like that's when this stopped. >> i know so many want to know what's the motive. she was very clear saying they don't have one right now. don't know if they will ever have one. they are looking at social

media accounts and that may be to answers about that question. her just being so honest

late last night. thank you for joining us. it's thursday, may 27th. abc mornings is live now on abc7, hulu live and wherever you stream. >> we want to get to the latest on the vta shooting. we know that nine people have died. santa clara county sent out an update that another man died last night. there's also a vigil planned tonight. at ten we are expecting an update from vta. there are two active investigations. one at the railyard and the other at the shooter's home. we have team coverage. we are learning more about the victims. the very latest on the shooter. first we want to check in with amr live at the vta facility with the latest on

where the investigation stands. hi. we just got briefed by the sheriff here in san jose. we have new information about the gunman's guns and the ammunition that he had. she said they found him with two semi automatic pistols and 11 magazines that all had ammunition in them. she believes he stopped shoots when he heard deputies come into that facility. she believes that her deputies saved lives yesterday morning. here at this vta railyard. a 9th person did die overnight or late last night. here at this massacre the death toll is nine vta thgunm killed himself. he was shooting at his co workers officials say. they accuse sam cassidy of this massacre. he did kill himself. another interesting bit of information the sheriff gave us this morning is that these vta workers had been prepared for this right here at this very

location in a training exercise that happened with in the past year. >> we provide law enforcement services to vta and we -- our team had trained all vta employees what to do in an active shooter and had done an exercise in that building. they were told to run, to hide or to engage the suspect. i don't know what -- i don't know what they did. we may have some heros also with vta. some of them may have lost their lives. i think that they reacted as they should have. enapned re at we asked r th in she id arno jues. washey thisfo at least another day.

we asked if there was anything obvious as far as motive, sometimes shooters will leave behind writings. she said nothing at this point. they don't know but they will be searching his e-mails, his texts, they will go through his life looking for any clue as to why he erupted here at this vta rail site, killing nine of his co workers. >> if you for that update. there is a memorial growing outside san jose city hall. the county has now released the names of all of the victims. now here are pictures of three of them. the other victims are alex fritch who died last night in the hospital, 35-

year-old jose hernandez the third, timothy romo who a neighbor told the chronicle was a husband, father and a vta power foreman. also a 63-year-old and 63-year- old lars lane who according to his linked in page was a lineman. julian is live with more on that memorial and the victims. >> hi. good morning. these nine names that with we are learning are not gun violence stats. they aren't hash tags. to the nine families who lost a loved one they were everything. tonight the community will come together to help those families grieve, heal and mourn. these nine victims and their lives that were cut short. we are learning more this morning. from a vta employee who did escape that the killer appeared to be targeting his victims.

we are learning that a 36-year- old, a light-rail operator, one of the victims likely saved at least one co worker by putting her in a room to hide before he himself was shot and killed. the family remembering him as a kind person. >> he is the one. he is a nice one in our family. is he friendly. he has too many friends. >> he calling there -- he has the phone numbers with the community because say, hey, there's a shooting. >> likely saving more lives. i want to bring you back here live to san jose city hall this morning where you do see that memorial growing. you see flowers. you see a sign there with vta heart in san jose and also smaller hearts with some of the names of the victims that we know along with roses and candles lit to honor those victims. we want to tell you about a fund that's been set up to support those victims. ve to n set panership a.

donate to, e victim's families. i tweeted that link out. it is up on the website. abc7 news.com but that happening at six tonight here at san jose city hall. for now reporting live. >> thank you. members of san jose's religious community gathered to hold a vigil for the victims. >> my heart mourns for those who are lost today. innocent men and women, families without now mothers and fathers who have to make sense of this mess. to make sense of insanity. to make sense of senseless violence. >> the group included members of the unitaritan, jewish ho came together said they were in a state of shock. their hearts going out to the victims. the suspect lived about 11-

mile from the vta railyard. his neighbors, surveillance system captured him as he left yesterday morning and before the suspect's house burned. the images and what the neighbor is saying about the suspect. >> thank you. the suspect's east bay -- east san jose home became it's own crime scene yesterday. this is a surveillance video coming a neighbor showing samuel cassidy dressed in a vta uniform, his mask on, loading up his truck to head off to work. shortly after this the neighbor's surveillance cameras caught these images and his cell phone video from across the street showing the home going up in flames. prior interactions with cassidy have become haunting memories. >> talk to him and say hi but he never talk to me and say hi. he kind of staring at me all

the time. he never say hi. he just don't say anything. kind of scary. he looked like scare person. he live alone. i never see his friends, family, anyone coming to his house. he is alone. >> and what happened that one time you were describing you tried to back your car out >> he yelled do not come to my driveway. you have to get out. >> in the wake of the mass shooting, then the san jose police bomb squad arriving at the suspect's home followed by the atf and fbi. it became clear this was not just a house fire but a crime scene. law enforcement say that both ammunition and fuel tanks were among the contents found inside the house. >> thank you. taking a live look now at washington dc. the president has ordered flags to be flown at half staff in honor of the victims through sunday. he released a statement saying

there are at least eight families who will never be whole again. they are union brothers and sisters, good honest hard working people who are mourning their own. he then urged congress to help end this pandemic of gun violence in america. the vice president also addressed the shooting. she said it's personal to her as a bay area native. >> it's absolutely tragic. it's absolutely tragic. i have family that live in san jose. i worked for many years with the mayor of san jose and that police department. my prayers and my thoughts with all of those families that have been affected. local lawmakers have called for a crack down on guns. one tweeting enough is enough. we don't have to live like this and it's time for senate republicans to find the courage to act. in an interview congresswoman jackie spear said she wants to see more done to close

gun loopholes. >> everybody has to have a background check. there is a loophole for those that go to gun shows for -- to the internet. >> the executive director of the gun veers of california believes it's not about gun control. he said california has the strictest gun laws in the country and yet it didn't stop something like that. a survey from the public policy institute of california finds that six in ten do favor stricter gun laws. new details about the shooter and his past. what two women who knew him shared with us. also ahead, where did coronavirus come from the order for further investigation. first a check on the weather. >> thank you. hi. let's take a look at what's going on with live doppler 7. it's pretty quiet. we have a few clouds, more around the bay than we had this time yesterday.

those will peel back to the coast. you can see them just hugging the east bay hills as we look south on 680 from walnut creek where it's 50 degrees. we have upper 40's to low 0's through the tri valley. head out to antioch and brentwood. 53 and 55. upper 40's to mid50's just about everywhere until you get up. look at that. santa rosa where it's about 41 degrees. let's look at the winds. they are a little more widespread and a little faster than this time yesterday. that will be the case as we head in to the afternoon from three to nine. anywhere near a body of water. it'll get brisk with west winds 30 to 35 miles an hour that. will pull the temperatures down just a little bit. especially in the inland neighborhoods. we will stay in the upper 40's through mid50's. the 66 to 70 pretty nice at lunch. 70 to 75. you can see the temperatures definitely cooler inland than yesterday where

many of us were in the 80's. 65 to 67. what a beautiful evening on tap. some of the extra cloud cover compared to yesterday as we look from the coliseum north on 880. it'll be cool to comfortable today. if you are at home. if you are running errands grab a jacket for the morning and for the coast during the afternoon and it'll be breezy near the bodies of water if you are thinking about walking a dog or jogging. here is a look at the pollen. i wanted to jump ahead to the holiday weekend. not just will change today and tomorrow with the forecast. as we head through the holiday weekend it'll get hotter but it won't have much effect on the modern amounts of tree pollen and grass pollen in the very high uv index. if you spend time outside make sure you wear that sun screen. we will talk about how hot it'll get coming up. this is a look from sky 7 at the vta light-rail yard. light-rail service is canceled until further notice. the vta will have bus bridges in place to provide

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. the sheriff said she doesn't know the shooter's motive and that's possible we may never know it. we are hearing from two people

who knew the accused shooter well. we spoke to the suspect's ex- wife and a girlfriend who did not want to be identified. >> we talked to the shooter's ex-girlfriend and ex-wife, trying to get a better picture of the man at the center of this tragedy. >> i can't believe. it's unbelievable. >> to me he was like sweet guy. nice guy. he had a temper. >> that temper was on display this morning. one that both women experienced. the former girlfriend had a court case in 2009 claiming he threatened and sexually assaulted her. >> i feel sorry about the people who got killed. i feel bad about the people who died. >> you feel fortunate for yourself. >> yeah. fortunate. i feel lucky. >> she was married to cassidy for ten years but they split up 16 years ago with little contact since

then. >> i still don't check why he did this. i just don't get it. >> the shooter's former girl friend said he was d complain >> yes. he did. stressful, too much work. >> his former wife is in disbelief. >> i just don't know what happened to him. never thought he would do such a thing. >> larry beale. abc7 news. >> this tragedy affects so many of us. if you need support go it abc7 news.com to find your ally. we wanto to update you on other things happening in the world. new jobless claims have dropped for the 4th week and reached a pandemic low. 406,000 new claim was filmed last week which is lower than the economists forecast of 425,000. there are still more than 3.6 million continuing claims.

that is more than 100,000 less than the previous week. we will see how wall street will react when the markets open in about 45 minutes. the president has ordered united states intelligence agencies to further investigate the start of coronavirus. this after pressure from republicans and the science community who are unsatisfied with the investigation efforts from the who and china. biden said a report was not conclusive on if the virus came from an infected animal this he will look at the idea that the virus came from a lab. the first two winners winners in the iowa million incentive have been chosen. they win a million dollars and -- the teenager gets a full ride college scholarship including room, tuition and books. >> it feels very good.

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i. >> i cannot. all these people in other countries begging for the vaccine. >> we up here -- >> doing vaxa million. here is a look at what's going on in san jose where we are reporting mostly clear conditions. you can see it's hazy and almost full moon. no eclipse this morning. we are looking at clouds to the west. definitely more cloudiness out there. the sun will emerge but for along the coast where the clouds will be sticky. minor cooling inland. tonight late arriving clouds. as far as the pattern you can see we have a low to the north and the south. look at that. just full on west wind. that's a zonal flow. that keeps us pretty close to average. the closer you are to the coast. little cooler than average as you head inland. we have low to mid70's. as you head up the peninsula,

mid-60s's to low 70's. upper 50's along the coast today. on the peninsula side we will stay in the 50's through eight. 60 at ten with increasing sun. we will hang around the mid to upper 60's from noon to five. increasing clouds and down to 61 by eight. around san francisco, we will have upper 50's to low 60's as under head through the north bay mid-70s to low 80's. along the east bayshore, 66 to 71 and inland we are looking at 75 to 84 degrees. tonight we are back down in to the upper 40's to mid50's. my seven day forecast, pretty steady through friday, saturday. cooler saturday and then look at that heat sunday, monday and tuesday. no advisories right now because low also

. we are hearing some of those first calls for help at the vta railyard. we monitored the initial dispatch calls. >> this is an active shooter reportedly eight employees at the light-rail maintenance yard. we have no visual of where the shooter is right now. pd has multiple units code 3 and some on scene investigating. employees are evacuating to the parking lot and it sounds like there may be active shotting shots heard. pd is closing down younger. they are saying the shooter is on the third floor. unknown which building, still another active shot heard. >> they are -- we are hearing a san jose man who worked the shooter in the past. kate larson spoke to him and went to the neighborhood of sam cassidy's

family. >> i knew the shooter quite well. >> he is an electric subcontractor. he got to know sam cassidy while building a vta substation. >> i had a pleasant experience with him. he was great. very nice and supportive and helped us out and would pal around with a couple guys and they did a great job. the vta community is g i was stunned. >> he was on another job site a mile from the san jose vta light-rail yard when he heard the shooting. >> i heard the gun shot and then i didn't know where it was coming and then i saw the fire at the same time. >> the fire was reportedly set by cassidy at his own home. cassidy worked directly with many of the shooting victims who he also knew. >> that's washocked. i have no thiswoul have happened. i want to put my heart out to the families and my prayers. >> santa clara county sheriff

units were parked outside cassidy's parents home. they declined to comment. long time next door neighbor could not believe sam cassidy was involved. >> it is scary seeing -- to hear that. >> she said cassidy would come to his parent's house to work on his car. she never saw anything of concern. >> >> he is friendly. we just say hi, how are you doing his parents are very, very nice. >> the south bay community trying once again to understand how and why the crime so senseless could happen. in san jose, kat e larson. we are updating the website and appas we get new information in. let's look at what's going on. the a's are back. they are staying in town and taking on the angels

tonight. 6:40. 63 degrees and by 9:40 it's 58. it'll be breezy at the old game. let's take a look ahead. lot of us are going to kick off summer this weekend and some of us are going to feel like it. saturday is the coolest day in our forecast. entire seven day will be the warmest. just a real quick turn around. temperatures in the 50's at the coast. will eventually warm in to the 60's. a local sea breeze that will keep you from over heating. the rest of us go to the 80's, 90's and 100 monday. its going to be hot for memorial day. >> thank you. next at six, continuing coverage of the vta mass shooting. part of our i-team interview with a witness and what we know about the victims who were killed and the tragedy' the nation. how it is fueling a debate over

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team coverage the deadly rampage in san jose. a ninth victim died over the veofthkilled in this

tragedy. >> there is a growing memorial for the victims outside of city hall. we are there with the details. >> security video shows the shooter just minutes before the attack. his home is still an active crime scene this morning. we will have a live update this morning. we are digging into the shooter's past. it is thursday, may 27. you are watching abc mornings. >> the county has released the names of all of the victims. here are pictures of three of them. this is paul delacruz megia, taptejdeep singh, and michael joseph rudometkin. the ninth victim has been identified as alex ward fritch who died last night . other victims are adrian balleza, jose dejesus hernandez