samuel cassidy today. the vta released new information on cassidy's disciplinary history with the company grant lotus joins us now to break it all down grant to these new details quite frankly are chilling when when you hear some of. >> what happened in the recent years leading up to may, which is when cassidy shot and killed 9 of his vta co-workers before killing himself. that was may 26 the report just released reveals that cassidy did not receive any formal discipline for threatening behavior during his 20 year career at the vta. but there were 4 separate incidents involving cassidy that were elevated up to management on july 16th 2019 cassidy was sent home without pay for 2 days as a result of refusing to sign out a 2 way radio. that was necessary to perform his job, which is company policy. then january 29th 2020, a verbal altercation between cassidy and a co-worker was reported. the co-worker was question. they said, quote, he scares me. if someone was to go postal it be him end quote. vta investigat

but there were 4 separate incidents involving cassidy that were elevated to management.h 2019 cassidy was sent home without pay for 2 days as a result of refusing to sign out to a radio that was necessary to perform his job, which is company policy. you have to sign it out. he apparently used it for personal use and then on 1/29/2020, a verbal altercation between cassidy and a co-worker was reported. the co-worker was questioned and they said, quote, he scares me. if someone was to go postal it be him. vta investigated and said there was no evidence at the time to support that comment, that october 21st 2020 cassidy refused to attend a mandatory cpr certification class citing concerns over covid bt us as a number of reasonable accommodations were provided to cassidy with no resolution. and finally, november 28th 2020 cassidy inappropriately used of eta to a radio for personal communication, which again is against the tea, a policy. he then left work without permission. vta says so far there have been no reports of threatening or racist remarks towards his colleagues. if

in july of 2019, cassidy was sent home for insubordination. it was the first in a spring of problems. the most compelling was in january of 2020. he had a verbal altercation that had another employee say he scares me. if someone was to go postal, that would be him. that observation got the ear of this psychiatrist who found the report very revealing about cassidy's behavior. >> almost predictable how they are as a person, you know, that he's very subordinate. he treats his coworkers very badly. there was one coworker who said if someone were to go postal, it would most likely be him. so he is obviously not a good person to be with or work with. so definitely not surprised. i would be more surprised if he was a great person. >> reporter: yeah. in fact, the doctor mentioned a number of different things that he noted about sam cassidy's behavior. and, again, he said that it is a little easier to predict that someone will have erratic behavior and even violent behavior. he said it is a little more difficult to predict a violent act of this magnitu

samuel cassidy takes his own life. santa clara county district attorney jeff rosen is taking action to prevent the possibility of another tragedy is not about blame because the ultimate responsibility for the mass shooting is sam cassidy's. what i'm doing is trying to prevent the next cassidy from committing another mass murder. >> has made kron 4 news. we have a section dedicated to the shooting on kron 4 dot com. and you can use your phone to scan the qr code you see on the screen. it will take you directly to site information includes the latest updates on the investigation and profiles of the victims for about 2 weeks now since mid-may, those aged 12 and older have been able to get the covid-19 vaccine. >> now a new report indicates an increase in teen hospitalizations took place prior to the vaccine, becoming available to the youngest folks in that age group. >> and the cdc is now encouraging parents to get their children vaccinated as soon as possible and bay area. doctors agree with that kron four's. dan kerman

after cassidy missed 11 days of work in one year period. in 2005 he failed to report to the supervisors every two weeks while on temporary disability for knee surgery and was warned he could be terminated. in 2019 a memo in his file explains the 57-year-old refused to sign on his portable radio after multiple requests, leading to charges of insubordination. cassidy missed work here and there in the last couple of years, including last august when he explained his absence was for father emergency. >> active shooter upstairs. >> reporter: personnel files paint a picture of possible growing tension at work heard a coworker stated, he scares me, if someone was to go postal it would be him. he's also gotten into a verbal altercation with a coworker. refused to attend a mandatory cpr class, had an unexcused absence and inappropriately used his radio. despite his behavior, no other intervention or disciplinary action was taken against cassidy. >> someone is shooting right outside the door. >> reporter: remember, cassidy said his home on fire the m

cassidy and a co-worker got into a verbal altercation.an unnamed co-worker said they were scared of cassidy and if someone was to go postal, it would be him. the investigati found nothing else in back to his department manager. october 2020. he refused to attend classes citing covid concerns. wasn't resolved. and the final incident last november. he inappropriately used that two-way radio. he then left work without permission. that's what the press release outlined for us but our investigative unit dug even further. the senior investigator found more than a dozen other incidents. some dating to earlier this year. steven? >> reporter: our team w through all 222 documents provided so far. they date back to 2001. we were able to put together a time line that shows an lashed out at vta management and often refused to follow rules or even sign basic forms. >> the documents show a long history of disputes between cassidy and vta management, including three separat family medical leave act requests where supervisors repeatedly asked for document

unnamed employee stated cassidy, quote, scares me.nd if someone was to go postal it, be him. you can >> not just this year about last year, recent years. politics things going on in the world and then a pandemic. on top of that, it's made the workplace a stressful place. and so. >> people do make offhand remarks. not all of them. are indicators of potential violence be to thomas is a partner at oppenheimer investigations group. >> which is a law firm that conducts workplace investigations in these situations. their group looks in the past behavior and then turns this sort of information over to a threat assessor if team serious based on the limited information thomas says there are no glaring red flags but violent behavior can be hard to predict human beings are very complicated creatures and there are some people who can make all sorts of. >> never act on them. there are other people who say nothing and then out of nowhere. >> engage violence in the other 3 cases brought to management. cassidy was sent home for insubordination for no

samuel cassidy takes his own life.lara county district attorney jeff rosen is taking action to prevent the possibility of another tragedy is not about blame because the ultimate responsibility for the mass shooting is sam cassidy's. what i'm doing is trying to prevent the next said and cassidy from committing another mass murder. >> has made kron 4 news in honor of pride month. city officials and lgbtq representatives raise the 1978 rainbow flag this afternoon. the flag was made by gilbert baker who worked closely with harvey milk milk. of course, the first openly person to hold high public office in an american city baker died. the original fabrics himself and with the help of volunteers stitch together 8 strips of brilliant color into a huge better. each color had a meeting hot pink standing for sexuality, red for life orange for healing yellow representing son, green nature turquoise for art indigo for harmony and violet for spirit gilbert baker passed away in 2017. if you have your phone handy, another qr code here

and that cassidy had books about terrorism and fear manifestoes. as well as a black memo book filled with lots of notes about how he hates the vta. last wednesday cassidy opened fire at the vta railyard , where he worked for years. >> there may have been a number of interventions. whether those would have made a difference and prevented mister cassidy from murdering nine people and then killing himself , we will never know. >> reporter: he says if they would have told his office, it would have triggered an investigation, or mental health treatment could've been offered, or a gun violence restraining order requested to temporarily take away cassidy's firearms. >> i can assure people these gun violence restraining orders we have gotten have save lives and stopped mass shootings. i went to a funeral earlier today for employees and it's a credible sat in her cringing. last week i was present when the medical examiner's office informed seven different families. that stays with me and makes me even more resolved to do everything we can to prevent gun vio

sam cassidy started shooting at that rail yard and that was last wednesday. and with that, we welcome you in tonight for kron 4 news at 5. thank you for being here. i'm grant lotus. >> and i'm vicki liviakis. that news conference. i is going to start at any moment now. our kron four's rob fladeboe. he's live on the scene, not in san jose, with what we know so far. in this investigation, rob. >> well, that's right. vicki and i'm here inside the auditorium at the sheriff's office it to 55 a west younger street is just a half a block or so from the light rail yard where the shooting occurred a week ago tomorrow, sheriff laurie smith expected to take the podium here shortly. you can see behind me. they've got to screen set up here. we've been told that the sheriff's office is going to release body-worn camera from the deputies who responded to the shooting. the telling us last week deputies were heroes in may and their actions may indeed have prevented still more bloodshed last week. you'll recall the sheriff said her deputies were actually in the building when t

. >> reporter: there has been no clear motive as to why cassidy opened fire in the first place that his personnel files give us insight into the months leading up to the shooting. >> did it sound like a gun? how many shots were fired? >> it is a gun, at least 10 or 15. >> reporter: exactly 4 weeks after the bay areas deadliest mass shooting. >> don't pulling somebody is shooting a gun. >> reporter: of the vta released nearly 100 pages of samuel cassidy's personnel files, shedding more light into his behavior at work and some of what he dealt with in his

samuel cassidy. and today the vta released new information on cassidy's disciplinary history with that agency. >> grant lotus. here to break it all down for us. grant not just one incident but nothing that rose to the level. >> that made managers take serious action. and that's one of the things certainly that people will be considering in the aftermath of that horror cassidy sam here shot and killed 9 of his vta coworkers last month before killing himself. this is may 26 this new report reveals the cassidy did not receive any formal discipline for threatening behavior during his 20 year career at vta. but there were 4 separate incidents involving cassidy that where elevated up to management on july 16th 2019 cassidy was sent home without pay for 2 days as a result of refusing to sign out to a radio that was necessary to perform his job. that is company policy to do so. 1/29/2020, a verbal altercation between cassidy and a co-worker was reported to management. the co-worker was questioned about it an

cassidy's dissatisfaction with his employer may have extended farther back than 2019. customs and border protection stopped him in told abc news he was carrying books about terrorism as well is a no but that detailed hatred for his workplace. vta says there are still thousands of documents to review. so far vta says there is no documentation or history of complaints of cassidy making racist or threatening remarks to his colleagues. for the i team, melanie woodrow, abc 7 news. >> the state of california appeal last week's ruling by a federal judge overturning the states three decades-old ban on assault weapons. attorney general rob announced the decision in san francisco alongside governor newsom, health officials, local leaders and gun-control advocates. in his 94 page ruling, judge roger spoke favorably of weapons saying they were overwhelmingly used for legal reasons. >> san francisco supervisor aaron said today he is entering alcohol treatment. this news comes after questions about the longtime politicians conduct at city hall. the 56-year-old has been a force for y

the transit agency released some records from san cassidy's personal history. melanie woodrow has the story. >> as investigators look for a motive and the vta deadly shootings, there is no information about the gun and. 20 year employee samuel shot oy and killed nine of his coworkers before taking his own life. the santa clara county sheriff's office previously released photos of molotov cocktails ammunition and firearms cassidy had in his home including a part of ammunition on his stove which started a fire there. vta says it has been examining cassidy's personnel file since including his disciplinary history. the transit agency says it found records of formal discipline for threatening behavior or violence during cassidy's lengthy vta career. it is releasing informinforminfm about four incidents on the last two years that resulted in disciplinary actions. in july 2019, cassidy was sent home without pay for two days because of insubordination. he refused to sign out a two- way radio. there was a verbal altercation between cassidy and a coworker in january of l

. >> of sam cassidy. he shot and killed 9 of his co-workers on march 20 or may 26 rather before turning the gun himself and then after initial review beaty, a found 4 separate incidents involving cassidy that were elevated to management kron four's, a taylor joins us now live from the beaty. a railyard now with more on this troubling story. >> well, it's a question that we all want to know an answer. could we have predicted the behavior of sam cassidy and prevented this heinous mass shooting. now and its initial review. the vta railyard says that it hasn't found any formal disciplinary action when it comes to threatening or dangerous behavior. however, his records aren't squeaky clean. now, i also spoke with a law firm today who conducts workplace investigations and they say it's much more complicated beneath the surface. >> on thursday, the released more than 200 personnel documents. an employee sam cassidy who shot and killed 9 of his co-workers at the railyard last month before killing himself. in a st

the vt also described three other incidents involving cassidy. july, 2019, he was suspended without pay for two days after refusing to follow company policy inside and got a two-way radio. last october, cassidy refused to attend a mandatory cpr training signing citing covid concerns and last november he left work without permission after having trouble clocking in. he also used a work radio for personal communication. you can find more on the initial findings in our story on kpix.com. >>> in san francisco one man is dead after a shooting in the tenderloin. it happened after 10:00 this morning in the area of market and mcallister street. officers were in the area when they heard the gunshots and found the victim. so far no arrest has been made and no word on emotive. stomach a property battle heating up in south san jose over how to best use an old elementary school. devin fehely joins us live from glider elementary where a protest is now underway. >> reporter: neighbors have begun together for that protest. they say they feel like they were left

samuel cassidy takes his own life.ttorney jeff rosen is taking action to prevent the possibility of another tragedy is not about blame because the ultimate responsibility for the mass shooting is sam cassidy's. what i'm doing is trying to prevent the next cassidy from committing another mass murder. >> has made kron 4 news. >> south bay state senator josh becker says he's working to raise $20,000 for the families of the 9 victims of the vta mass shooting. the senator says he's also re committed to enacting gun control legislation at the state level. in a statement he says, quote, we must do all we can to aid the families of those slain and we must or at most to stop the gun violence. he goes on to call it an epidemic and says there's absolutely no good reason for people to possess high capacity magazines. the gunman in the attack did use high capacity magazines that violated california law. on kron 4 dot com. we do have a section dedicated to that mass shooting. you can use your phone to scan this qr code. it will take

vta staff and local leaders are now combing through the personal files of sam cassidy cassidy shot and killed 9 of his co-workers on may 26 before turning the gun on himself. vta says it found 4 separate incidents assessor if team serious based on the limited information thomas says there are no glaring red flags but violent behavior can be hard to predict human beings are very complicated creatures and there are some people who can make all sorts of. >> never act on them. there are other people who say nothing and then out of nowhere. >> engage violence in the other 3 cases brought to management. cassidy was sent home for insubordination for not following company policy involving the use of their 2 way radios. has also refused a mandatory cpr recertification class citing covid-19 concerns and lastly documents show he left work without permission in future instances. thomas says employers should do a few things. if any, concerning behavior occurs. >> make sure they have strong hra position who have good - relationships with employees when things are brought to their attention, take the

a gunman, later identified as samuel cassidy. as the team reaches the third floor. >> hey, get your hands up! >> reporter: the vta employee seen here with his hand over his key card. this giving first responders all important access inside building a. >> as we move inside the dispatch center, one shot is heard. >> the team follows automobile gunshots searching for the gunman. in this part of the video, cassidy's body is blurred in the distance. >> sheriff's office, sheriff's office! >> reporter: at this point during the deadly morning, cassidy had already shot and killed several coworkers in a separate building, building b. before law enforcement teams arrived on scene, cassidy is seen calmly making his way toward building a where he murdered more coworkers and shot himself twice. >> the contact team observes a gun in the injured person's hand. the contact team has to ensure the person down is still not a continued threat. >> reporter: more than a 100 vta workers were on site that morning. sheriff smith credits the bravery of the

but there were 4 separate incidents involving cassidy that were elevated to management a 7/16/2019 cassidy was sent home without pay for 2 days as a result of refusing to sign out a 2 way radio that was necessary for him to perform his job. and that is company policy 1/29/2020 about a year later, there was a verbal altercation between cassidy and a co-worker that was reported the co-worker was questioned and they said, quote. he scares me if someone was to go postal it be him. the vta investigated and said there was no evidence at that time to support that comment. then on october 21st 2020 cassidy refused to attend a mandatory cpr certification class citing concern over covid-19. the vta says the number of reasonable accommodations were provided to cassidy with no resolution. and then finally on 11/28/2020 cassidy inappropriately used a vta to a radio for personal communication which is against company policy and then he left work without permission. the pta says so far there have been no reports of threatening a racist remarks towards the colleagues that were made. but if you want to rea

cassidy, senator bill cassidy of louisiana is the new senator capito. basically after he hung up with capito he called cassidy. they had a very good conversation. cassidy has signaled that he is willing to accept a number that's higher in terms of new spending. this is where talks broke down with capito before. republicans were not willing to come up to a number he found acceptable in terms of new spending for infrastructure. so i think the big question here is, how is this going to be any different than these previous talks? sure cassidy is signaling that he would be acceptable. he would accept a larger number, but he's one senate republican. they need ten. and so i -- and there's still a fundamental problem with pay-for the. is any senate republican going to accept increasing taxes? i'm skeptical about that. so there's a lot of positive talking right now between the two parties. these two men. but again, it's going to come down to the specifics that the devil is in the details. when it comes to that, they're still pretty far apart. >> cassidy is an in

a gunman, later identified as samuel cassidy. as the team reaches the third floor. >> hey, get your hands up! >> reporter: the vta employee seen here with his hand over his key card. this giving first responders all important access inside building a. >> as we move inside the dispatch center, one shot is heard. >> the team follows automobile gunshots searching for the gunman. in this part of the video, cassidy's body is blurred in the distance. >> sheriff's office, sheriff's office! >> reporter: at this point during the deadly morning, cassidy had already shot and killed several coworkers in a separate building, building b. before law enforcement teams arrived on scene, cassidy is seen calmly making his way toward building a where he murdered more coworkers and shot himself twice. >> the contact team observes a gun in the injured person's hand. the contact team has to ensure the person down is still not a continued threat. >> reporter: more than a 100 vta workers were on site that morning. sheriff smith credits the bravery of the

bill cassidy is in louisiana. that's the biggest.ew years. >> we had a pedestrian street fall. >> they say for every dollar you spend, it saves $6 in disaster relief. miami beach hasn't been hit by a major hurricane since 1926. they called it a big blow. category 4 that killed 113 people drowned and crushed by a hurricane. i understand all this political calculi that are playing. but it's enough to remind people the home you sleep in may not stand by morning and there's something you can do about it. >> there's something about the so-called pay for it. they're completely made up. if you're not doing a gas tax or electric car tax -- >> and you're not doing entitlement reform. >> forget that. irs collection? that's the old waste, fraud, and abuse of the 1980s. >> i wish we could get rid of it. >> you know, both sides -- nobody wants to face the reality that there is no way to pay for any of this. inflation is rearing its head. let's see where we are by fall. >> do the house democrats have the votes for $3 trillion in reconciliation spe

samuel cassidy takes his own life. santa clara county district attorney jeff rosen is taking action to prevent the possibility of another tragedy is not about blame because the ultimate responsibility for the mass shooting is sam cassidy's. what i'm doing is trying to prevent the next cassidy from committing another mass murder. >> has made kron 4 news. >> on kron. 4 dot com. we have a section dedicated to the shooting. you can use your phone to scan this qr code. we'll take you directly to the site. the information includes the latest on the victims and the latest on the investigation. >> an amazon driver is under arrest after being caught on video pummeling a 67 year-old woman in front of her castro valley home. this video may be hard to watch for some. the sheriff's office says this happened yesterday at the vista creek apartments in kron four's. maureen kelly has the story. >> in the surveillance video leading up to the violence. you can see the victim in a verbal confrontation with the amazon delivery driver which

sam cassidy opened fire. last week. this body camera video was from the moment when officers were able to get into a building at the rail yard. >> kron four's terisa joins us now live from san jose with the very latest in a whole new perspective. when you watch this camera video. >> without a doubt. i can. and catherine, we are here in san jose and right behind me. well, that is the vta are. you can see for yourself that it is still an active crime scene and as you mentioned just moments ago, we got video of the shooting that took place just almost a week ago. as those first responders at first team was responding to the 911. calls. let's take a look at that video released on that fateful morning about a week ago. it is intense. it is emotional. it is also very focused as these officers and deputies followed a practice protocol for this type of situation. you can see how they're working together. sheriff laurie smith mentioning at the news conference at following the columbine shooting. they began training for an active

samuel cassidy takes his own life. santa clara county district attorney jeff rosen is taking action to prevent the possibility of another tragedy is not about blame because the ultimate responsibility for the mass shooting is sam cassidy's. what i'm doing is trying to prevent the next said and cassidy from committing another mass murder. >> has made kron 4 state senator josh becker announced that he is working to raise $20,000 for the families of the 9 victims and. >> is rick committed to enacting gun control legislation at the state level. in a statement he says, quote, we must do all we can the families of those slain and we must do our utmost to stop the gun violence that has become epidemic in american society. there's absolutely no good reason for people to possess high capacity magazines. that's why yesterday i voted for and has to be included as a co-author of senate bill 2.64 by sen into bargain shows on state property. the gunman in the attack used high capacity magazines that violated california law and our k

samuel cassidy takes his own life.santa clara county district attorney jeff rosen is taking action to prevent the posscbility of another tragedy is not about blame because the ultimate responsibility for the mass shooting is sam cassidy's. >> what i'm doing is trying to prevent the next said and cassidy from committing another mass murder. has made kron 4 news. >> on kron 4 dot com. we have a section dedicated to the mass shooting. you can use your phone to scan this qr code. it will take you directly to our website and we have several stories there. profiling the 9 lives lost. we're also posting the latest updates on the investigation. and also you can get details and how the services impacted right now. coming up here on kron, 4 news at 3. what thieves in fremont are going after and what the victims all have in common. >> plus a woman in castro valley says that she was attacked by an amazon delivery driver. so what it's going on here. also good. but just not good enough the call for people in the bay area to save eve

also just released, this audio recording of cassidy from earlier this year. >> your way tower signal operations manager and superintendent are going to screw over apu on their vacation sign-up and drop the ball, then i'm going to drop the ball as well. >> i talked with a couple of their family members that lost their spouses, too and he was disgruntled. >> he always wanted to be working alone and never wanted to work with anybody. >> reporter: and do you think that should have been a red flag right there? >> it should have been and i think that the company buried it underneath the rug. >> reporter: what's more, annette and her son tristan feel the federal government also failed to protect them when customs agents didn't inform local authorities in 2016 they detained cassidy and found him with books about terrorism and a black book with notes of his hatred toward with the vta. >> you guys had him and you didn't notify his employer. i don't really care what was the final straw. it was just my dad's gone. >> reporter: annette is determined to get answers on why cassidy walked by some co

sam cassidy. >> 6 4415 seconds. deputy advises through through the doors that the contact seem sees a person down. the contact team continues past and cleary's and moves towards that person. at 6 4451 the contact team observes a gun in the inner person's hand. the contact team has to ensure that the person down is still not a continued threat to them. short while a few seconds later that person is security. it turns out to be the suspect once the security officers continue searching for additional victims as they provide medical acre to provide medical aid. >> the coroner's office has released their findings of the autopsy on sam cassidy that he died of 2 gunshot wounds to self inflicted gunshot wounds and that he shot himself right before law enforcement moved in on him. here in san jose. theresa kron 4 news. >> well, we're also learning more about the acts of heroism on that tragic day. adrian by has brother who is also a vta employees says adrian is his guardian angel. he saved his life to a phone call. kron four

cassidy got into a verbal altercation with another employee. the incident was reported and the second employee told the manager quote he scares me. if someone was to go postal it be him. well that would be something worthy of looking into. and i don't know frankly of the vita did look into it. that would be a warning sign. to me. that would be a reason for concern. may 26th sam cassidy allegedly shot and killed nine co workers at the vita guadalupe light rail yard. he took his own life as sheriff's deputies and san jose police officers approached him. vita officials say there was nothing in the 57 year olds file to support concern over the go. postal comment the matter was ultimately referred back to cassidy's department manager, dr robert albright, who co authored a book on workplace conflict resolution says violence can happen after a pattern or a string of encounters. workplace violence isn't. typically something that happens on an impulse i e. and one day it's more of a process the two other hr incidents were minor one for refusing to atten

cassidy got into a verbal altercation with another employee. the incident was reported and the second employee told the manager quote he scares me. if someone was to go postal it be him. well that would be something worthy of looking into. and i don't know frankly of the vita did look into it. that would be a warning sign. to me. that would be a reason for concern. may 26th sam cassidy allegedly shot and killed nine co workers at the vita guadalupe light rail yard. he took his own life as sheriff's deputies and san jose police officers approached him. be to officials say there was nothing in the 57 year olds file to support concern over the go. postal comment the matter was ultimately referred back to cassidy's department manager, dr robert albright, who co authored a book on workplace conflict resolution says violence can happen after a pattern or a string of encounters. workplace violence isn't. typically something that happens on an impulse i e. and one day it's more of a process the two other hr incidents were minor one for refusing to atte

and discovered cassidy dead. he had turned the gun on himself but not before taking the lives of 9 of his colleagues. some of them who died protecting their coworkers. >> you guys okay? are you guys okay? >> whoever it is is on the third floor. >> he's on the third floor. >> right. >> okay, i'll let them know. >> bye. >> and it's unclear why cassidy opened fire in the first place killing some and sparing others. juliette. >> those audio tapes are chilling, thank you. >>> and we are bringing you what sent people running for cover. oakland police say roughly 5,000 people were hanging out at lake show when gunshots erupted. the sounds of gunfire sent a huge crowd into a panic. some people were pushed into the lake to avoid gunshots. police arrest two men and recovered two guns. police aren't sure if they were shooting at each other other at another group. >> all of a sudden i saw the gunshot and it was like pow, pow, pow. five feet away from me i was like oh my. >> i didn't want to be trampled so i actually ducked b

it is unclear why cassidy carried out the attack. the long time vta employee had been investigated by the agency for insubordination and verbal altercation with a co-worker. >>> we are learning about details about a deadly shooting that left hundreds running for cover at lake merit. roughly 5,000 people were on lakeshore avenue when gunfire erupted. surveillance captured the moment the sounds of gunfire sent a huge crowd into a panic. some people jumped or were pushed into the lake to avoid gun shots. officers are searching for motives saying it is unclear if they were shooting at each other or at another group. >> gun shots, pop, pop, pop. bullets hit the ground five feet away from me. >> i didn't want to be trampled so i ducked behind the port o potty over there. it was the crowd that was more dangerous. it was a stampede so to speak. >> the shooting injured six people. police will be giving an update on the investigation sometime later this morning. >>> on the fire watch, in the past hour, we learned the wildfire burning near big

the coroner's office said that cassidy died of multiple gun shot wounds to his head. this morning we are also seeing the tense moments that deputies entered as cassidy was still shooting. here is a timeline now. last wednesday morning. the sheriff's office was called to the vta railyard at about 6:35 that morning. ten minutes went buy before the time deputies found cassidy but they were on scene at the railyard two minutes after the initial 911 call. it took two days before bomb teams to clear the arsenal of explosives, weapons and 25,000 rounds of ammunition at the east san jose home. investigators say he initially set his home on fire before leaving to kill nine of his co workers. sheriff smith said she believes some if not all of the victims were targeted. >> we will never forget the innocent victims whose lives were taken by a crazed coward. i would believe he either heard us or saw the flashlights through the windows >> now investigators say they believe that cassidy thought this out. thought this attack out, all of this as he was traveling from his home straight

samuel cassidy. in fact, as we continue watching this video, we have lieutenant aaron assignments and with the santa clara county sheriff's office explaining how officers moved in. >> the contact team is moving through that dispatch center. one shot is heard. another worker shot of stimulus. and you'll actually hear one of the officers say their and that shot is heard at 6 4356. the team immediately recognizes the situation is still dynamic and they drive towards the area of the >> now we've edited the video here so as not to show the shooter's body. that's that blurred out section in the background. and it was at that point that the officers can be heard saying the shooter is down. they see a gun in his hand and then quickly determine that he was dead. >> the investigation continues. even with the video. there's still a lot to learn about what unfolded and why kron four's will tran is live in san jose with the latest will. >> james, very i'm in front of the vta headquarters and you might be able to

. ( laughter ) yesterday, cassidy talked about his wife, and used her to explain that everyone shouldecause roads and bridges are a "woman's problem." ( audience reacts ) ( booing ) cassidy's right. hence the famous ending of "thelma and louise." >> oh, no, they never finished the bridge! ♪ ( applause ) >> stephen: so sad. so sad. ( applause ) >> jon: should have gotten it together. >> stephen: bill cassidy made the observation this sunday on the meet press: >> oftentimes it is the women, aside from commuting to work, who's also taking children to school or doing the shopping. and the more time she spends on that road, the less time she spends doing things of higher value. so, if you speak to her, she's going to say this is a good bill. >> stephen: (as cassidy) "then she'll clarify: i mean the infrastructure bill. not my husband bill. have you heard the crap he says about women?" ( laughter ) ( applause ) now, across the pond, the tour de france started on saturday, and for some cyclists, also ended on saturday. because there was a massive crash during the first stage of the race. fir

cassidy got into a verbal altercation with another employee. the incident was. reported and a second employee told the manager quote he scares me. if someone was to go postal it be him. well that would be something worthy of looking into. and i don't know frankly of the vita did look into it. that would be a warning sign. to me. that would be a reason for concern. may 26th sam cassidy allegedly shot and killed nine co workers at the vita guadalupe light rail yard. he took his own life as sheriff's deputies and san jose police officers approached him. be to officials say there was nothing in the 57 year olds file to support concern over the go. postal comment the matter was ultimately referred back to cassidy's department manager, dr robert albright, who co authored a book on workplace conflict resolution says violence can happen after a pattern or a string of encounters. workplace violence isn't. typically something that happens on an impulse i e. and one day it's more of a process the two other hr incidents were minor one for refusing to attend a mandatory trai

precisamente hoy, el vta report el comportamiento de samuel cassidy en el lugar de trabajo.de la masacre. investigamos el expediente personal de samuel cassidy y vemos que el 19 de junio de 2019 fue enviado a casa por negarse a usar un radio de dos vÍas. el siguiente reporte ocurriÓ en enero de 2020, cuando tuvo un altercado con un compaÑero. ademÁs, no lo vieron como algo preocupante. el 31 de octubre de 2020 el sospechoso no quiso ir a una clase certificatoria por miedo a contagiarse. tambiÉn tuvo un reporte por uso errÓneo de su radio de trabajo. esto es lo que han revelado las autoridades del vta por ahora. es el reporte que tenemos. paola: gracias. cambiando de tema, dos ganadores de la loterÍa de vacunaciÓn nunca respondieron los mensajes del departamento de salud de california y los premios se entregarÁn a los personas mÁs. maÑana habrÁ otro sorteo y varias personas ganan 50.000 $. entrarÁn en el sorteo los mayores de 12 aÑos. el 15 de junio se sortearÁn 10.000.000 $. las condiciones para participar son las mismas. todavÍa hay un incentivo de 50 $ para aquellos que no

they released over 200 pages of sam cassidy's personnel file. among the incidents detailed, a january 2020 outburst while signing up for vacation time. after a shouting match broken up by a union rep, an employee later reported that someone set of cassidy, he scares me. if someone was to go postal, it would be him. the employment attorney says what vta did after that shouting match and report, matters. >> what type of investigation the vta did, and did they do a complete and thorough and proper investigation in finding all the facts behind these incidents before they decided to take action or not take action. it's the mac meanwhile the light rail service is still not running in santa clara county. the retired assistant special agent in charge of the san francisco fbi office like into this case to the las vegas massacre. >> they don't have an opportunity to interview the gunmen. it's unfortunate that they can't talk to the person who committed this horrific crime. because you can't talk to him it is hard to get inside their mind and understand wh

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gerard cassidy of rbc markets, truly expert. even have time to go through his single best buy on the sell side. what i heard there is by the banks. lisa: yes, by the dip here as they expect -- yes, buy the dip as they expect loan growth to go up. i don't know, $3.9 trillion of cash parked with the federal reserve. to me, that is shocking. i know you don't care. tom: cassidy is from maine. i'm from up north. lisa is from new york. you are the southern girl here. lobster roll with butter sauce? kailey: i don't even know what you're talking about. tom: this is like having -- this is like having ferro on here. kailey: all i know is this has made me hungry. tom: folks, this is actually a really big debate, as we launch into the summer season. do you have a cold, crunchy lobster mayonnaise, or do you go the a primos way the butter sauce? and a cold -- and a cold ipa. kailey: it is 5:00 somewhere. lisa: am or p.m.? kailey: does it matter? [laughter] tom: who's this ferro guy? a little bit of lift on bitdog. i can't quote bitdog, it's t

a closer look into samuel cassidy's life at work and home. vta released personnel files on cassidy a month after he opened fire at the rail yard killing nine colleagues. the newly released documents include a 2008 written counseling letter after cassidy missed 11 days of work in a one year period. in 2005 he failed to report to his supervisors every two weeks while on temporary disability and was warned he could be terminated. in 2019 a memo explained the 57- year-old refused to sign out his portable radio after multiple requests leading to charges of insubordination. personnel files released two weeks ago paint a picture of possible growing tension at work including a statement from a co-worker who said he scares me. if someone were to go postal, it would be him. >>> we are hearing from the driver shot at along 880. he is even showing us the bullet hole left behind in his truck. the driver did not want to be identified but tells us the suspect spotted at his truck in hayward yesterday. police chased him to fremont. the suspect crashed into t

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customs officers detained samuel cassidy in 2016 after a trip to the philippines. cassidy had, quote, books about terrorism and fear and manifestoes as well as a black memo book filled with lots of notes about how he hates the vta. last wednesday, cassidy opened fire at the vta railyard where he worked for years. >> there may have been a number of interventions. whether those would have made a difference and prevented mr. cassidy from murdering nine people and then killing himself, we will never know. >> reporter: had customs and border protection told police or his office, it would have triggered an investigation were mental health treatment could have been offered or a gun violence restraining order requested to temporarily take away cassidy's firearms. >> i can assure people that these gun violence restraining orders that we have gotten have a saved lives and stopped mass shootings. i just went to a funeral earlier today for one of the employees and it is incredibly sad and heart-wrenching. last week, i was present when the medical examiner's office informed sev

>> reporter: we are at the home of sam cassidy, and in a neighborhood the most compelling was in january of 2020. he had a verbal altercation, that had another employee say, he scares me. if someone was to go postal, it'd be him. that observation, also, got the ear of psychiatrist julian who found the the report very revealing about cassidy's behavior. >> it's almost predictable, how they are as a person. you know, that they're, you know, he's very insubordinate. he treats his co-workers very badly. and i think there was that one co-worker who said if someone were to go postal, it would most likely be him. so he is obviously not a very good person to be with or work with so definitely not surprised. i would be more surprised if he was a great person. >> now, just as investigators comb this house, a lot of mental health experts are going to be pouring over this vta report, though, the doctor says a violent act of this magnitude, it will take a lot more research and digging into his past life. his childhood, as well as his earlier-employment days, to really get the full picture of sam cass

cance cassidy went into the yard. he was able to shoot and kill 9 of his co-workers. late tonight, the coroner released the news that cassidy died by suicide shooting himself twice. and that's the latest on this video grant vicki, back to you. all right. can not. we are also hearing more from families of the victims tonight. one of those vta employees killed was 29 year-old adrian indeed in kron four's dan thorn talked with biases brother tonight. he joins us live in san jose. >> to share their story. dan. >> grant. vicki, we're learning more about these acts of heroism that happened on that tragic day by his brother says adrian is his guardian angel and saved his life through a phone call. >> he saved my life. and he say this fence 29 year-old adrian by a is remembered by his brother. one as a hero. adrian warned him to not go to work at the bt a light rail facility last wednesday morning as a gunman opened fire is 6.35 women phone rang and he told me not to come to the yard and asked him why he says because he heard

but he's angered by what cassidy did to his brother and 8 others. he took. my best friend and he took my ended. adrian leaves behind a wife and a 2 year-old son and a family with aching hearts. but for one, his brother leaves behind a legacy of courage. he demonstrated a lot of day. i just don't agree with it to by friends say that he was also someone who could light up a room with his smile. and if you're interested in helping out the victims. families working partnerships usa is right now accepting donations and you can go to their website to find out more information. >> reporting in san jose. dan thorn kron 4 news. >> and kron 4 dot com has a special section on it. we created for you. that's collected all of information so far about the investigation. the surveillance video, the body camera video. what we know about the gunman and also about the victims who they were, what their stories are and how you can help if you so choose just scan that qr code. it will take you to that section of kron 4 dot com. >> 8.11 is the time. and still ahead on the kron 00: