Untreated threats, trap in his house and macabre plan: this is how the Californian murderer prepared the massacre

A day after the shooting at the San Jose, Calif., Rail facility, new information about the incident came to light.

Santa Clara County Sheriff Laurie Smith said that The call about the shooting to the Valley Transportation Authority (VTA) came at 6:34 a.m. Wednesday, and a fire at the suspect’s home, nearly five miles away, was reported at 6:37 a.m., so ” it had to have a way to configure it or have someone else do it, ”he said.

He also clarified that so far investigators do not believe there is more than one suspect. Smith also explained how the suspect managed to fatally shoot nine people so quickly, as the headquarters of the Santa Clara County Sheriff’s Office is across from the VTA facility.

“It was very deliberate, very quick. I knew where the employees would be “

“I think it was very deliberate, very quick. I knew where the employees would be “Smith said. There were deaths in two separate buildings, so “we think it was building to building,” he added, as Fox News reported.

“We think he was the one who set some sort of device to detonate at a certain time, possibly to coincide with his shooting,” Smith said in an interview Thursday morning on NBC’s “Today”, according to Fox. News.

“We were there within minutes, but I really give credit to the officers of the San Jose Police Department and the officers of the Sheriff’s Office who confronted the suspect very quickly,” Smith continued. “And when they confronted the suspect, he committed suicide,” he told Fox News.

“We think he was the one who set up a certain type of device to detonate at a certain point.”

The man, identified by authorities as a VTA employee Sam James Cassidy, 57, had two semi-automatic pistols and 11 magazines loaded on his person at the time of the shootingSmith said. Police dogs who were brought to the scene of the shooting alerted what is believed to be Cassidy’s locker and found “bomb materials, detonating ropes, the precursor of an explosive.”

On the other hand, Smith said rounds of ammunition were also found at the shooter’s home. Bay Area Channel Fox 2 reported that gasoline and ammunition were found inside the residence. Security camera footage showed Cassidy around 5:45 a.m., less than an hour before the massacre, leaving the house in blue overalls and throwing a black gym bag into a white van, according to the station.

“I never believed it and it never happened. Until now”

Cassidy had worked for VTA since 2012, and according to his ex-wife, He had threatened to kill people at work for many years.

“I never believed it and it never happened. Until now”Cecilia Nelms told The Associated Press on Wednesday. She said she came home from work resentment and anger over what she considered unfair assignments.

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