Multiple people have been shot and killed at a rail yard in San Jose, California, in a deadly week of gun violence in the US.
Santa Clara County Sheriff’s deputy Russell Davis said during a press conference that the shooting took place a little before 7am PT (12am AEDT) at a light rail yard run by the Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority near the city’s main airport.
He confirmed that the shooter was now dead and that the public was no longer at risk.
“I can’t confirm the exact number of injuries and fatalities. But I will tell you that there are multiple injuries and multiple fatalities in this case,” he said.
Police rushed to the light rail maintenance and dispatch yard in San Jose — a Silicon Valley tech hub of almost a million people — after receiving reports of an “active shooter”.
KTVU reported that it spoke to the mother of an employee who said that the shooting happened at a union meeting.
It was not immediately clear if the shooter was a worker at the…