VTA Yard Shooting, 2 Years Later
It’s a solemn day for VTA employees, who marked the loss of 10 colleagues two years ago Friday in a mass shooting at the downtown San Jose rail yard.
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Watch: New California Law Addresses Workplace Violence in Wake of VTA Yard Shooting
California now has a new law stemming from the deadly VTA rail yard shooting in San Jose last year in which a man killed nine co-workers. State Sen. Dave Cortese, who authored the legislation, explains how it addresses workplace violence.
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1 Year Later: Family, Friends Honor VTA Shooting Victim in Fremont
Community members came together to comfort the family and remember the life of one of the victims, Taptejdeep Singh in Fremont Sunday.
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1 Year Later: Glenn Hendricks Reflects on VTA Yard Shooting
For months after the shooting, the VTA light rail service was shut down.
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1 Year Later: Remembering VTA Yard Shooting Victims
Pain and anguish were felt Thursday as the Bay Area honored the victims killed one year ago during the mass shooting at a Valley Transportation Authority rail yard in San Jose.
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San Jose Cops Recount Responding to VTA Yard Shooting
Two San Jose police officers who rushed to the scene of last year’s deadly mass shooting at a VTA rail yard spoke publicly about the chaos for the first time Thursday as the community marked one year since the massacre.
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Watch 1 Year Later: VTA Victim's Mom Says ‘I Would Have Given Anything to Take Those Bullets'
In this raw video during a memorial Thursday, Karrey Benbow, the mother of victim Jose Hernandez III, said she will continue to “cheer” on her son, and she would have given anything to “take those bullets for him.” (May 26, 2022)
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Lawsuit: VTA Failed to Stop Rail Yard Shooting Gunman
One year after a problem employee shot and killed nine coworkers in a rampage at a Valley Transportation Authority rail yard, the family of one of the victims filed a lawsuit Thursday, alleging negligence and wrongful death by the transportation agency, the Santa Clara County Sheriff’s Office and a private security firm by failing to address the gu... -
Watch: Mayor Remembers VTA Yard Shooting Victims 1 Year Later
Taking a look back at the May 26, 2021, mass shooting at a San Jose VTA rail yard that left nine workers dead, Mayor Sam Liccardo talks with NBC Bay Area’s Laura Garcia.
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San Jose to Declare Day of Remembrance for Victims of VTA Yard Shooting
San Jose city leaders will declare May 26 as a Day of Remembrance for the victims of the VTA yard shooting last year.
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Crews Start Demolishing Building at Site of Deadly VTA Yard Shooting
Crews on Wednesday started demolishing the building where most of the victims in last year’s VTA yard shooting in San Jose were killed.
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VTA to Give Benefits to Families of Workers Killed in Mass Shooting
The Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority has agreed to pay retirement benefits to the families of workers killed in a mass shooting last May to make sure they’re taken care of for years to come.
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More VTA Light-Rail Service Resuming Sunday
More Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority light-rail service is resuming Sunday following the fatal mass shooting at a VTA yard earlier this year.
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VTA Restarts Light-Rail Service Months After Deadly Rail Yard Shooting
VTA service in San Jose will restart Sunday months after a shooting left nine employees dead at the VTA rail yard earlier this year.
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VTA Begins Testing Trains Ahead of Resuming Light-Rail Service
VTA light-rail service remained at a standstill, but the agency Tuesday started sending trains out for test runs ahead of a full service resumption within about a week, officials said.
