A Valley Transportation Authority (VTA) worker was arrested close to his house in San Jose Sunday afternoon within the alleged killing of a VTA bus driver he knew, a spokesperson for the Santa Clara County Sheriff’s Workplace mentioned Sunday evening.
The suspect was recognized as Duc Minh Bui, 33, mentioned sheriff’s spokesperson Brooks Jarosz. Neither the sufferer’s title nor the character of Bui’s relationship with the sufferer have been launched, though Jarosz mentioned the pair knew one another.
The capturing occurred about 9:40 p.m. Friday within the parking zone of the VTA’s Chaboya Division Yard on South seventh Road in San Jose. A 911 name alerted the San Jose Fireplace Division to the capturing. Crews arrived on the scene and located that the sufferer had been shot a minimum of as soon as. He was declared lifeless on the scene, Jarosz mentioned.
A legislation enforcement supply informed the Bay Space Information Group that it was believed that the sufferer had been “focused.” VTA Basic Supervisor and CEO Carolyn Gonot mentioned Saturday that the capturing seemed to be an “remoted incident.”
The capturing comes greater than three years after a disgruntled VTA mechanic shot and killed 9 of his coworkers at VTA’s Guadalupe rail yard in San Jose earlier than fatally capturing himself.
The Might 2021 mass capturing, essentially the most lethal in Bay Space historical past, prompted discussions round long-term enhancements to office security on the company and elevated safety measures for workers on the website of the capturing.
A number of lawsuits have been filed in opposition to VTA, the Sheriff’s Workplace, and Allied Common, a personal safety firm contracted to guard VTA services, from each households of these killed and a former bus driver alleging his post-traumatic stress dysfunction was worsened by the mass capturing.
Friday’s capturing left VTA workers shocked and confused, Amalgamated Transit Union President Raj Singh mentioned. Some workers have been getting off work on the time of the capturing, Singh mentioned, whereas others discovered of the capturing in textual content messages.
VTA is providing psychological well being providers to workers who want them.
Moreover, Santa Clara County Supervisor Cindy Chavez, who additionally chairs the Valley Transportation Authority Board of Administrators, mentioned safety has been elevated at transit services following the capturing.
Anybody with details about the capturing is requested to name the Sheriff’s Workplace at 408-808-4500 or to contact the Sheriff’s Workplace Investigative Companies nameless tip line at 408-808-4431.
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