The gunman who authorities say shot and killed nine people in San Jose, California, on Wednesday talked about killing people at work more than a decade ago, according to his ex-wife.
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“I never believed him, and it never happened. Until now,” said Cecilia Nelms, the ex-wife of now-dead Samuel Cassidy, 57, according to the Associated Press.
Law enforcement officials have not yet identified a motive behind the deadly shooting spree at the Valley Transportation Authority rail yard.
Nelms, who was married to Cassidy for about a decade until a 2005 divorce filing, said her former husband used to come home from work resentful about what he perceived as unfair assignments.
Cassidy, who authorities said died in an apparent suicide, was “very quiet” and liked to “keep things to himself,” Nelms said. She described this as “one of our biggest problems,” according to CBS News.
Cassidy worked for Valley Transportation Authority since at least 2012, public employment records show.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection detained Cassidy after a 2016 trip to the Philippines, according to a Department of Homeland Security memo viewed by the Wall Street Journal.
He possessed “books about terrorism and fear and manifestos … as well as a black memo book filled with lots of notes about how he hates the VTA,” the memo states. “When asked if he had problems with anybody at work, he stated ‘no.’”
It’s unclear from the memo why he was detained at that time.
Law enforcement sources told the Los Angeles Times that Cassidy set his house on fire before driving to the Valley Transportation Authority union meeting, where the deadly shooting took place.
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Those killed included bus and light rail operators, mechanics, linemen, and the assistant superintendent.
The nine victims are Alex Fritch, 49; Paul Delacruz Megia, 42; Taptejdeep Singh, 36; Adrian Balleza, 29; Jose Dejesus Hernandez, 35; Timothy Michael Romo, 49; Michael Joseph Rudometkin, 40; Abdolvahab Alaghmandan, 63, and Lars Kepler Lane, 63.
