周三，加州圣克拉拉谷运输管理局轻轨站有九名员工被杀，这标志着美国最新的大规模枪击事件。
这名嫌疑人也是VTA的雇员，死于明显是自己造成的枪伤。
每个中枪的人都因受伤而死亡。
美国广播公司新闻
大规模枪击事件受害者的姓名和照片在2008年的新闻发布会上展示
VTA轻轨维护运营经理乔治·桑多瓦尔(George Sandoval)在周四的新闻发布会上说:“这些人中的许多人在这里工作了20、30年，所以是的，我们确实成了一家人。”。“我们的员工在铁路上应对紧急情况，这是一种纽带。”
菲利普·帕切科/盖蒂影像公司
英雄帐篷主席齐亚娜·西蒙斯在弥撒后参加了她组织的守夜活动
菲利普·帕切科/盖蒂影像公司
在瓦大规模枪击事件后，人们参加了宗教间团体举行的守夜活动
Abdolvahab Alaghmandan，63岁
据该公司称，阿卜杜勒瓦哈卜·阿拉格曼丹(Alaghmandan)是一名变电站维护人员，在VTA工作了大约20年。
山谷运输管理局
阿卜杜勒瓦哈卜·阿拉格曼丹，山谷运输管理局大规模枪击事件的受害者
Adrian Balleza，29岁
VTA说，阿德里安·巴莱扎2014年开始在山谷运输管理局工作，最近的工作是维修工人和轻轨运营商。
山谷运输管理局
阿德里安·巴莱扎，山谷运输管理局(VTA)大楼枪击案的受害者
亚历克斯·沃德·弗里奇，49岁
变电站维护员亚历克斯·弗里奇(Alex Fritch)是大屠杀的最后一名受害者，几小时后在医院去世。
“我们要说再见，”他的妻子塔拉·弗里奇告诉KTVU。
他留下了一个女儿，两个儿子和他结婚20年的妻子。
“亚历克斯是这个家庭的一切，”塔拉·弗里奇告诉KTVU。“他是我们的岩石。”
山谷运输管理局
亚历克斯·弗里奇，山谷运输管理局(VTA)轻轨大规模枪击事件的受害者
何塞·埃尔南德斯三世，35岁
何塞·埃尔南德斯是一名变电站维护人员，自2012年以来一直在VTA工作。
他的父亲回忆他是一个“优秀的年轻人”
“愿意帮助任何人，真正充满生活和享受生活，”何塞·埃尔南德斯二世告诉三藩市美国广播公司KGO站周四。
山谷运输管理局
何塞·埃尔南德斯三世，山谷运输管理局(VTA)枪击案的受害者
拉斯·开普勒巷63号
拉斯·莱恩从2001年开始在VTA工作。
他结婚22年的妻子维基·莱恩说，他是一个“非常有爱心的人”，而且“很有幽默感”
“他是我的灵魂伴侣，他是我全部的灵魂伴侣，我一生的挚爱，”莱恩流着泪告诉KGO。“他是一个很棒的人，我想念他，我现在想念他...太多了。这看起来不真实，一点也不真实。”
据报道，这位父亲、丈夫和祖父在64岁生日前三天去世KTXL。
在等待受害者的名字被公布时，莱恩的哥哥爱德华·莱恩告诉KTXL，“太可怕了...不知道是可怕的。”
山谷运输管理局
拉斯·莱恩，山谷运输管理局(VTA)轻轨大规模枪击案的受害者
保罗·德拉克鲁兹·梅吉亚，42岁
保罗·梅吉亚2002年开始在VTA工作，最近担任助理总监。
VTA轻轨运输警司纳尼·辛格在一次新闻发布会上说，“有时我的要求可能不合理，但保罗总是微笑着接受。永远愿意帮忙。”
梅吉亚热爱他的家庭，热爱户外运动，他的好朋友洛伦佐·罗德里格斯，告诉KGO。
“我只是想让人们记住他是个好人，好人，”罗德里格斯告诉电视台。“他心胸宽广。”
罗德里格斯和梅吉亚已经是15年的朋友了。
“这一切都是一场噩梦，”罗德里格斯哽咽着说道。“我有点希望他至少会给我回电话或发短信，但这从未发生过。”
山谷运输管理局
保罗·梅吉亚，山谷运输管理局(VTA)轻轨大规模枪击事件的受害者
蒂莫西·迈克尔·罗莫，49岁
蒂莫西·罗莫是一名电力领班，他在VTA工作了22年，《旧金山纪事报》报道。
据《记事报》报道，这位空军老兵和他的妻子一直在计划去看望他们的儿子。
山谷运输管理局
蒂莫西·罗莫，山谷运输管理局(VTA)大楼枪击案的受害者
迈克尔·约瑟夫·鲁多姆金，40岁
自2013年以来，迈克尔·鲁多姆金一直在VTA工作。
鲁多姆金是圣何塞市议会议员劳尔·佩拉雷斯的“终身”朋友。
“我的心碎了，”佩拉莱斯在周四的新闻发布会上说。
“不幸的是，我亲身体会了这九个家庭的感受...带着一种难以置信的感觉。希望你爱的人还会回家。他说:“我知道这种事情再也不会发生了。“这是艰苦而令人心碎的。”
山谷运输管理局
迈克尔·路多姆金，山谷运输管理局(VTA)枪击案的受害者
Taptejdeep Singh，36岁
轻轨运营商Taptejdeep Singh留下了他的妻子和一个3岁的儿子和一个1岁的女儿。
他的哥哥卡门·辛格在一份声明中说:“我们对失去心爱的父亲、丈夫、兄弟、儿子和侄子塔普蒂普感到无比悲痛。”。“Taptejdeep在生命的最后时刻努力保护他人的安全。据我们所知，他迅速做出反应，让同事们进入安全的办公室，并疯狂地打电话给其他人，警告他们枪手的事情。我们知道他被杀时正试图保护他的建筑。”
他继续说道，“即使在这些混乱的时刻，泰普提普也是按照希基的价值观生活的:为他人服务和保护他人。我们相信，如果枪手曾经向我们的兄弟寻求过帮助，Taptejdeep会像他为所有与他相遇的人所做的那样，为他超越自我;他从未伤害过任何人，认识他的人也不会想伤害他。无论是在最后的时刻，还是在他一生的服务生涯中，我们都选择将泰普提普作为英雄来纪念。”
山谷运输管理局
塔皮特迪普·辛格，山谷运输管理局(VTA)大楼大规模枪击事件的受害者
San Jose mass shooting victims: What we know about the 9 killed
Nine employees were slain at the Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority light rail yard in California on Wednesday, marking the latest mass shooting in America.
The suspect, also a VTA employee, died from an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound.
Everyone who was shot died from their injuries.
"Many of these folks worked here for 20, 30 years, so yes, we do become a family," VTA light rail maintenance operations manager George Sandoval said at a news conference Thursday. "Our staff respond to emergencies on the rail and there's a bond."
Abdolvahab Alaghmandan, 63
Abdolvahab Alaghmandan,who went byAbdi, was a substation maintainer who worked at the VTA for about two decades, according to the company.
Adrian Balleza, 29
Adrian Balleza started at the Valley Transit Authority in 2014 and most recently worked as a maintenance worker and light rail operator, the VTA said.
Alex Ward Fritch, 49
Alex Fritch, a substation maintainer, was the final victim of the massacre, dying hours later in a hospital.
"We got to say goodbyes,"his wife, Tara Fritch, told KTVU.
He leaves behind a daughter, two sons and his wife of 20 years.
"Alex was everything to this family," Tara Fritch told KTVU. "He was our rock."
Jose Hernandez III, 35
Jose Hernandez was a substation maintainer who worked at VTA since 2012.
His father recalled him as a "wonderful young man."
"Willing to help anybody, and really full of life and enjoying life," Jose Hernandez IItold San Francisco ABC station KGOThursday.
Lars Kepler Lane, 63
Lars Lane had worked at VTA since 2001.
Vicki Lane, his wife of 22 years, said he was a "very loving person" with "a great sense of humor."
"He was my soulmate, he was my total soulmate, the love of my life," Lane told KGO through tears. "He was a wonderful person, and I miss him, I miss him now ... so much. This just doesn't seem real, it doesn't seem real at all."
The father, husband and grandfather died three days before his 64th birthday, reportedKTXL.
While waiting for the victims' names to be released, Lane's brother, Edward Lane, told KTXL, "It's horrible ... not knowing is horrific."
Paul Delacruz Megia, 42
Paul Megia started at VTA in 2002 and most recently worked as an assistant superintendent.
VTA light railtransportationsuperintendent Nauni Singh said at a news conference, "Sometimes my demands could be unreasonable but Paul always accepted with a smile. Always willing to help."
Megia loved his family and had a passion for the outdoors, his good friend, Lorenzo Rodriguez,told KGO.
"I just want people to remember him as a good guy, good man," Rodriguez told the station. "He has a big heart."
Rodriguez had been friends with Megia for 15 years.
"This whole thing's a nightmare," Rodriguez said, choking up. "I was kind of hoping he would at least call me back or text, but that never happened."
Timothy Michael Romo, 49
Timothy Romo, a power foreman, spent over 22 years with the VTA,The San Francisco Chronicle reported.
The Air Force veteran and his wife had been planning a trip to visit their son, according to the Chronicle.
Michael Joseph Rudometkin, 40
Michael Rudometkin worked at VTA since 2013.
Rudometkin was a "lifelong" friend of San Jose City council member Raul Peralez.
"My heart is broken," Peralez said at a Thursday news conference.
"I unfortunately get to know personally how these nine families have felt ... with just a sense of disbelief. With a hope that your loved one is still gonna come home. And knowing that's just never going to happen again," he said. "It has been painstaking and heartbreaking."
Taptejdeep Singh, 36
Light rail operator Taptejdeep Singh leaves behind his wife and a 3-year-old son and 1-year-old daughter.
"We are beyond devastated by the loss of Taptejdeep, a beloved father, husband, brother, son, and nephew," his brother, Karman Singh, said in a statement. "Taptejdeep spent his final moments trying to keep others safe. From what we have heard, he reacted quickly to get colleagues into secure offices, and was frantically calling others who would have been coming in for a shift change to warn them about the shooter. We understand that he was attempting to secure his building when he was killed."
He went on, "Even in these moments of chaos, Taptejdeep was living by the values of Sikhi: living in service and protection of others. We believe that if the shooter had ever asked our brother for help, Taptejdeep would have gone above and beyond for him like he did for everyone he crossed paths with; he never harmed anyone, and no one who knew him would ever want to harm him. We choose to remember Taptejdeep as the hero he was, both in those final moments and throughout his life of service."
