A 36-year-old Indian-origin Sikh man was amongst eight individuals killed within the horrific rail yard taking pictures in San Jose within the US state of California, in keeping with media reviews on Thursday.
Taptejdeep Singh, born in India and raised in Union City, California, has left behind his spouse, three-year-old son, one-year-old daughter, and a grieving Sikh group within the San Francisco Bay Area, which described him as a “helpful and caring” man, The Mercury News reported.
Co-workers on the Valley Transportation Authority (VTA) hailed Singh as a hero, saying he left the security of an workplace room, the place some colleagues have been hiding, to assist others escape the road of fireplace.
Samuel Cassidy, 57, a upkeep employee of the VTA, San Jose, on Wednesday gunned down eight of his co-workers and critically injured one other in a one of many deadliest shootings in California state this 12 months.
As police arrived on the scene, the killer died of a self-inflicted gunshot.
Singh was a lightweight rail operator on the VTA for 9 years now. He labored at a separate constructing from the place a lot of the different victims have been discovered, giving the impression that Cassidy had chosen his victims. Singh was fatally shot within the stairwell of a VTA constructing, the report stated.
Singh’s brother-in-law, P.J. Bath, one other mild rail operator on the VTA, confirmed that the shooter and Singh have been in several buildings initially however stated nothing on the victims being pre-decided by the killer.
“He just happened to be in the way, I guess. He was always helpful to everyone and caring,” Bath stated “We are in very deep grief, Singh’s uncle Sakhwant Dhillon informed the San Jose-based newspaper.
“He told people, ‘be careful, hide.’ He was running around the building to save others’ lives. He was a good person. He helped everybody,” Dhillon stated.
Singh’s brother Bagga Singh stated he was informed that his brother had saved a girl when he “rushed down the stairway, the place he was finally shot.
Singh could also be thought-about a hero, however “he ought to have saved his life, too. We misplaced an excellent individual, Bagga stated.
Emotional scenes have been seen on the Red Cross Center within the metropolis the place households of the victims gathered after the incident was reported. Singh’s household, together with his father, hugged and cried.
The different victims of the taking pictures have been recognized as Paul Delacruz Megia (42), Adrian Balleza (29), Jose Dejesus Hernandez (35), Timothy Michael Romo (49), Michael Joseph Rudometkin (40), Abdolvahab Alaghmandan (63), and Lars Kepler Lane (63).
The motive behind the taking pictures shouldn’t be but clear. Minutes after the incident, a hearth was reported at Cassidy’s house, about 13 kilometres from the VTA workplace.
The fireplace was extinguished in an hour-long operation. Police stated a separate investigation is occurring within the fireplace.
