PHOTOS: Railyard shooting in San Jose, California

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PHOTOS: Railyard shooting in San Jose, California

At least seven people were killed during a mass shooting at a California transit yard.

A woman leaves the scene of a shooting at a Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority (VTA) facility on Wednesday, May 26, 2021, in San Jose, Calif. Santa Clara County sheriff's spokesman said the railyard shooting left multiple people, including the shooter, dead. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)

A man comforts a woman near the scene of a shooting at a Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority (VTA) facility on Wednesday, May 26, 2021, in San Jose, Calif. Santa Clara County sheriff's spokesman said the railyard shooting left multiple people, including the shooter, dead. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)

Police at the scene of a shooting at a rail yard in San Jose, Calif., on Wednesday, May 26, 2021. Eight people were killed and others were injured, the Santa Clara County Sheriff’s Office said. The gunman was also dead, the authorities said. (Jim Wilson/The New York Times)

Law enforcement officers respond to the scene of a shooting at a Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority (VTA) facility on Wednesday, May 26, 2021, in San Jose, Calif. Santa Clara County sheriff's spokesman said the rail yard shooting left multiple people, including the shooter, dead. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)

Police at the scene of a shooting at a rail yard in San Jose, Calif., on Wednesday, May 26, 2021. Eight people were killed and others were injured, the Santa Clara County Sheriff’s Office said. The gunman was also dead, the authorities said. (Jim Wilson/The New York Times)

A municipal transit worker opened fire as the Wednesday morning shift was gathering for work at a San Jose rail yard, killing eight people in the latest of the mass shootings that have plagued the United States this year. -- 1.9 x 2.7 -- cat=a

Police officers block off the scene of a mass shooting at the Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority, in San Jose, Calif., on Wednesday, May 26, 2021. A municipal transit worker opened fire as the Wednesday morning shift was gathering for work at a San Jose rail yard, killing at least eight people in the latest of the mass shootings that have plagued the United States this year. (Mike Kai Chen/The New York Times)

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A woman leaves the scene of a shooting at a Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority (VTA) facility on Wednesday, May 26, 2021, in San Jose, Calif. Santa Clara County sheriff's spokesman said the railyard shooting left multiple people, including the shooter, dead. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)

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