Most of the 9 victims were people of color. Authorities found 12 other firearms and 22,000 rounds of various kinds of ammunition at the shooter's home.
The Associated Press reported. He appeared to target his victims as he fired at least 39 rounds.
“It appears to us at this point that he said to one of the people there: ‘I’m not going to shoot you,’” Santa Clara County Sheriff Laurie Smith told AP on Friday. “And then he shot other people. So I imagine there was some kind of thought on who he wanted to shoot.” Law enforcement and fire authorities responded to reports of a blaze at Cassidy’s home minutes after the shootings erupted. The fire was sparked by a timed explosive device. Investigators discovered suspected Molotov cocktails, cans of gasoline, 12 firearms andat the home, the Santa Clara Sheriff’s Office reported Friday.
“Based on current evidence obtained by Sheriff’s Office Detectives at the VTA yard and the suspect’s residence, it is clear that this was a planned event and the suspect was prepared to use his firearms to take as many lives as he possibly could had Sheriff’s Deputies not made entry to stop his rampage,” the sheriff’s office said in a statement.