San Jose Mass Shooter, Samuel Cassidy Spoke About Killing His Colleagues For Years
San Jose mass shooter Samuel Cassidy had reportedly fantasized about killing his colleagues for quite some time.
The Associated Press reports that his ex wife Cecilia Nelms opened up about Cassidy’s violent nature and how he had previously planned to kill fellow employees at Valley Transportation Authority during their 10-year marriage.
“I never believed him, and it never happened. Until now,” she said. “He could dwell on things. When he was in a good mood he was a great guy. When he was mad, he was mad.”
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However, another ex-girlfriend of Cassidy‘s accused him of rape.
“Several times during the relationship he became intoxicated, enraged and forced himself on me sexually,” theex-girlfriend wrote.
Ad we reported, Cassidy opened fire at a union meeting, and killed nine colleagues. 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, Alex Ward Fritch, 49, are the victims.
Cassidy’s 88-year-old father spoke on his son’s demeanor prior.
“He didn’t talk about his job or politics. I just found out he was dead and his house on fire and all that a minute ago,” he said to The Daily Beast.