The VTA railyard attack is tied for the deadliest shooting on record in the region. There have now been five mass shootings in the last 10 years.
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In 2011, a 47-year-old man killed three of his coworkers during a safety meeting at Lehigh Cement in Cupertino.
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In 2012, a 43-year-old man opened fire at Oikos University in Oakland, killing seven and injuring three others.
In 2017, a UPS worker shot and killed three coworkers at a company facility in San Francisco.
The latest attack was two years ago in July of 2019 when a 19-year-old gunman killed three people, including a 6-year-old boy, and injured several others at the Gilroy Garlic Festival.
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