*Sheriff's Office reports shooter dead
By Pamela Cruz
A shooting was reported Wednesday morning at a Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority maintenance facility in San Jose, where, so far, local police authorities have reported that there are several victims, while the perpetrator is dead.
So far the exact number of dead in this fatal attack is unknown, as well as how many are injured and the extent of injuries, said at the time the spokeswoman for VTA, Brandi Childress.
The sheriff's office The Santa Clara County Sheriff's Office tweeted at 8:08 a.m. that the "suspect is down," and Childress later confirmed that the shooter had died, however, various media outlets are reporting that the shooter may have committed suicide.
The suspect's cause of death has not yet been made public.
Following the shooting in San Jose, VTA employees have been evacuated from the Guadalupe maintenance yard and county sheriff's deputies remain on the scene, while a meeting with family members is being held at the sheriff's headquarters at 55 W. Younger Ave. Younger Ave.
It should be noted that around 6:30 a.m., San Jose police responded to the VTA Guadalupe facility on West Younger Avenue on reports of an active shooter, police said.
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