The suspect in a San Jose mass shooting that left 9 dead has been identified as Samuel Cassidy, a VTA employee

• The shooter who shot and killed nine people at a San Jose rail yard has been identified.
• Authorities identified the shooter as Samuel Cassidy, an employee at the rail yard, according to NBC Bay Area and the LA Times.
• Police say Cassidy killed himself after he shot and killed nine people.

The suspect who on Wednesday opened fire at a Valley Transportation Authority rail yard in San Jose, California, killing nine, has been identified, according to multiple reports.

According to NBC Bay Area and the Los Angeles Times, multiple law enforcement officials identified the shooter as Samuel Cassidy, a VTA employee.

Authorities say that the suspected gunman killed himself after shooting and killing nine people at the rail yard.

"When our deputies went through the door, initially he was still firing rounds. When our deputy saw him, he took his life," Santa Clara County Sheriff Laurie Smith said during a press conference Wednesday.

The victims have been identified by the Santa Clara County Office of the Medical Examiner-Coroner as Paul Delacruz Megia, 42; Taptejdeep Singh, 36; Adrian Balleza, 29; Jose Dejesus Hernandez III, 35; Timothy Michael Romo, 49; Michael Joseph Rudometkin, 40; Abdolvahab Alaghmandan, 63; and Lars Kepler Lane, 63. A ninth victim, Alex Ward Fritch, 49, later died at the hospital.

The Santa Clara County Sheriff's Department is investigating the case. Authorities say a fire broke out at a home owned by Cassidy prior to the shooting.

Cecilia Nelms, Cassidy's ex-wife whom he divorced in 2005, told the AP he'd threatened to kill his coworkers in the past, "but I never believed him, and it never happened. Until now."