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   Nine people were killed Wednesday after a public transit   
   employee opened fire on his co-workers at a Northern California   
   rail yard.   
      
   The shooting — the latest amid a troubling yearlong rise in   
   nationwide gun violence and record firearm sales — happened just   
   after 6:30 a.m. PT near 100 W. Younger Ave. in downtown San   
   Jose. The victims were found in two buildings, Santa Clara   
   County Sheriff Laurie Smith said.   
      
   They were identified by 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; Lars   
   Kepler Lane, 63; and Alex Ward Fritch, 49.   
      
   Here is what we know about the people who lost their lives.   
      
   Taptejdeep Singh   
   Taptejdeep Singh's family said the married father of two was   
   trying to warn his colleagues that there was a shooter when he   
   was gunned down. His uncle, Sukhwant Singh Dhillon, told NBC's   
   "Today" that Taptejdeep ran throughout his building alerting his   
   co-workers and locking doors after shots rang out nearby.   
      
   "The one thing we know for sure, his last moments he was still   
   working for others. He was making phone calls to his friends   
   saying the place has an active shooter, do not come in," his   
   cousin, Harpartap Singh, said.   
      
   "Even in the last moments, he wasn't looking for his own safety,   
   per se, he was trying to save people. That's who he was," the   
   cousin added.   
      
   Taptejdeep, 36, moved from India with his family and attended   
   college in the United States. After college, he began working   
   for the Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority (VTA). His   
   family said he was a light rail operator who loved his job.   
      
   Outside of work, Taptejdeep was dedicated to his community and   
   family, including his wife, one-year-old daughter and three-year-   
   old son.   
      
   The community was so devastated over his death that more than   
   100 people came out Wednesday for a gathering.   
      
   "Everybody in the community loves him," Harpartap Singh said.   
   "The community is just pouring out in his memory."   
      
   The family is in "deep grief," Sukhwant Singh Dhillon said.   
      
   "It's hard to put into words that grief," Harpartap Singh added.   
   "I mean if you look at the father, the wife and children. I   
   mean, dad goes to work and he's not back home. It's very, very   
   unfortunate."   
      
   Taptejdeep Singh began working for the VTA in 2014 as a bus   
   operator trainee and later became a light rail operator.   
      
   Paul Delacruz Megia   
   Paul Delacruz Megia started working with the VTA in 2002 as a   
   bus operator trainee. The company said he later became a light   
   rail operator before holding several supervisor positions. At   
   the time of his death, he was an assistant superintendent in   
   service management.   
      
   His wife, Nicole Yamada, released a statement following his   
   death.   
      
   "Paul was a wonderful husband & father who was full of love,   
   jokes, energy for life and always up for new adventures. I   
   treasure all our memories," she said. "God took you too soon & I   
   would do anything to have one last hug & goodbye. I will miss   
   having my best friend by my side. I love you always."   
      
   His sister, Luci Megia, recalled how he loved to tell jokes and   
   was an "inspiration to all of us."   
      
   "His life was cut short and he had so many adventure plans for   
   his family," she said in a statement. "My dad lost a best   
   friend. We love and miss you Paul."   
      
   Jose Dejesus Hernandez III   
   Jose Dejesus Hernandez III began working for the VTA in 2012 as   
   a transit mechanic, the company said at a press conference   
   Thursday. He later became an electro-mechanic and then a   
   substation mechanic.   
      
   His ex-wife, Sarah Raelyn, described him as the calmest and most   
   level-headed person that she had ever known and he spent his   
   life "worshipping the Lord and just helping people."   
      
   The pair married on June 20, 2009 after meeting through mutual   
   friends. They divorced this past August. Raelyn said that   
   despite their marriage ending, her younger brother still looked   
   up to Hernandez and the pair were "like best friends."   
      
   On the morning of his death, Raelyn said someone messaged her an   
   article about the shooting and said they were having trouble   
   reaching Hernandez.   
      
   "I tried to be pragmatic and just be like, ‘It’s OK. … I’m sure   
   he’s OK.’ And when I saw the timestamp that the call came in, I   
   knew that he got to work right at 6:30," she said.   
      
   Around 11 a.m., Hernandez's godmother called to share the tragic   
      
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