Mourners gather at San Jose City Hall to show their community is not broken after a shooting killed 9 people
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Nine navy blue uniform caps sat above nine photos of the Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority employees killed in a San Jose rail yard as loved ones and community members gathered at the City Hall on Thursday to remember the latest victims of a mass shooting.
The nine who lost their lives -- Abdolvahab Alaghmandan, 63; Adrian Balleza, 29; Alex Ward Fritch, 49; Jose Dejesus Hernandez III, 35; Lars Kepler Lane, 63; Michael Joseph Rudometkin, 40; Paul Delacruz Megia, 42; Taptejdeep Singh, 36; and Timothy Michael Romo, 49 -- were coworkers at the VTA facility where another employee opened fire with multiple weapons Wednesday. San Jose's loss was the 232nd shooting where at least four people were injured this year, according to a tally by the Gun Violence Archive.More Related News
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