FOG BLOG U.S. NEWS LOG: SAN JOSE GUNMAN HAD SPECIFIC TARGETS IN MIND...SHOOTER DEAD!

The San Jose gunman appeared to specifically target his victims, sheriff says...The gunman who killed nine colleagues at a light rail yard in Northern California before killing himself appeared to target his victims, a sheriff told CNN on Thursday.

During Wednesday morning's rampage at the Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority (VTA) property in San Jose, the shooter -- identified as Sam Cassidy -- told a local union official there that "I'm not going to shoot you," Santa Clara County Sheriff Laurie Smith said.

The union official does not work for VTA, Smith said.

Cassidy, a VTA employee, fatally shot nine coworkers inside two buildings around the time of a morning shift change before taking his own life in front of responding law enforcement officers, authorities have said. Authorities said Thursday they recovered three handguns, rather than two they initially said he carried.