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Photos | San Jose shooting: Victims, all VTA employees, mourned by their colleagues as ‘family’

Flags fly at half-staff in front of a domed building.
A young mourner cries during a vigil for the nine victims of a shooting at the Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority in San Jose.
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They were described by their colleagues with one word, repeated over and over: family.

The nine men killed in a mass shooting Wednesday at a San Jose light rail yard were all longtime employees at the Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority, ranging in age from 29 to 63.

While the investigation into the shooting is ongoing, a close-knit workplace is devastated by incomprehensible loss, VTA officials said.

A young mourner cries during a vigil for the nine victims of a shooting at the Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority
Mourners react during a vigil for the nine victims of a shooting at the Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority in San Jose.
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A mourner pauses in front of a memorial for the nine victims of a shooting at the Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority
A mourner pauses in front of a memorial for the nine victims of a shooting at the Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority in San Jose.
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Mourners pause in front of a memorial for the nine victims of a shooting at the Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority
Mourners pause in front of a memorial for the nine victims of a shooting at the Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority in San Jose.
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Three women standing.
People take part in a vigil after the mass shooting at the Valley Transportation Authority in San Jose.
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A woman in a face mask holds hands together.
The Rev. Julia McCray-Goldsmith of Trinity Cathedral of San Jose listens as people address the crowd at a vigil.
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A person approaches flowers on a flat surface.
Kiana Simmons tends to the vigil.
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A person crouches down in front flowers on the ground.
San Jose Mayor Sam Liccardo stops to view a makeshift memorial for the rail yard shooting victims in front of City Hall in San Jose.
(Haven Daley / Associated Press)
A person walks and holds a hand over her nose and mouth.
A woman leaves the Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority facility on Wednesday in San Jose.
(Noah Berger / Associated Press)
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Many men in camouflage move through an area with several large vehicles.
Tactical law enforcement officers move through the Valley Transportation Authority light-rail yard where the mass shooting occurred.
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Three women in face masks walk together.
Women leave a gathering area for Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority workers and family members after the shooting.
(Associated Press)
People stand behind a low metal barrier.
Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority workers gather after the mass shooting.
(Noah Berger / Associated Press)
A person and a dog walk near rails.
A law enforcement K-9 unit searches for evidence at the Valley Transportation Authority light-rail yard.
(Philip Pacheco / Getty Images)
Three people on top of a train car.
Law enforcement officers at the scene of the shooting at the facility.
(Noah Berger / Associated Press)
Two people stand before microphones.
Two people wait to be reunited with a family member who is a Valley Transportation Authority worker.
(Santiago Mejia / San Francisco Chronicle )
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Two police officers walk in the distance.
Police officers respond near the scene of the shooting.
(Noah Berger / Associated Press)
A rolling machine appears among law enforcement officers.
Emergency responders and the San Jose bomb squad respond to a fire at the house of the gunman.
(Amy Osborne / AFP)
People in different official uniforms appear in front of a house.
Emergency responders and the San Jose bomb squad at the house.
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People in military uniforms walk through a rail yard.
Tactical law enforcement officers move through the Valley Transportation Authority light-rail yard.
(Philip Pacheco / Getty Images)
Police officers speak with a local resident near the gunman's home
Police officers speak with a local resident after emergency responders were called to a fire at the gunman’s home.
(Amy Osborne/AFP )
Two men walk near many vehicles.
Law enforcement officers on the scene near the Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority facility after the mass shooting.
(Noah Berger / Associated Press)
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Three people stand near a low structure with the words "County Office."
A man comforts a woman outside the Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority facility.
(Noah Berger / Associated Press)

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