County of Santa Clara Update Regarding Shooting at Valley Transportation Authority: Medical Examiner-Coroner Releases Autopsy Findings of the Victims

Santa Clara County, CA – The Santa Clara County Office of the Medical Examiner-Coroner has completed the autopsies of the nine victims of the Valley Transportation Authority Maintenance Yard shooting that occurred on May 26. The Medical Examiner-Coroner’s Office is releasing the cause and manner of death for all nine individuals.

Fatalities	Cause of death	Manner of death
Paul Megia, age 42	Multiple gunshot wounds	Homicide
Timothy Romo, age 49	Multiple gunshot wounds	Homicide
Taptejdeep Singh, age 36	Multiple gunshot wounds	Homicide
Michael Rudometkin, age 40	Multiple gunshot wounds	Homicide
Adrian Balleza, age 29	Multiple gunshot wounds	Homicide
Jose Dejesus Hernandez III, age 35	Multiple gunshot wounds	Homicide
Alex Fritch, age 49	Multiple gunshot wounds	Homicide
Lars Kepler Lane, age 63	Multiple gunshot wounds	Homicide
Abdolvahab Alaghmandan, age 63	Multiple gunshot wounds	Homicide

The Medical Examiner-Coroner’s Office is providing the cause and manner of death for each victim following a thorough investigation and autopsies. Further details about cause of death will not be released until the autopsy reports are completed.

The staff and leadership of the Medical Examiner-Coroner’s Office and the entire County of Santa Clara leadership extend their deepest condolences to the victims’ families, VTA family, and individuals impacted by this senseless tragedy.

Community members who need support can contact the County’s Behavioral Health Services call center and get connected to services at 1-800-704-0900 (select option 2). You can also call the Suicide and Crisis Hotline at 1-855-278-4204 to get assistance in multiple languages, or text RENEW to 741741 (text services available in English only).

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Media Contact: María Leticia Gómez/Laurel Anderson, Office of Communications and Public Affairs, (408) 299-5119, [email protected]​​​

Posted: June 2, 2021