Transit authorities are settling accounts with families in an enormous shootout on San Jose railroad tracks

The Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority reached a $ 8 million settlement with the families of eight victims of a mass shooting last 12 months at a San Jose train station, Mercury News was announced on Friday.

Nine employees were killed on May 26, 2021, shooting: Paul Delacruz Megia, 42; Taptejdeep Singh, 36; Adrian Balleza, 29 years old; Jose Dejesus Hernandez III, 35; Timothy Michael Romo, 49 years old; Michael Joseph Rudometkin, 40; Abdolwahab Alaghmandan, 63 years old; Lars Kepler Lane, 63; and Alex Ward Fritch, 49.

The shooter, VTA worker Samuel Cassidy, committed suicide when confronted by law enforcement.

The $ 8 million settlement comes one 12 months after families brought initial damages and wrongful death claims against VTA, Mercury News reports.

Along with the settlement, the victims ‘families also previously received annual wages, employees’ compensation, death advantages and retirement advantages.

The settlement is reportedly well below what the families were searching for of their initial claims.

Gary Gwilliam, a lawyer for eight families who had settled in VTA, told Mercury News that the cases against the transportation authorities were “extremely fragile and difficult”.

“These estates are a fraction of what we predict they must be value by way of what the families have lost,” Gwilliam told Mercury News.

Lars Kepler Lane’s family was not satisfied with the VTA. The family attorney told Mercury News the offer was insufficient.

“Some families do not know in the event that they want more cash or want more apologies from them,” Jose Hernandez, father of Jose Dejesus Hernandez III, told Mercury News. “It’s about accepting responsibility and the VTA won’t ever admit they did something flawed.”

Families sought answers and responsibility from the VTA regarding Cassidy’s continued employment after he showed a “series of red flags,” including scolding a coworker.

Cassidy has been characterised by investigators as a disgruntled worker. The Santa Clara County Sheriff’s Department said it had many gasoline cans, incendiary devices, a dozen firearms and about 25,000 rounds of ammunition in its house, which had been set on fire in reference to the attack.