VTA bus operator shot and killed at Chaboya bus yard [Video]

SAN JOSE, Calif. – A bus operator of the Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority was shot and killed on Friday night in the parking lot of the VTA’s Chaboya Division bus yard in San Jose, according to officials.

No arrests had been made as of Saturday morning, according to the Santa Clara County Sheriff’s Office, which said on its X account that it was increasing deputies’ presence near the bus yard on South Seventh Street, in San Jose.

The Sheriff’s Office’s Transit Patrol Division provides security for the VTA. The VTA said it was increasing security at all of its facilities.

The shooting occurred at about 9:40 p.m. Friday, according to the VTA.

“I had the pleasure of working with him for the last 7 or 8 years since he was at this division, and we lost a good person. He’s a very good individual. I can’t recall a negative interaction with him. There [were] times that …