SANTA CLARA, Calif. (KCBS/AP) -- Santa Clara police say the shooter who gunned down his family in an apparent murder-suicide was an engineer at Yahoo Inc. who was helping his brother-in-law settle in the area and find a job in the high-tech industry.
Police identified the gunman Tuesday as 42-year-old Devan Kalathat. He legally changed his name from Raghavan Devarajan after moving to the United States from southern India about 15 years ago.
Also killed in the shooting spree was his 11-year-old son, Akhil Dev; 4-year-old daughter, Negha Dev; his brother-in-law, 35-year-old Ashok Appu Poothemkandi; his sister-in-law, 25-year-old Suchitra Sivaraman; and the couple's daughter, 11-month-old Ahana Ashok.
KCBS' Mike Colgan Reports
The shooter's wife, whose name was not released, is the only survivor. She remains in critical condition.
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