On November 14, 2008, three people were fatally shot at the office of SiPort, a start-up company in
Santa Clara, California. Jing Hua Wu was arrested and convicted.
Shooting
SiPort CEO Sid Agrawal, human resources manager Marilyn Lewis, and vice president of operations Brian Pugh were all shot fatally in the head. It was one of the deadliest workplace killings in
Silicon Valley history.
Perpetrator
Wu (born 1961–62) was born in China, and was a former employee of SiPort. He was distraught over losing his job at the company.
Legal proceedings
Jing Hua Wu was charged with three counts of first-degree murder and special circumstances of using a firearm, and was represented by high-profile defense attorney
Tony Serra
Joseph Tony Serra (born December 30, 1934) is an American civil rights attorney, activist and tax resister from San Francisco.
Early life and education
A San Francisco native, Serra was raised in the Outer Sunset district. His father, Anthon ...
. On March 8, 2013, Wu was found guilty of all charges. On August 2, 2013, Wu was sentenced to life imprisonment without the possibility of parole, and an additional 75 years.
Former Santa Clara Tech Engineer Gets Life Without Parole + 75 Years For Killing 3 Co-Workers
CBS News
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, August 2, 2013, Retrieved on December 9, 2015.
See also
* List of homicides in California
References
External links
''The People v. Jing Hua Wu''
2008 in California
2008 murders in the United States
Deaths by firearm in California
History of Santa Clara, California
Murder in California
Murder in the San Francisco Bay Area
November 2008 crimes in the United States
Workplace violence in the United States
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