On September 20, 2024, 45-year-old Regulus Reggie Teotico, a ten-year veteran bus driver for the Valley Transportation Authority in San Jose, California, was found with multiple gunshot wounds near his vehicle in the employee parking lot at the Chaboya Division Yard and was pronounced dead at the scene. Authorities responded around 9:30 p.m.

The investigation led to the arrest of 33-year-old VTA bus driver Duc Minh Bui near his San Jose home on September 22. Surveillance footage and witness statements linked Bui and Teotico as acquaintances who socialized and placed bets together; law enforcement says the motive appeared to be a financial dispute over an unpaid gambling debt unrelated to their employment. Bui faces a first-degree murder charge.

Teotico was remembered by VTA leadership as a kind, hard-working driver and is survived by two teenage children, Reese and Cali. VTA has offered grief counseling to employees and increased security at its facilities. If anyone knew Reggie, his routines, or observed activity at the Chaboya Division Yard on the night of September 20, please come forward with information.