Police confirmed that they responded to an active shooter and urged the public to stay away from the area
One person is dead and four wounded after a shooting at YouTube’s headquarters in San Bruno, California, police say.
The San Bruno police chief said that the deceased, a woman, could be the shooter and appeared to die from a self-inflicted gunshot.
Police activity at 901 Cherry Ave, please stay out of the area. pic.twitter.com/H6iAj0g7ra
— San Bruno Police (@SanBrunoPolice) April 3, 2018
We are responding to an active shooter. Please stay away from Cherry Ave & Bay Hill Drive.
— San Bruno Police (@SanBrunoPolice) April 3, 2018
A YouTube employee, Vadim Lavrusik, posted on Twitter to say that he had heard shots and saw people running while at his desk.
Lavrusik said that he was then barricaded inside a room with co-workers before later reporting that he was safe, having been evacuated from the building.
Active shooter at YouTube HQ. Heard shots and saw people running while at my desk. Now barricaded inside a room with coworkers.
— Vadim Lavrusik (@Lavrusik) April 3, 2018
Safe. Got evacuated it. Outside now.
— Vadim Lavrusik (@Lavrusik) April 3, 2018
Swat teams are believed to have stormed the building and a witness said they saw “blood dripping down the stairs” of the tech firm’s offices.
Looks like children with hands up being escorted from building pic.twitter.com/IPf8byD7Pz
— huebdoo (@huebdoo) April 3, 2018
Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital said they had received three patients, whose conditions were described as “One fair, one serious, one critical. Two women, one man.”
The Stanford Health Care health system has said it is treating four to five people from the shooting.
Around 1,700 people work in YouTube’s building, some people have been evacuated. Live footage shows people leaving the office with the hands raised before being patted down by law enforcement officers.
President Trump has been briefed at the White House.
At a press conference San Bruno Chief of Police Ed Barberini said: “On arrival officers encountered victims fleeing from the building. Officers located two victims with gun shot wounds, one of which appeared to be self-inflicted.”
“One subject is deceased with a self-inflicted wound that we believe to be the shooter.
“The investigation is still ongoing.
“We are clearing the building and searching the building.”
