Police Are Responding To YouTube’s Headquarters Amid Reports Of An Active Shooter
Update: USA Today is reporting that a female suspect died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound at YouTube’s Headquarters in California.
At least four people were injured during the ordeal. At this point, it’s not clear how the woman entered the building and what ties, if any, she had to YouTube.
Earlier:
Multiple publications are reporting there is an active shooter situation unfolding at YouTube’s Headquarters in California.
At this time, police have arrived at the scene and are investigation the situation.
A Tweet posted on a verified employee’s account said that shots had been fired inside the building. As a result, employees were taking cover and barricading themselves inside offices.
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
Photos from the scene show people running out of the building and being escorted by police with their hands raised pic.twitter.com/R6bD07duxS
— BuzzFeed News (@BuzzFeedNews) April 3, 2018
JUST IN: There are a number of patients en route to hospitals after a reported shooting at YouTube headquarters -- their conditions and injuries are unknown https://t.co/bqU7FhNb2Z https://t.co/Ve15DKunHC
— CNN (@CNN) April 3, 2018
CNN is reporting several people have been transported to local hospitals after reports of a shooting surfaced. At this time, the extent of their injuries or conditions are not known.
Very few details regarding the shooter are known at this time, however, the LA Times is reporting the shooter is believed to be a woman.
The shooter at YouTube headquarters was described as a woman https://t.co/DodxR1sFLR
— Los Angeles Times (@latimes) April 3, 2018
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