Veterans Home in Napa County on lockdown after gunman opens fire, takes hostages

[UpInArms]

Source: Mercury News

YOUNTVILLE — The Yountville Veteran’s Home in Napa County was placed on lockdown Friday morning after reports of gunfire near the facility’s main dining hall, authorities said.

“We have activated our emergency response protocol and are cooperating with law enforcement,” the state Department of Veterans Affairs said in a Twitter post.

A California fire official affirmed to The Associated Press that an armed man took three hostages at veterans home and described the incident as an “active shooter situation.”

The report came in at 10:20 a.m., resulting in dozens of law enforcement officers from multiple agencies to set up a perimeter around the Veteran’s Home, according to the Napa Valley Register. The home is located across the street from the Napa Valley Museum in Yountville on California Drive.

A man, dressed in black and wearing body armor, was reportedly armed with an automatic weapon, according to the Napa Valley Register. The Napa County Sheriff’s Office reported that a shot had been fired, but there were no immediate reports of any casualties.

Read more: https://www.mercurynews.com/2018/03/09/veterans-home-in-napa-county-on-lockdown-after-reports-of-gunfire/

[Aristus]

1. Dude must be a Republican.

They're starting to run out of ways of expressing their hatred and contempt for veterans.

[ffr]

2. Palm to face.

Are we going to need to begin our own active shooter drills are work now too?

Link to tweet

[IronLionZion]

3. We have active shooter drills

and an alert system with instructions on what to do like leave the building if possible, or if stuck in a room barricade the door with furniture

[maxsolomon]

4. an AUTOMATIC weapon?

I'm going to express doubt on that report.

It would be nice if no one gets killed this time.

[Judi Lynn]

5. Gunman takes hostages at party at largest US veterans home Ellen Knickmeyer and Janie Har, Associate

Ellen Knickmeyer and Janie Har, Associated Press
 Updated 4:32 pm, Friday, March 9, 2018

YOUNTVILLE, Calif. (AP) — A gunman slipped into an employee going-away party at the largest veterans home in the United States and took at least three people hostage Friday, leading to a lockdown of the sprawling grounds in California, authorities and family members said.

California Highway Patrol Sgt. Robert Nacke told reporters that he knew of no injuries, and authorities gave no immediate information about the gunman or his motive. Police evacuated the property of the Veterans Home of California after reports of a man with a gun at the facility in Yountville, one of Napa Valley's most upscale towns in the heart of Northern California wine country.

"We do have an active shooter situation with a hostage situation in Yountville," Highway Patrol Officer John Fransen told KTVU-TV of San Francisco.

Larry Kamer told The Associated Press that his wife, Devereaux Smith, was at the party and told him by phone that the gunman had entered the room quietly, letting some people leave while taking others hostage.

More:
https://www.chron.com/news/crime/article/Official-Gunman-takes-hostages-at-California-12741705.php

[Judi Lynn]

6. The Latest: California governor mourns veterans home deaths

Updated 11:05 pm, Friday, March 9, 2018



YOUNTVILLE, Calif. (AP) — The Latest on an armed man at a veterans home in Northern California (all times local):

8:50 p.m.

California Gov. Jerry Brown and wife Anne have offered their condolences to families and friends of the three women killed by a gunman in a Northern California veterans home.

Brown said Friday that he and his wife were deeply saddened by the killing of three women dedicated to serving veterans.

The three victims were employees of a nonprofit group that treated Iraq and Afghanistan combat veterans with post-traumatic stress syndrome.

More:
https://www.chron.com/news/crime/article/The-Latest-Gunman-takes-hostages-at-California-12741870.php