Police have responded to reports of gunshots at YouTube headquarters

[LiberalArkie]

Source: The Verge

Police have responded to multiple 911 calls at YouTube headquarters in San Bruno, California. Vadim Lavrusik, a product manager at the company, tweeted that there is an active shooter on campus. The San Bruno Police Department instructed people to stay away from 901 Cherry Avenue, where the company is located. Multiple 911 calls have been received from inside the building, according to a report from local news station KRON.

In a Twitter thread, YouTube product manager Todd Sherman said that employees first thought there had been an earthquake. People began running out of their meetings, he said, but before reaching the exit, they got word that someone had a gun. Sherman said he saw blood on the floor and the stairs. He also said the shooter may have committed suicide.

Footage posted on Spapchat showed YouTube employees streaming out of the building with their hands above their heads.

As one of the most-visited services on the web, YouTube is under constant scrutiny for its policy decisions over content moderation, monetization, and other issues. The doors to its headquarters are typically locked, with visitors having to be buzzed in by someone at the front desk.

Read more: https://www.theverge.com/2018/4/3/17194228/youtube-active-shooter-san-bruno-police

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Also at: https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/youtube-office-shots-fired_us_5ac3de0fe4b093a1eb1fde7e

[IronLionZion]

1. The shooter was probably a responsible law abiding gun owner

until today.

[2left4u]

3. Just like being a law abiding citizen until you decide not to be?

Kind of a silly statement.

[Aristus]

7. No, it was a response to a silly statement. This one:

"I am a law-abiding gun-owner."

It's the first thing every gun-nut says in the aftermath of a public shooting. The don't seem to realize that this statement essentially points out how weak and unenforceable our gun laws are.

Every active shooter is a law-abiding gun-owner, until he suddenly isn't anymore.

[IronLionZion]

8. UR way 2 left 4 me

Welcome to DU!

[oberliner]

17. Quite the opposite

Seems like an entirely unhinged individual.

[IronLionZion]

20. Most Trumpsters and NRA members seem entirely unhinged to me

[oberliner]

21. Good point

But this person seemed like a different flavor of unhinged.

[Rhiannon12866]

2. LA Times update: Active shooting at YouTube headquarters brings huge police response

An active shooting at YouTube's headquarters in San Bruno, Calif., sparked panic and a massive police response Tuesday.

Several YouTube employees sent tweets Tuesday afternoon, saying employees were racing out of the company's Cherry Avenue offices shortly after 1 p.m.

At least two people were reportedly struck by gunfire, according to a law enforcement source who was not authorized to speak publicly about the incident. The shooter was described as a woman. So far authorities do not believe this was an act of terrorism, but the investigation has just begun.

Witnesses in the area said they saw dozens of firefighters and police officers descending on the area. Other witnesses said they saw police holding rifles and other weapons.


More (includes video): http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-youtube-shooter-20180403-story.html

[ManiacJoe]

4. ... in an outdoor cafe on the grounds of the facility

http://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/2018/04/03/youtube-shooting-report/

(CBS SF) — Police have confirmed an active shooter at YouTube headquarters in San Bruno Tuesday afternoon. The shooting appears to have happened in an outdoor cafe on the grounds of the facility.

Police were seen laying down evidence markers near the seating area of the cafe. People near the area reported hearing shots fired, police activity and lockdown procedures.

[SCantiGOP]

6. Suggest a self-delete

Pretty insensitive comment when people are being killed.

[ManiacJoe]

9. Live coverage is now reporting...

Shooter was female.
The initial target was her ex-bf while others were shot.
Shooter is dead, self inflicted.

[MosheFeingold]

10. Sounds like the oldest story in the world

Happy it is not political.

[Demit]

13. Hopefully you'll feel a teensy bit sad for the people who were shot.

[Rhiannon12866]

12. Thanks for the update! n/t

[oberliner]

18. The ex-bf angle seems to be entirely false

Rather a deliberate attack on YouTube due to anger at the company (and perhaps mental illness).

[rocktivity]

14. "Visitors having to be buzzed in by someone at the front desk..."

An employee, then...good thing there's no such thing as a American domestic terrorists.

P.S.Don't forget that YouTube is run by Google...


rocktivity

[Rhiannon12866]

15. Update: Shooting at YouTube HQ in San Bruno, California: what we know

Police confirmed one woman, believed to be the suspect, is dead. Three other people were shot.

A shooter on Tuesday wounded at least three people at YouTube’s headquarters in San Bruno, California, according to police.

“Active shooter at YouTube HQ,” Vadim Lavrusik, a YouTube employee, tweeted. “Heard shots and saw people running while at my desk. Now barricaded inside a room with coworkers.”

San Bruno police confirmed at least one person — a woman whom they believe to be the shooter — was dead of a possible self-inflicted gunshot wound. At least four people were injured, three of whom were shot, according to San Bruno Police Chief Ed Barberini.

This story is developing, and the investigation has just started. Details could change with more information. Here’s what we know — and don’t.

Much more: https://www.vox.com/2018/4/3/17194258/youtube-san-bruno-california-shooting



Police officers run toward YouTube offices in San Bruno, California, on Tuesday, April 3, 2018. Jeff Chiu/AP

[Orange Free State]

16. Anyone else creeped out by the pix of the shooter?

She has the look of someone not quite right in the head. If Charles Manson and Freda Kahlo had a daughter, she would look like that.
I never saw one of her videos, but apparently YouTube filtered them as not suitable for children, which affected her income. I wonder what was in them, as conspiracy and Nazi videos are on YouTube unfiltered.

[oberliner]

19. Videos as well

Person seems to have not been well.