Veterans Home Of California Shooting (U.S)
Channel: Q&A News
Date: 2018-03-10

On Friday the 9th of March 2018 at approximately 10:30am, A man exchanged gunfire with law enforcement officers before taking three people hostage inside The Pathway Home at the Veterans Home of California in Yountville, Napa County, California, United States of America.

The Napa Valley Register reported that the gunman carried an automatic weapon & was dressed in black, wearing body armor.

Scanner traffic indicated up to 30 shots had been fired but did not say whether those shots were coming from the reported gunman or officers. 

The suspect was reported to have at least two hostages & law enforcement officers were swarming around Building G, also called Madison Hall in the middle of the campus, according to emergency scanner traffic.

Napa County Sheriff’s Officials issued a public warning about 10:45 am urging people to avoid the area near the campus on Highway 29 & Yountville Cross Road.

An active shooter armed with what appeared to be a high-powered rifle took hostages Friday morning at the Veterans Home of California in Yountville, drawing a large law enforcement response to the 615-acre property in Napa County, according to preliminary reports.

The hostages are employees of The Pathway Home, a counseling service for veterans who suffer post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), & not residents of the facility north of San Francisco, Napa County Sheriff John Robertson said at a news conference.

Negotiating teams are trying to contact the gunman, who is believed to be armed with a rifle, he said.

The man held other people hostage but released them, Robertson said. He said authorities know the gunman's identify but are not releasing it yet. 

He didn't give a motive for the gunman's actions.

Nobody is known to be injured, he said, but earlier the man & officers fired shots at each other.

"There was an exchange of gunfire, fired by the suspect & our deputy," he said.

"We've tried numerous times & been trying since 10:30 this morning to contact him by his own cell phone & also the phones in the dorm area," the sheriff said.

"There was a going-away party for a couple of the staff who were leaving today," he said. "They were having cake & toasting, apparently he just walked in with this rifle."

Site of Yountville hostage standoff, Pathway Home, treats soldiers with PTSD, the situation is still ongoing & updates will be in the pinned comments section.

Situation Contacts: 
• CHP Headquarters@CHP_HQ: https://twitter.com/CHP_HQ
• CHP Golden Gate@CHP_GoldenGate: https://twitter.com/CHP_GoldenGate
• CHP – Golden Gate Division@CHPGoldenGate: https://www.facebook.com/CHPGoldenGate/

Those who work & reside at the Yountville Veterans Home of California who want to let family & friends know they are safe are encouraged to call 707-948-3331. 

Family & friends can also contact this number to find out if their family members or friends are safe.

Update: The Napa County Sheriff-Coroner’s Office has identified the victims from the Active Shooter incident at the Veterans Home in Yountville, Napa County. The three victims who were employees of the Pathway Home treatment program for veterans, located on the campus of the Veteran Home of California in Yountville, are:

Jennifer Golick, 42 years old, Clinical Director, from St Helena
Christine Loeber, 48 years old, Executive Director, from Napa
Jennifer Gonzalez, 29 years old, Clinical Psychologist

The suspect, who is also deceased, is Albert Wong, 36 years old, from Sacramento. He is formerly from the Pathway Home Program at the Veterans Home of California in Yountville.

Forensic examinations of the deceased will be scheduled next week at the Napa Sheriff-Coroner’s Office Facility.
Source: https://www.facebook.com/NapaCountySO/posts/10156428961782216

Source: https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/Site-of-Yountville-hostage-standoff-Pathway-12742067.php
Source: http://www.pressdemocrat.com/news/8094369-181/report-of-gunman-taking-hostages
Source: https://edition.cnn.com/2018/03/09/us/gunfire-at-california-veterans-home/index.html

Location: https://www.google.com/maps/place/The+Pathway+Home/

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