UPDATE: Gunman with hostages confined to one room…

by The Right Scoop

I was waiting to see if this escalated before I posted it. It appears we have a hostage situation at a Veterans home in California and there have been shots fired:



The Sheriff’s department issues this a few minutes ago:

Here’s a livestream:

I’ll update you with more on this as soon as I get it…

 
UPDATE: Man wearing body armor with automatic weapons:

Napa County Fire captain Chase Beckman says a gunman has taken hostages at a veterans home in California.

Police closed access to the large veterans home in Yountville after a man with a gun was reported on the grounds.

The Napa County Sheriff’s Department issued an alert to residents at 10:30 a.m. Friday warning them to avoid the area because of “activity at the Veterans Home in Yountville.”

The Napa Valley Register reported that a man wearing body armor and armed with an automatic weapon entered the home.

The sheriff’s department did not immediately respond to a telephone call from The Associated Press.

The state Veterans Affairs department says it is the largest veterans’ home in the United States, with about 1,000 residents.

 
UPDATE: Swat Team enroute:

 
UPDATE: ATF enroute:

 
UPDATE: A social media post from someone in the building:

 
UPDATE: There have been reports of many more gunshots than what we’ve been hearing…just fyi:

 
UPDATE: FBI enroute…

 
UPDATE: Fire official says no injuries have been treated…

But if it’s still a hostage situation, that might explain that.

 
UPDATE: Suspect reportedly member of Pathway Home PTSD treatment program…

Also local high school group in the building…

 
UPDATE:

 
UPDATE: Here’s more on how the gunman took hostages…

 
UPDATE: Text messages from inside…

 
UPDATE:

Via the livestream: State Senator Dodd says the gunman was asked to leave the PTSD program earlier this week for apparently failing to follow their strict rules, and the three people he’s holding hostage are staff members of the program: A clinical worker, psychiatrist, and maybe the executive director – that’s what I’m hearing.

 
UPDATE: Kamala Harris is saying Congress needs to act or something:

 
UPDATE: Students are able to get out safely. I think there were around 60 of them at the Veterans center all day:

 
UPDATE: Law enforcement reports that suspect has been confined to one room with the three hostages, surrounded by three tactical teams.

I believe law enforcement says they still haven’t made contact with the shooter. He does have a cell phone but he hasn’t answered it.

An officer was on scene within four minutes of the “shots fired” call this morning and engaged the suspect. Shots were exchanged (many bullets), however no injuries have been reported.

They do not know the status of the hostages…


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