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'Multiple deaths' possible in shooting at San Francisco UPS facility | |
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Four people were injured and there were “potentially multiple deaths” from a shooting by an employee at a UPS facility in San Francisco on Wednesday morning, according to UPS. | |
“We understand that there are potentially multiple deaths, although we are unsure of their status at this time,” UPS spokeswoman Natalie Godwin told the Guardian. | |
A different UPS spokesman told the Associated Press that he believed the shooter was an employee who “turned the gun on himself”, but he did not have any more information. | |
A spokesman for San Francisco general hospital told the Associated Press that the hospital had received multiple victims, but he did not know the number of victims or their condition. | A spokesman for San Francisco general hospital told the Associated Press that the hospital had received multiple victims, but he did not know the number of victims or their condition. |
The police announced that they had responded to a shooting in the area shortly after 9am. At about 10.30am, the police said that the incident was contained and the building was secure. | |
The UPS facility is a package delivery and sorting center in San Francisco’s Portrero Hill neighborhood. Dozens of uniformed employees were seenevacuating on foot. | |
UPS workers are ushered out of the scene of a shooting this morning at the UPS facility near 16th and Potrero. https://t.co/8EKek2Ze9Q pic.twitter.com/klDH3zZBpp |