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YouTube shooting: Four shot at California HQ, female suspect dead | |
(35 minutes later) | |
Four people are being treated for gunshot injuries after a shooting at YouTube headquarters in Northern California, police say. | |
San Bruno Police Chief Ed Barberini said a woman believed to be the shooter was found dead in the building with a "self-inflicted wound". | |
The condition of the injured, who have been taken to hospital, is unknown. | |
Earlier, panicked YouTube employees fled the building, in San Mateo county, south of San Francisco. | |
San Francisco General Hospital is treating three patients from the shooting, and one is in a critical condition, the Associated Press reports. | |
One employee at a nearby fast food restaurant told Fox station KTVU he had treated a young woman who suffered a gunshot wound to the leg. He said he had fashioned a makeshift tourniquet from a bungee cord as they waited for first responders. | One employee at a nearby fast food restaurant told Fox station KTVU he had treated a young woman who suffered a gunshot wound to the leg. He said he had fashioned a makeshift tourniquet from a bungee cord as they waited for first responders. |
Some 1,700 people work at the YouTube HQ. | |
Images broadcast on local TV stations showed employees leaving with their hands raised. Other footage appeared to show evacuees forming a queue before being individually frisked by police. | Images broadcast on local TV stations showed employees leaving with their hands raised. Other footage appeared to show evacuees forming a queue before being individually frisked by police. |
Video captured by a nearby helicopter showed a glass door shattered in its centre, with glass fragments strewn across the ground outside. | Video captured by a nearby helicopter showed a glass door shattered in its centre, with glass fragments strewn across the ground outside. |
Mr Barberini said police arrived at the scene at 12:48 (19:48 GMT) local time after receiving many 911 calls reporting gunshots. | |
He said officers were faced with "numerous employees fleeing". One victim with a gunshot wound was found at the front of the company headquarters, he said. | |
YouTube product manager Todd Sherman earlier tweeted that people fled the building in panic. | |
Another employee, Vadim Lavrusik, initially tweeted he was barricaded in a room with other staff. He later said he had been evacuated. | Another employee, Vadim Lavrusik, initially tweeted he was barricaded in a room with other staff. He later said he had been evacuated. |
California Senator Dianne Feinstein tweeted that she was praying for the safety of those at the scene. | California Senator Dianne Feinstein tweeted that she was praying for the safety of those at the scene. |