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| Law enforcement members stage near the Veterans Home of California after reports of an active shooter Friday, March 9, 2018, in Yountville, Calif. Napa County Fire captain Chase Beckman says a gunman has taken hostages at the veterans home in California. (JL Sousa/Napa Valley Register via AP) |
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| People walk to the information center at the Veterans Home of California in Yountville, Calif., on Friday March 9, 2018. A gunman took at least three people hostage at the largest veterans home in the United States on Friday, leading to a lockdown of the sprawling grounds in California, authorities said. (AP Photo/Ben Margot)- Photo from Yahoo News |
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| A sheriff's hostage negotiation team passes a California highway patrol checkpoint at the Veterans Home of California in Yountville, Calif., Friday, March 9, 2018. Napa County Fire Capt. Chase Beckman says a gunman has taken hostages at the veterans home. Police closed access to the large veterans home after a man with a gun was reported on the grounds. (AP Photo/Ben Margot) Photo from Yahoo News |
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| An air ambulance helicopter stages on the Vintners Golf Club driving range near the entrance to the Veterans Home of California, seen in background, in Yountville, Calif., on Friday, March 9, 2018. A gunman took at least three people hostage at the largest veterans home in the United States on Friday, leading to a lockdown of the sprawling grounds in California, authorities said. (AP Photo/Ben Margot) - Photo from Yahoo News |
VietPress USA (Mar. 9, 2018): Today on Friday, Mar. 9, 2018, at about 10:30am, a gunman wearing body armor and reportedly armed with an automatic weapon entered the veterans home that houses The Pathway Home in northern California and exchanged gunfire with a Deputy Police officer at the center then took the 3 women hostage.
This is a privately run program that treats veterans of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars with post-traumatic stress disorder. Authorities have not had contact with the gunman holding three women hostage for nearly eight hours and police tactical teams are forming plans on how to deal with the ongoing situation at a veterans home in California.
California Highway Patrol spokesman Sgt. Robert Nacke told reporters that "there has not been any confirmed communication with the gunman since 10:30 in the morning."
Nacke called the situation at the veterans home "dynamic and active" and said he had no information about the hostages or their conditions. Three hostages are volunteers working at The Pathway Home.
At aroud 7:45 pm, Police said the gunman and three hostages have been found dead after a shooting and standoff at a veterans home in California.
The official wasn't authorized to discuss the matter publicly and spoke to The Associated Press Friday on condition of anonymity.
Authorities are not identifying the suspect in the California veterans home hostage standoff or the three women who were killed.
Napa County Sheriff John Robertson told reporters Friday night that authorities were still working to notify their relatives.
The bodies were discovered at about 6 p.m. in a part of the veterans home that houses The Pathway Home.
According to Yahoo News, California Gov. Jerry Brown and wife Anne have offered their condolences to families and friends of the three women killed by a gunman in a Northern California veterans home.
Brown said Friday that he and his wife were deeply saddened by the killing of three women dedicated to serving veterans.
The three victims were employees of a nonprofit group that treated Iraq and Afghanistan combat veterans with post-traumatic stress syndrome.
The Democratic governor ordered state Capitol flags flown at half-staff.
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