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| Armed man takes hostages at veterans' home in California | |
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| An active shooter situation is being reported at a veterans' home in Napa County, California. Fire officials have confirmed that a gunman has taken several people hostage. | An active shooter situation is being reported at a veterans' home in Napa County, California. Fire officials have confirmed that a gunman has taken several people hostage. |
| “We’re currently dealing with an active shooter situation,” California Highway Patrol spokesman Robert Nacke told reporters shortly after 1 pm local time. | |
| A shooter armed with what is believed to be a high-powered rifle reportedly stormed the Veterans Home of California in Yountville at about 10:30am. The assailant then began shooting, unloading up to 30 shots in the housing complex of 850 residents, police scanner traffic indicated. | |
| Police immediately responded to the active shooter situation. According to Napa Valley Register, the suspect was wearing body armor and was armed with an automatic weapon. He is believed to have taken at least two people hostage in Building G. Besides heavy police presence, law enforcement also deployed “aerial resources” to the scene. California Highway Patrol also sent a SWAT team to the area. Agents from ATF are also responding, CBS reports. | |
| At this point it remains unclear if there are any casualties in the ongoing hostage incident. Authorities have been working to establish a secure perimeter around the facility, California Highway Patrol Officer John Fransen said, adding that armored police vehicles, several fire trucks and ambulances were at the scene. | |
| The suspect has not been identified yet. According to the Napa Valley Register, he could be a 36-year-old former member of The Pathway Home, a privately run program for military veterans with emotional trauma, who was reportedly discharged from the program two weeks ago. | |
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