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http://www.foxnews.com/us/2018/03/0...-after-reports-shots-fired-officials-say.html

Gunman at Veterans Home of California in Yountville has 3 hostages; no contact with shooter
By Lucia I. Suarez Sang, Elizabeth Zwirz | Fox News

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Police: Active shooter, hostage situation at veterans home

An armed man took three hostages during an "active shooter situation" at a California veterans home Friday afternoon, officials confirmed, enacting a lockdown of the facility.

Authorities have not had any confirmed communication with the suspect since around 10:30 a.m., California Highway Patrol spokesman Sgt. Robert Nacke said during a brief evening news conference.

Authorities received a call of shots fired at the Yountville veterans home, described as the largest such facility in the country, at 10:20 a.m. prompting several law enforcement agencies to respond, Assistant Chief Chris Childs, of the CHP's Golden Gate Division, said during an earlier news conference.


Within four minutes, a Napa County Sheriff's deputy arrived at the scene and encountered the suspect in one of the buildings, Childs said. Gunfire was exchanged.

"It's not known at this time how many rounds were exchanged but I am happy to report that as of this moment, there have been no injuries," he said.


The suspect is contained to one room, along with his three hostages, Childs said. Hostage negotiators from at least three agencies are at the scene, waiting to make contact with the individual.


Brian Goder, a resident of the veterans home who was under lockdown for hours in the main dining room of the veterans home, told The Associated Press that he saw more than a dozen armed troops walking to the building in which the suspect and hostages are located. The soldiers could be seen in a video he posted on Facebook, but it wasn't immediately clear what agency they were from.

Also not immediately known: the suspect's motives and his identity, which had yet to be publicly released.

A gunman is holding three people hostage inside the Yountville veterans home in California, police said. (KTVU)

The hostages are reportedly not veterans home employees, but rather Pathway Home employees, a privately run program on the veterans home's grounds. That group "serves post-9/11 veterans affected by deployment-related stress," according to the Pathway Homes website.

In an interview with The AP, Larry Kamer said his wife, Devereaux Smith, a fundraiser for the nonprofit Pathway Home, told him by phone that the gunman had slipped quietly into an employee going-away party and staff meeting at the home. Some people were reportedly permitted to leave while others were taken hostage. Kamer said his wife is now inside the home's dining hall and is not allowed to leave.


Childs characterized the situation as "very active and dynamic."

The California Highway Patrol has assumed primary investigative jurisdiction over the situation because the veterans home is a state-owned facility, he said.

Napa County Sheriff John Robertson said authorities know who the suspect is, but he declined to provide a name. There have been several attempts to make contact with the individual since 10:30 a.m. by both cellphone and phones in the facility, he said.

Robertson added that he knows none of the deputies were injured but did not have an official status on the condition of the hostages. The suspect did release some people, he said, but kept the three people he is currently holding.

In all, 15 to 20 shots went off at the facility, police said, according to KTVU.


CHP Officer John Fransen told the outlet the sprawling property was evacuated after reports came in about an armed man on the grounds and law enforcement was working to build a secure perimeter.

Several law enforcement agencies responded to the hostage scene. (KTVU)

"We do have an active shooter situation with a hostage situation in Yountville," Fransen told KTVU.

A number of ambulances, fire trucks and an armored police vehicle were seen at the property.


A group of about 80 students who were on the home's grounds were safely evacuated after being locked down, the sheriff said. The teens from Justin-Siena High School were at a theater there, rehearsing a play.

"They were a distance away from the shooting situation," Robertson said.

Some of the children were driven away on school buses and others in cars.


Earlier in the afternoon, The Press Democrat reported that family members of workers and residents were at the scene, anxiously awaiting word. Fernando Juarez, 36, of Napa said his 22-year-old sister Vanessa Flores is a caregiver at the facility and was exchanging texts with family while sheltering in place with a client.

Flores told family she could hear people yelling "Get down! Get down!" She also asked her brother to ensure her 3-year-old son is taken care of if she should not survive the ordeal.

"I'm trying to be calm," Juarez said.

According to the California Department of Veterans Affairs, the Veterans Home of California in Yountville dates back to 1884 and is considered the largest veterans home in the U.S. with more than 1000 veterans from all wars dating back to World War II.

This is a breaking news story. Please check back for more information. The Associated Press contributed to this report.

Lucia I. Suarez Sang is a Reporter for FoxNews.com. Follow her on Twitter @luciasuarezsang

 

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https://edition.cnn.com/2018/03/09/us/gunfire-at-california-veterans-home/index.html

Three women, gunman dead after hostage standoff at veterans home in Yountville, California
By Ralph Ellis, CNN

Updated 0400 GMT (1200 HKT) March 10, 2018






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(CNN)[Breaking news update at 10:57 p.m. ET]

After an apparent hourslong standoff between police and a gunman, three women were found dead at the Veterans Home of California in Yountville, Chris Childs, assistant chief of the California Highway Patrol's Golden Gate Division, told reporters Friday night.
The suspect was also found dead, Childs said. The three victims were earlier described as employees of The Pathway Home, a counseling service for veterans who suffer post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), which is on the property.
[Previous story, last published at 9:39 p.m. ET]
A man exchanged gunfire with law enforcement officers before taking three people hostage inside the Veterans Home of California in Yountville, authorities said Friday afternoon.
Hostage negotiators spent hours trying to contact the gunman but had not been able to do so, California Highway Patrol spokesman Robert Nacke said at 9 p.m. ET.
The three hostages are employees of The Pathway Home, a counseling service for veterans who suffer post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), and not residents of the facility north of San Francisco, Napa County Sheriff John Robertson said at a news conference.

Officers are at the scene Friday at the Veterans Home of California in Yountville.
Larry Kamer told CNN that his wife, Pathway employee Devereaux Smith, said the gunman barged into a going-away party for Pathway employees leaving the job.
"They were having cake and toasting, apparently he just walked in with this rifle," Kamer said. He said his wife and some other employees managed to escape, though he didn't say how.
The man was holding the three people hostage in a room inside the building, Robertson said.
"We've tried numerous times and been trying since 10:30 this morning to contact him by his own cell phone and also the phones in the dorm area," the sheriff said Friday afternoon.
He said authorities knew the gunman's identify but did not release it. Robertson didn't give a motive for the gunman's actions.
Nobody is known to be injured, he said, but earlier the man and officers fired shots at each other.
"There was an exchange of gunfire, fired by the suspect and our deputy," he said. "There were many bullets fired."
Law enforcement officers responded to a "shots fired" report around 10:20 a.m. local time from the facility that houses about 1,000 veterans, Robertson said.

Yountville, CA
Robertson said about 70 students who were inside the Lincoln Theater, located on the grounds of the veterans home, have been evacuated and are safe.
"They were always safe," the sheriff said. "They were put into a locked down position for their own safety."
Chris Childs of the California Highway Patrol said a hotline will be set up for people to obtain information about relatives who live and work inside the home.

A sheriff's hostage negotiation team passes a California Highway Patrol checkpoint at the Veterans Home of California in Yountville.
The California Department of Veterans (CalVet), which operates the home, said it enacted its emergency protocol. Police have surrounded the facility and are telling people to avoid the area.
Marlon Harrison was one of the family members who gathered outside the gates to the home.
"I'm waiting for a phone call from my daughter," Harrison said. "It's considered a lockdown building, you can't go in unless authorized."

Law enforcement members stage near the Veterans Home of California on Friday.
The FBI has deployed a SWAT team to Yountville, spokesperson Katherine Zackel said. The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives said via Twitter it is also responding.
Founded in 1884, the facility houses about 1,000 aging vets and is the largest veterans home in the United States, according to the CalVet.
Men and women who served in World War II, the Korean War, the Vietnam War, Desert Storm and Operation Enduring Freedom/Operation Iraqi Freedom live there, CalVet said.
The veterans home is an important part of the Napa Valley Community, with the 1,200-seat Lincoln Theater, a golf course and a large library, CalVet said.
Residents were temporarily evacuated from the veterans home in October when fires raged through Napa County.
Yountville is a town of about 3,000 residents in the north San Francisco Bay area.

The Veterans Home of California in Yountville in 2011.
CORRECTION: This story has been revised to correctly spell the last name of Larry Kamer.
CNN's Stella Chan, Amir Vera, Cheri Mossburgh and Chris Boyette also contributed to this report.

 

[carnage]

Aiya! Game Over so fast?

 

[steffychun]

Stupid police are at wrong. He is just exercising his 2nd Ammendment rights. Trump supports him!

 

[Shut Up you are Not MM]

Stupid police are at wrong. He is just exercising his 2nd Ammendment rights. Trump supports him!

Guns are made for a good purpose = generate death tolls, so let guns do the good! Keep earth alive by culling humans, keep the planet balance and correct the over-population.

Make guns great again!

Must make law compulsory for all SG53 citizens to carry guns all the time.



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[steffychun]

Guns are made for a good purpose = generate death tolls, so let guns do the good! Keep earth alive by culling humans, keep the planet balance and correct the over-population.

Make guns great again!

Must make law compulsory for all SG53 citizens to carry guns all the time.



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But Americans are better off than Sinkies with guns. So many years of NS, no mass killing.

So many years of 2nd Amendment, so many mass killings in USA! Kim Jung Un celebrates!

 

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was just there last weekend for wine tasting and food. yountville is famous for michelin-rated restaurants, wine fair, cooking festivals, and some of america's best cuisine. right on the other side of highway 29 is one of the u.s. oldest and largest veteran campus that provides housing for over a thousand ww2, korean war, vietnam war and gulf war veterans.

 

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I reckon one village in USA can take on the SAF.

 

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I reckon one village in USA can take on the SAF.

Can take on whole of Singapore.

 

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Yet another new case as Gunman killed matas and stand off in California near LA


http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-pomona-officer-shot-20180309-story.html

Pomona officer fatally shot, another wounded by gunman who remains at large

By Victoria Kim and Richard Winton
Mar 10, 2018 | 5:40 AM

Authorities respond to a barricade situation where an officer was shot in Pomona. (KTLA)

One Pomona officer was fatally shot and another wounded Friday night by a suspect who remained barricaded on Saturday morning.

"It is with a heavy heart that I must report that one officer did not survive. The second officer is in stable condition," Pomona Police Chief Mike Olivieri said on Twitter Saturday morning.

Officers plan to have a procession this morning taking the dead officer's body from Pomona to the L.A. County Coroner's office in Los Angeles.

Details of the shooting remain unclear, and officials have not revealed the names of the slain officers. No arrests have been made, and a huge police presence remained at the scene.



The incident occurred about 9:10 p.m. on the 1400 block of South Palomares Street. Dispatchers relayed reports of "officer down" near the intersection of Palomares and Fernleaf Avenue. A law enforcement source said about 75 officers from nearby police agencies responded to the scene but were unable to remove the officers to safety because of the gunman.

The officers, both with the Pomona Police Department, were eventually extracted and taken to a hospital, according to the source.

The Los Angeles County Fire Department was called out to the scene around 9:30 p.m. to assist, said dispatch supervisor Jeremy Stafford.

Footage on local news reports showed officers trying to perform CPR on a man lying on the pavement.





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UPDATES:

1:55 a.m.: Updated with one officer's death.

12:20 a.m.: Updated with L.A. County homicide detectives responding.

11:40 p.m.: Updated with two officers wounded.

11:20 p.m.: This article has been updated with further details.

This article originally published at 10:55 p.m.


Victoria Kim

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Victoria Kim is a Metro reporter for the Los A

 

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3 angmo charbor dead. guess race of shooter. albert wong felt he was wronged.

 

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3 angmo charbor dead. guess race of shooter. albert wong felt he was wronged.

Given this BUMP Stok Albert Wong would had been much more productive in fixing the world over-population issue.

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http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-pomona-officer-shot-20180309-story.html

One Pomona police officer killed, another wounded; standoff with suspected gunman continues

By Andrea Castillo, Richard Winton, Victoria Kim and Sarah Parvini
Mar 10, 2018 | 2:00 PM

Law enforcement vehicles fill the streets near the scene where one police officer was killed and another wounded Friday night and a suspect remained barricaded at an apartment complex Saturday in Pomona. (Irfan Khan / Los Angeles Times)

One Pomona police officer was shot and killed and another was wounded Friday night by a suspect who remained barricaded inside an apartment complex Saturday.

"It is with a heavy heart that I must report that one officer did not survive. The second officer is in stable condition," Pomona Police Chief Mike Olivieri said Saturday morning on Twitter.

The dead officer has been identified as Gregory Casillas, 25, of Upland, according to Lt. Dave Smith of the Los Angeles County Coroner's Office.

The gunman remained holed up inside an apartment Saturday. Authorities said SWAT officers have made contact with the man, who so far has not surrendered. Police said they didn't know how many weapons he had with him.



At a news conference Saturday morning, officials said the incident began as a police pursuit that ended near the apartment complex when the suspect's car crashed. The man ran from his vehicle and was followed by officers on foot.

He went into the apartment complex and barricaded himself inside one of the units. When officers arrived, authorities said, he fired through a door, striking the two officers.


Capt. Christopher Bergner of the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department discusses a standoff with a suspect in a shooting that left one police officer dead and another wounded in Pomona.

Saturday morning, more than a dozen Pomona police officers, L.A. County sheriff's deputies and county fire vehicles blocked the street in front of the apartment building where the suspect remained barricaded. A handful of SWAT officers were gathered outside the entrance to the beige apartment building. Every so often, their muffled megaphone calls to the man to come out echoed through the street.

Neighbors — some wrapped in blankets or wearing hooded jackets — watched the scene unfold from behind police tape. A few were standing on top of their cars in the rain for a better view when a flash-bang device detonated around 10 a.m. An officer then again ordered the man to exit through the front door.

"Come outside with your hands up," the officer said. "Come on out."

The incident began about 9:10 p.m. Friday when dispatchers relayed reports of an officer down in the 1400 block of South Palomares Street near Fernleaf Avenue. A law enforcement source said about 75 officers from several agencies converged on the scene but were unable to move the wounded officers to safety at first because of gunfire.


The Fire Department was called around 9:30 p.m. to assist, said dispatch supervisor Jeremy Stafford.

Footage on local news reports showed officers trying to perform CPR on a man lying on the pavement.

A mother and daughter said they ran out of their nearby apartment after hearing the crash Friday night. A beige truck crashed into a parked red truck in front of an apartment complex, said the pair, who gave only their first names.

Marlene, 12, said she saw the suspect exit the beige truck with a gun tucked under his arm. He then ran into the nearby apartment. Marlene recorded a portion of the shooting.

Six loud shots pop in the background of the video, followed by two more, then eight. An officer is seen running, his hand on his gun holster.

(Los Angeles Times)
The video shows Marlene and her mother, Jessica, 29, running for safety as the gunfire continues.

"He's inside," a woman says in the video. "Let's go!"

Marlene said she saw police bring a wounded officer outside and rip off his vest. In the cellphone footage, a group of officers surrounds another officer on the ground as one performs chest compressions.

Marlene and other neighbors said they spotted a woman they said was the suspect's mother crying and vomiting outside the apartment building before she got into a police SUV.

"I was scared," Marlene said.

Ninfa Martínez said she saw residents running out of the building where the shooting occurred.

"Then I heard some shots and went back running" Martínez, 24, said. "It was crazy."

Once the gunfire stopped, her mother and other neighbors offered coffee to those outside, she said. Some of the displaced residents slept in their cars, she said. Martínez and her mother slept for an hour, until just before 6 a.m.


The shooting sparked an outpouring of support from local law enforcement.

"Our thoughts and prayers are with Pomona police," the Sheriff's Department said in a statement.

"Another hero gone too soon. These tragedies are occurring too often, and the pains of sacrifice will never be forgotten," added LAPD Chief Charlie Beck.

The dead officer's body was escorted by a police procession Saturday morning as it was transferred from Pomona Valley Hospital Medical Center to the coroner's office.

People wait near the scene where one officer was killed and another wounded Friday night by a suspect who remained barricaded inside an apartment complex Saturday in Pomona. (Irfan Khan / Los Angeles Times)
The last law enforcement officer killed in the line of duty in Southern California died a little over a year ago.

Whittier police Officer Keith Boyer was fatally shot while investigating a traffic crash in February 2017.

Michael C. Mejia, 27, a convicted felon with a history of drug possession and violent criminal activity, is accused of killing his cousin and stealing his car in East Los Angeles before crashing into two other vehicles at a Whittier intersection.

When Boyer, 53, and his partner, Patrick Hazell, arrived at the scene of the crash and ordered Mejia out of his car, he opened fire on them, prosecutors said. Boyer died, and Hazell was wounded.

UPDATES:

2 p.m.: This article was updated with comments from residents.

11:40 a.m.: This article was updated with the identity of the dead police officer.

10 a.m.: This article was updated with police using a flash-bang device to try to capture the suspect and other details.

8:30 a.m.: This article was updated with additional details about the shooting.

7:30 a.m.: This article was updated with activity at an apartment.

5:55 a.m.: This article was updated with background on Whittier shooting.

5 a.m.: This article was updated with new details.

1:55 a.m.: This article was updated with one officer's death.

March 10, 12:20 a.m.: This article was updated with L.A. County homicide detectives responding.

11:40 p.m.: This article was updated with two officers wounded.

11:20 p.m.: This article was updated with additional details.

This article was originally published at 10:55 p.m. March 9.

 

[JohnTan]

Bastard gunman was a bloody chink!!!!!

Gunman Albert Wong, 36, who killed three hostages at a veterans home in California, was a former serviceman who had been treated at the facility.

 

[ToaPehGong]

Will dotard suggest arming the nurses and doctors in the old folks home?