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California hostage situation ends with four dead including the shooter

Developing March 10, 2018
An armed man took three hostages at a veterans home in Yountville in Northern California on Friday. After an all-day standoff, police found the gunman and all of the hostages dead. The victims were three women who worked at The Pathway home, a program that helps veterans reentering civilian life and counsels soldiers dealing with PTSD.
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· Mar 9

: The Napa County Sheriff's department is telling people to stay away from the area around the Yountville Veteran's Home after gunfire was reported.

Authorities Respond to Reports of Gunfire at Yountville Veteran's Home | The California Report | KQED News
A spokesperson for the California Highway Patrol said that shots were fired.
kqed.org
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· Mar 9

CHP spokesman: "We have an on the grounds, with at least three hostages," in , Napa County veterans home

Reports Of Man With Gun, Body Armor At Yountville Veterans Home
There are reports of a man wearing body armor and armed with an automatic weapon at a veterans home in Napa County Friday.
sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com
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· Mar 9

Call came in 10:20. Man dressed in black, body armor, armed with automatic weapon according to

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· Mar 9

Yountville Vet home dates to 1884. Largest vet home in the USA. Has 1000 aged or disabled vets (both men and women): World War II, Korean War, Vietnam War, Desert Storm, and Operation Enduring Freedom/Operation Iraqi Freedom now live at the home.

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· Mar 9

Police say that 15 to 20 shots were fired at the Yountville Veterans Center, where three people were taken hostage. Video:

Reports of shots fired at Yountville Veterans Home
There are reports of shots fired at The Veterans Home of California in Yountville. The Veterans Home confirms reports of shots fired. 
ktvu.com
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· Mar 9

MORE: suspect released some hostages but kept three of them inside their conditions are unknown at this time, we do know no deputies have been injured

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· Mar 9

Napa County Sheriff update - 3 hostages are being held in a room at the Pathway Home. He also said the hostages work for the Pathway Home, not the Veteran's Home

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· Mar 9

Napa County Sheriff Robertson: "There was an exchange of gunfire fired by both our deputy and the suspect...there were many bullets fired."

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· Mar 9

The active shooter/hostage situation in has been going on for about 7 hours now. Road to the campus still closed, 3 hostages still being held. Some people have been escorted out, but others are still on lockdown.

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· Mar 9

Hostage situation ends in tragedy in 4 confirmed dead including shooter

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· Mar 9

: Sources confirm 3 hostages and a suspect have been found dead in the day-long standoff at a Yountville veterans home. This tragic end comes after over 8 hours of police activity, evacuations and much speculation.

Sources: 3 hostages, gunman dead after day-long stand off at veterans home
Four people are dead after a man wearing body armor and armed with a rifle stormed into a Napa County veterans home Friday morning, sources confirm.
abc7news.com
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· Mar 9

BREAKING: CHP confirms four dead in 3 females 1 male

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· Mar 9

Suspect is believed the be the male - Bomb sniffing dogs sniffed out suspect’s car that was parked in the parking lot no bomb found - There is no further threat to the community - CHP expresses deepest condolences to family

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· Mar 9

MORE: Senator Dodd confirms the suspect was recently kicked out of The Pathway Home a program that serves post 9/11 vets suffering from PTSD - the 3 hostages were employees of that program. Congressman Mike Thompson confirms one victim is the program’s executive director

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· Mar 9

Congressman Thompson says all three women were wonderful and their goal was to help, he personally knew one of them but wouldn’t go into detail he says it’s a tragic situation

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· Mar 9

: The gunman in deadly Yountville hostage situation at Veterans Home is 36-year-old Albert Wong, of Sacramento.

Gunman in deadly Yountville hostage situation at Veterans Home identified
The gunman who killed three people in a hostage situation at a Yountville Veterans Home has been identified.
kron4.com
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· Mar 9

BREAKING: The Pathway Home confirms the victims are executive director Christine Loeber, therapist Dr. Jen Golick and Dr. Jennifer Gonzalez, psychologist with the SF Dept of Veterans Affairs Healthcare System

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· Mar 9

This investigation will take a lot more hours if not days to complete

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· Mar 9

All the hostages and the shooter were found dead. My heart is broken. We are a town of only 3,000. The veterans home is a major part of our small community, and I can't fathom the loss the families of these mental health professionals will feel. I'm so sad.

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· Mar 9

A military veteran who had been treated for combat stress burst into the Yountville veterans home on Friday armed with a rifle, killed three women and then fatally shot himself, authorities said.

Active shooter reported at Yountville veterans home
A Northern California veterans home is on lockdown amid reports of an active shooter, officials said. Reports came in about 10:30 a.m. of an active shooter at the Veterans Home of California-Yountville, said June Iljana, a spokeswoman for the California Department of Veterans Affairs. The home sits across the street from the Napa Valley Museum in Yountville on California Drive. Residents at the home are sheltering in place while the California Highway Patrol is responding with assisting agencies, Iljana said. It is not immediately known if there are any injuries. Jenna Lyons is a San Francisco Chronicle staff writer. Email: jlyons@sfchronicle.
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· Mar 10

We are deeply saddened by the tragic situation in Yountville and mourn the loss of three incredible women who cared for our Veterans.

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