Early reports of an active shooter at YouTube’s headquarters in San Bruno, Calif. broke Tuesday afternoon. Employees and the San Bruno Police Department tweeted about the incident but few details are available yet. Read The San Francisco Chronicle’s live coverage here.
Update 1:40 p.m. Google released the following statement about the incident on Twitter.
Re: YouTube situation, we are coordinating with authorities and will provide official information here from Google and YouTube as it becomes available.
— Google Communications (@Google_Comms) April 3, 2018
Update 2:40 p.m. In a press conference, San Bruno Chief of Police Ed Barberini confirmed that four people on YouTube’s campus were transported to the hospital with gunshot wounds following the shooting around 12:46 p.m. Their condition is not clear, but several hospitals in the San Francisco Bay Area have reported that they have accepted patients from the shooting.
One woman is dead of what the police believe to be a self-inflicted gunshot wound, and the police also believe that person was the shooter, according to Chief Barberini.
Google also released an updated statement:
We continue to actively coordinate with local authorities and hospitals. Our Security team has been working closely with authorities to evacuate the buildings and ensure the safety of employees in the area.
— Google Communications (@Google_Comms) April 3, 2018
Update 4:45 p.m. Google CEO Sundar Pichai issued a statement:
Here is the note that @sundarpichai just sent to Googlers worldwide. pic.twitter.com/bdC6KeTl9c
— Google Communications (@Google_Comms) April 3, 2018
Other tech leaders shared their thoughts on Twitter:
Horrible and truly tragic day for YouTube and Google. We are wishing all our very best for the injured and all those affected.
— Jeff Bezos (@JeffBezos) April 3, 2018
On behalf of the team at @Uber, sending support to everyone @YouTube and @Google, and gratitude to the heroic first responders. Another tragedy that should push us again to #EndGunViolence
— dara khosrowshahi (@dkhos) April 3, 2018
From everyone at Apple, we send our sympathy and support to the team at YouTube and Google, especially the victims and their families.
— Tim Cook (@tim_cook) April 3, 2018
I can’t imagine what our friends at YouTube are feeling and dealing with right now. We‘re here for you and your families and friends.
— jack (@jack) April 3, 2018
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