Woman opens fire inside YouTube HQ, kills herself

Washington, April 4: At least three people were injured when a woman opened fire at YouTube headquarters before fatally shooting herself, local police said.

The female suspect died in a possible self-inflicted gunshot wound, they said, adding that one of the victims, a 36-year-old man, is said to be in a critical condition. The YouTube headquarters in San Bruno near Silicon Valley has a significant number of Indian-American professionals. In a tweet, US President Donald Trump said he was briefed on the shooting.

It was around 12.46 pm (local time) that the San Bruno Police Department received numerous 911 calls reporting gunfire at the YouTube campus located at 901 Cherry Avenue in San Bruno. The police arrived at 12.48 pm, two minutes after the first call, and began searching for a possible suspect.

Officers encountered numerous employees fleeing the building. Officers discovered one victim with an apparent gunshot wound to a lower extremity at the front of the building.

At 12.53 pm, officers conducting a search located a deceased female inside with a possible self-inflicted gunshot wound.

Two additional victims were located after fleeing to a next-door business.

Google in a tweet, advised all other employees in the Bay Area, and people with meetings scheduled, to stay away from the area.