Female suspect dead, 4 injured in shooting at YouTube’s HQ

SAN BRUNO, Calif. – A female suspect is dead after opening fire at YouTube’s headquarters in Northern California on Tuesday in a shooting that left at least four people injured, authorities said.

Police swarmed the three-story building around 1 p.m. after reports of an active gunman. The female gunman — rare in active shooter situations — was found dead of an apparent suicide, San Bruno Police Chief Ed Barberini said at a news conference.

Barberini said the injured were found in the building and at an adjacent business. Police cautioned people to stay away from the building about 11 miles south of San Francisco. Barberini said “we don’t know the circumstances” of why the woman opened fire, adding the investigation is just beginning.

Two unidentified law enforcement sources later told The Associated Press the shooting was being investigated as a domestic dispute.

It’s still unclear how the assailant was able to make it inside the building and whether there was any security.

Several hospitals said they received patients, including San Francisco General Hospital.

Spokesman Brent Andrew said they received three patients — a woman and two men. One person was in critical condition.

Physician Andre Campbell said all three had been shot. A fourth person suffered an ankle injury, Barberini told the AP.

“You think after we saw Las Vegas and Parkland and the Pulse nightclub shooting that we would see an end to this, but we have not,” Campbell said of the gun violence. “We’ve got a serious problem that we need to address.”

Google, which owns YouTube, said in a statement on Twitter “we are coordinating with authorities and will provide official information here from Google and YouTube as it becomes available.”

The company also said it worked with authorities to evacuate the building and “provided employees a helpline.” Those inside the building posted updates as the incident was unfolding.

“Active shooter at YouTube HQ,” Vadim Lavrusik posted on Twitter. “Heard shots and saw people running while at my desk. Now barricaded inside a room with coworkers.”

Lavrusik, who said he works at the company, said he got out safely.