Youtube rampage wounds three
Shooter kills herself after opening fire at company’s work hub
SAN BRUNO, Calif. — A woman shot and killed herself after wounding her boyfriend and two other people with a handgun at Youtube headquarters Tuesday afternoon, authorities said.
A law enforcement source said the shooting appeared to have been fueled by a domestic dispute and that the suspect was targeting her boyfriend.
The source said the woman, who was not immediately identified, has no criminal history in San Mateo County.
San Bruno Police Chief Ed Barberini said the suspected shooter was found dead from an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound. Barberini said he could not confirm that the shooting involved a domestic dispute.
Barberini said police were called at 12:46 p.m. to Youtube’s campus after reports of gunfire, and three officers who arrived at the scene within two minutes were met by a multitude of fleeing employees.
“It was very chaotic, as you can imagine,” Barberini said.
The gunfire took place in an open courtyard, he said.
Employees were eating lunch when the “horrific act of violence” occurred, said Sundar Pichai, CEO of Youtube’s parent company Google, in a note to employees that Google posted on Twitter.
Barberini said officers soon found a victim with a gunshot wound near the entrance. Youtube employees stood watch over that person, freeing the police to go further into the scene, he said.
Police came upon the suspected shooter in an outdoor patio, dead from an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound. Officers eventually found two other shooting victims, and Barberini affirmed that there was no longer any active threat.