March 9 (UPI) — Police responded Friday to a Yountville, Calif., military veterans home, where early reports said a gunman took at least three people hostage.
The Napa Valley Register reported the gunman was a member of a program at the Veterans Home of California, Yountville, geared toward veterans with emotional trauma.
No one has been reported injured, but a California Highway Patrol spokesman confirmed to the San Francisco Chronicle the gunman took hostages.
The Napa County Sheriff’s Office confirmed its presence at the facility at 10:47 a.m. PST. By 2:20 p.m. local time, hostage negotiators were still on-site.
The Yountville facility, the largest veterans home in the United States, houses roughly 1,100 aged or disabled veterans, according to its Facebook page.
