Police sources and YouTube employees themselves confirm an attack at their offices in California which is taking place at this very moment. According to us on Twitter there is an armed shooter sowing panic at the company’s headquarters, which is located in San Bruno. YouTube facilities are separate from the Google campus located on Charleston Road, Mountain View, and employees are now trying to protect themselves from an armed individual whose identity is unknown: Active shooter at YouTube HQ. Heard shots and saw people running while at my desk. Now barricaded inside a room with coworkers. – Vadim Lavrusik (@Lavrusik) April 3, 2018 After existing the room we still did not know what was going on but more people were running. Seemed serious and not like a drill. – Todd Sherman (@tdd) April 3, 2018 At that point every new person I saw was a potential shooter. Someone said that the person shot the back doors and then shot themselves. – Todd Sherman (@tdd) April 3, 2018 As we have known later, some of the approximately 1,100 employees of the company they have been evacuated and are completely safe , although they have not transcended details on the state of the evacuation or on possible victims or injured: Safe Got evacuated it. Outside now. – Vadim Lavrusik (@Lavrusik) April 3, 2018 On the other hand, San Bruno police report “an active shooting scene” and an immediate response for its part. It has transpired, in fact, that there are already police…
Police sources and YouTube employees themselves confirm an attack at their offices in California which is taking place at this very moment. According to us on Twitter there is an armed shooter sowing panic at the company’s headquarters, which is located in San Bruno.
YouTube facilities are separate from the Google campus located on Charleston Road, Mountain View, and employees are now trying to protect themselves from an armed individual whose identity is unknown:
Active shooter at YouTube HQ. Heard shots and saw people running while at my desk. Now barricaded inside a room with coworkers.
– Vadim Lavrusik (@Lavrusik) April 3, 2018
After existing the room we still did not know what was going on but more people were running. Seemed serious and not like a drill.
– Todd Sherman (@tdd) April 3, 2018
At that point every new person I saw was a potential shooter. Someone said that the person shot the back doors and then shot themselves.
– Todd Sherman (@tdd) April 3, 2018
As we have known later, some of the approximately 1,100 employees of the company they have been evacuated and are completely safe , although they have not transcended details on the state of the evacuation or on possible victims or injured:
Safe Got evacuated it. Outside now.
– Vadim Lavrusik (@Lavrusik) April 3, 2018
On the other hand, San Bruno police report “an active shooting scene” and an immediate response for its part. It has transpired, in fact, that there are already police helicopters flying over the area, as well as SWAT units already deployed around the scene.
We are responding to an active shooter. Please stay away from Cherry Ave & Bay Hill Drive.
– San Bruno Police (@SanBrunoPolice) April 3, 2018
Google warns that they are informed at all times and coordinating with the authorities , and that will inform in due time as soon as they have all the data.
Re: YouTube situation, we are coordinating with authorities and will provide official information from Google and YouTube as it becomes available.
– Google Communications (@Google_Comms) April 3, 2018
As we have commented, the YouTube offices are separated from the Google campus, in a less university environment and in one of the busiest areas of San Bruno , in California. It should be remembered that YouTube is just one more unit within the search engine giant, which in turn is part of Alphabet Inc.
The YouTube building has its entrance at street level and although it has security, the entrance to the lobby is relatively more accessible that in the Googleplex complex or in facilities of other large technology companies, and even receives hundreds of daily visitors They want to visit where the magic is done with YouTube.
Some users are showing photographs taken in the vicinity of the YouTube headquarters , informing of a massive evacuation and a strong police presence:
go look at the snap map of San Bruno YouTube campus. Police everywhere pic.twitter.com/6dTBb5bdLb
– ಠ_ಠ (@MikeIsaac) April 3, 2018
At the moment it is all we can tell you, since the information is confusing and it is not the best to speculate, although we will continue reporting at the minute of everything that goes beyond this lamentable event.
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