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Active Shooter At YouTube Headquarters

Monica Sager
This article is written by a student writer from the Her Campus at Clark chapter.

Police responded to an active shooter at the YouTube Headquarters in California earlier this afternoon. The female suspect, who has been identified as Nasim Aghdam, is dead due to self-inflicted wounds, according to the police.

 

We are responding to an active shooter. Please stay away from Cherry Ave & Bay Hill Drive.

— San Bruno Police (@SanBrunoPolice) April 3, 2018

 

There are three victims being treated, according to the police. A 36-year-old man is in critical condition, and a 32-year-old woman is in serious condition.

YouTube shooting: Female suspect dead, police say. Here’s what we know so far: pic.twitter.com/qpQ35MO6UK

— Sky News (@SkyNews) April 3, 2018

 

Employees were evacuated from the building and patted down by police. When police asked for first-hand witnesses, about two dozen stepped forward.

Some thought it was a fire drill because the alarm went off, but others heard the first shots and then people running.

 

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

 

 

 

We were sitting in a meeting and then we heard people running because it was rumbling the floor. First thought was earthquake. https://t.co/gmolQmRXm1

— Todd Sherman (@tdd) April 3, 2018

 

Sherman also added that he saw blood on the floor and stairs.

Senior Software Engineer Zachary Vorchies told the local ABC affiliate he heard someone yell, “Come and get me” after the gunshots.

Monica Sager is a freelance writer from Clark University, where she is pursuing a double major in psychology and self-designed journalism with a minor in English. She wants to become an investigative journalist to combat and highlight humanitarian issues. Monica has previously been published in The Pottstown Mercury, The Week UK, Worcester Telegram and Gazette and even The Boston Globe. Read more of Monica’s previous work on her Twitter @MonicaSager3.