At least two dead, three injured in San Francisco shooting
A disgruntled UPS driver opened fire on colleagues during a meeting at a package delivery facility in San Francisco this morning, killing two people and injuring several others.
Shots rang out near the sprawling warehouse and customer service center in the area of 17th Street and San Bruno in the mostly residential Portero Hill section of the city at around 9am Pacific Time.
The incident led to a massive police response and multiple victims were transported to San Francisco General Hospital for treatment.
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At least two people were killed and several others were wounded when a gunman opened fire this morning at this vast UPS facility in San Francisco where that person worked
UPS workers gather outside after a shooting at a UPS warehouse and customer service center in San Francisco on Wednesday
The gunman was identified as a current employee of the facility, possibly a driver
According to some early reports, at least two people were shot dead and three others were injured.
UPS spokesman Steve Gaut later said four people were injured in the shooting.
Brent Andrew, spokesman for Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital, said the hospital had received the wounded victims, but he did not know exactly how many people or their conditions.
San Francisco Police Department advised residents on Twitter to avoid the crime scene and shelter in place.
At around 10.30am local time, police tweeted that officers 'contained the incident & building is secure.'
People being evacuated hold their hands above their heads for police in the area of a shooting incident at the UPS facility
People are seen standing on the roof of the UPS building with their hands raised above their heads
The shooting took place in Portero Hill, just 2.5 miles from downtown San Francisco
A woman who claimed to be a UPS employee at the facility told the station KTVU that the gunman is a colleague and that he opened fire on the main sorting floor.
Gaut, the company spokesperson, later confirmed that information, telling The Associated Press that the employee fired inside the facility before the drivers were sent out to do their normal daily deliveries.
Another witness who purportedly was inside the UPS facility told ABC7 she believes the gunman was a driver who shot other drivers during a morning meeting.
Police squad cars and yellow crime scene tape are seen outside the UPS warehouse near 17th Street and San Bruno Wednesday morning
Witnesses described the gunman as a potentialy disgruntled UPS driver who attacked colleagues during a morning meeting
The shooting drew massive police response o the UPS facility in Portero Hill
Auto shop owner Robert Kim said he heard about five to eight rapid gunshots. The next thing he knew, he said, 'there’s a mob of UPS drivers' running down the street screaming 'shooter, shooter.'
Uniformed UPS employees were led out in a line by officers next to a highway. They walked away calmly with emergency vehicles nearby and gathered nearby outside a restaurant.
the deadly incident on the West Coast came the same morning a 66-year-old gunman from Illinois opened fire on Republican lawmakers at a congressional baseball practice in Alexandria, Virginia, wounding US Rep. Steve Scalise, of Louisiana, and four others.