San Francisco UPS facility
shooting: 4 dead including gunman, police say, by Katherine Lam, 6/14/17 Fox News
A UPS employee opened fire in a San
Francisco package delivery facility in a shooting spree that left four dead,
including the gunman, on Wednesday, police and the company said.
The gunman barged into the facility near
17th and Vermont streets around 9 a.m. local time and began shooting, San
Francisco police confirmed to Fox News. The building is located in the
Potrero Hill, which is about 2 1/2 miles from downtown San Francisco. Two other people remain hospitalized.
The gunman died of a self-inflicted wound, police said.
Police identified San Francisco resident
Jimmy Lam as the shooter, according to NBC
Bay Area. Lam has a
history of mental illness, sources said. He was dressed in a UPS uniform at the
time of the shooting, police said. UPS spokesman Steve Gaut confirmed the
gunman was an employee at the facility.
The motive of the shooting is still
unclear, police said, adding that they believe the incident was not
terror-related. The FBI was aware of the shooting but did not intervene,
the bureau told Fox News.
The shooting led to a massive police
response, initiating a shelter-in-place for the surrounding area. The warning
was lifted nearly three hours later after the incident was "contained" and the building was "secured," police said. A woman who said she was an employee at
the facility told KTVU that the gunman opened fire on the main
sorting floor.
Auto shop owner Robert Kim said he heard
about five to eight rapid gunshots. Just moments later, "there's a mob of
UPS drivers" running down the street screaming "shooter,
shooter," Kim said. Another witness said a group of about 10 workers
assembled on the roof and held their hands up as police began to arrive.
A UPS spokesman said in an earlier
statement to Fox News that there was an "incident involving
employees" at the facility. "Local law enforcement have control
of the facility and are conducting an investigation. The company is cooperating
with law enforcement. We cannot provide information as to the identity of
persons involved at this time, pending the police investigation," the
statement read.
"The company is saddened and deeply
concerned about affected employees, family members and the community we
share." San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee offered his condolences
and said he was "always saddened by the loss of life to gun
violence."
Fox News' Jake
Gibson and The Associated Press contributed to this report.
No comments:
Post a Comment