UPS shooting leaves four dead, including shooter
Posted June 14, 2017 9:53 am.
Last Updated June 14, 2017 1:09 pm.
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SAN FRANCISCO – A shooting at a San Francisco UPS warehouse has killed three people, as well as the shooter.
San Francisco police Sgt. Toney Chaplin says at a news conference that two others were wounded Wednesday. He says that the shooter shot himself, and police have not determined a motive.
UPS spokesman Steve Gaut told The Associated Press that an employee fired inside the facility before the drivers were sent out to do their normal daily deliveries. Gaut adds he believed the shooter “turned the gun on himself.”
Auto shop owner Robert Kim said he heard about five to eight rapid gunshots. The next thing he knew, he said, “a mob of UPS drivers” was running down the street screaming “shooter, shooter.”
Police confirmed the shooting at the facility in the Potrero Hill neighbourhood, about 2 1/2 miles from downtown San Francisco but didn’t release further information.
Uniformed UPS employees were later 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 shooting led to a massive police response and a shelter-in-place warning for the surrounding area. Police advised people to avoid the area.
