Three women, gunman dead after hostage standoff at veterans home in Yountville, California
After an apparent hourslong standoff between police and a gunman, three women were found dead at the Veterans Home of California in Yountville, Chris Childs, assistant chief of the California Highway Patrol's Golden Gate Division, told reporters Friday night.
The suspect was also found dead, Childs said. The three victims were earlier described as employees of The Pathway Home, a counseling service for veterans who suffer post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), which is on the property.
A man exchanged gunfire with law enforcement officers before taking three people hostage inside the Veterans Home of California in Yountville, authorities said Friday afternoon.
Hostage negotiators spent hours trying to contact the gunman but had not been able to do so, California Highway Patrol spokesman Robert Nacke said at 9 p.m. ET.
The three hostages are employees of The Pathway Home, a counseling service for veterans who suffer post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), and not residents of the facility north of San Francisco, Napa County Sheriff John Robertson said at a news conference.
https://www.cnn.com/2018/03/09/us/gunfire-at-california-veterans-home/index.html
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While I post the sarcasm thingie, am I really being sarcastic? It's the way these folks think.
That is why it is bullshit to think that "the good guy" will save the day. They view those who do not arm themselves as making the conscious effort not to protect themselves. Since unarmed people assume the risks of being shot, these NRA folks will not risk their own lives to save someone who did not want to protect themself in the first place.
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