Gunman holds three people hostage at US veterans' facilityUS police have tried and failed for four hours to make contact with a gunman who has taken three hostages at the nation's largest veterans care facility, officials say. BEN MARGOT/AP A sheriff's hostage negotiation team at the Veterans Home of California. According to scanner traffic, dispatchers told responding sheriff's deputies that the man was wearing all black and was a former resident at the 600-acre facility. BEN MARGOT/AP Residents outside the facility where a gunman has taken three employees hostage. About 840 veterans live on the grounds, a facility spokesman said.

Source: Stuff March 10, 2018 00:33 UTC