LOS ANGELES: A shooter took three hostages at a veterans’ home in Napa Valley, northern California, the state’s veterans affairs department said Friday. Spokesperson June Iljana confirmed the hostage situation in Yountville, but did not offer more details. “Law enforcement is at the Yountville Veteran’s Home right now following reports of gunfire,” CalVet secretary Vito Imbasciani said in a statement. California Highway Patrol added it had dispatched “officers and aerial resources” to the scene, with a SWAT team also enroute. The Veterans Home of California-Yountville’s website says it is the largest veterans’ home in the United States, inhabited by around 1,000 “aged or disabled veterans.” --AFP

Source: New Strait Times March 09, 2018 22:18 UTC