YouTube Engineer Tells ABC News Anchor He Saw A Male Shooter
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Although it is being reported on nearly every mainstream outlet that the shooting today at YouTube's headquarters in San Bruno, CA was perpetrated by a woman, ABC 7 News Reporter Dion Lim was able to catch up with Software Engineer "Zach" and gather some information from him about the event and what he witnessed:
"YouTube software engineer Zach tells me he saw a male shooter & a man lying in the ground w/blood in his chest/abdomen."
Link: https://twitter.com/DionLimTV/status/981281700717125632
Her previous tweet garnered a bit more attention as she described speaking to a concerned mother outside YouTube's campus. We are not sure if this was Zach's mother; it may be completely unrelated:
"Just spoke to a shaken mom outside YouTube campus. Her son, 30 year old software engineer was inside during active shooter situation. He heard shots on his lunch break on outside patio. He is now hiding in a bush."
Link: https://twitter.com/DionLimTV/status/981275549564678144
Tech juggernaut Google, which owns YouTube, is actively coordinating with authorities:
Link: https://twitter.com/Google_Comms/status/981267668350115840
Link: https://twitter.com/Google_Comms/status/981283098443751424
The company's CEO, Sundar Pichai, sent out the following internal memo, which was later shared on Google's Twitter feed:
UPDATE #1 (4/3/2018 at 5:33 PM Pacific):
An anonymous online user pointed out the building behind Zach in Dion Lim's picture shows "1200" as its address:
In a March 8th article posted on website sun-sentinel.com in regard to the Parkland, FL school shooting, they reported the following:
"'Please help me,' a terrified student texted to her sister’s fiance, who was on the line with 911. 'He’s here.'
"Her desperate plea came as the sound of gunfire overtook the 1200 building at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School."
UPDATE #2 (4/3/2018 at 5:42 PM Pacific):
A witness interviewed by Fox News repeatedly referred to the shooter as "he":