Police Search For Woman With Gun At Yountville Veterans Home: CHP

YOUNTVILLE, CA — Law enforcement cleared the grounds of the Veterans Home of California-Yountville just before noon Tuesday, concluding an hours-long search for a woman with a gun.

According to the California Highway Patrol, the law enforcement agency for the veterans' home and all other state-run buildings, a report was received Tuesday morning of what "appeared to be a woman at Veterans Home of California-Yountville with what the caller described as a shotgun."

"CHP and multiple allied agencies immediately responded and conducted an extensive search via ground and air in an attempt to locate a possible subject," officials with CHP's Golden Gate Division said.

The sheriff's SWAT team responded to the incident around 8:15 a.m., Napa County Sheriff's Office Spokesman Henry Wofford said.

At 8:20 a.m., the sheriff's office issued an alert advising the public to avoid the veterans' home because of police activity.

A similar alert urging community members to stay away from the Yountville area was issued at 8:23 a.m. by the Napa County Office of Emergency Services.

At 11:54 a.m. Tuesday, the Napa County Sheriff's Office said the police activity concluded and Yountville Veterans Home was clear.

"There were no reports of any shots fired or any additional reports of the subject," CHP said. "A thorough search of the grounds and the buildings by multiple agencies resulted in no weapon or individuals matching the description found — there are no additional reports or witnesses."

As normal operations resumed early Tuesday afternoon at the Veterans Home, CHP said its units would remain at the scene "out of an abundance of caution."

Three Brave Women

Four people died three years ago this month at the Veterans Home of California in Yountville when a gunman held three women hostage March 9, 2018, before he turned the gun on them, then took his own life.

The gunman, Albert Wong, 36, was a former patient at Pathway Home, a residential recovery program at the veterans' home, and the women were employed there.

Jennifer Golick, 42, was the clinical director; Christine Loeber, 48, was the executive director; and Jennifer Gonzales Shushereba was a clinical psychologist.

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Memories of that day resurfaced Tuesday for employees at the Veterans Home, some of whom were evacuated to a church on the campus and told to shelter in place.