Four deaths at hostage US veteran home

yountville - In a hostage-taking in a veteran home in Yountville, north of San Francisco, four people were killed in the night from Friday to Saturday, including the hostage taker.

What exactly happened in the home is unclear. A man armed with an automatic rifle invaded the home Friday morning and took an unknown number of people hostage. The police were on the spot quickly and a siege followed that lasted all day. In addition, there was also shot.

In the course of the day, the hostage taker let his hostages go, except for three. After more than seven hours had not been heard from the hostage taker, the police went inside and found the dead.

According to local media, the hostage was a veteran. The killed hostages would be female employees of the home.