A standoff at a veterans home in Yountville, California, ended Friday night with the deaths of three female employees and the gunman who took them hostage, the California Highway Patrol said. The unidentified gunman, a military veteran armed with a high-powered rifle, stormed theÂ-Veterans Home of California-YountvilleÂ-in Napa County midmorning Friday during a farewell party for an employee. Hostage negotiators were never able to contact the gunman as law enforcement officer and a SWAT team circled the veterans home.



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