A gunman shot and killed three people at a United Parcel Service facility in San Francisco on Wednesday morning before fatally shooting himself in front of police officers, authorities said.

Two others were wounded by gunfire, according to San Francisco police, and five had injuries that were probably sustained during the rush to evacuate.

The lone gunman, identified by police as Jimmy Lam, 38, shot himself in the head, Assistant Chief Toney Chaplin said. Two guns were recovered at the scene.

Authorities said the incident was not believed to be connected to terrorism. Police Chief William Scott told The Times that investigators were uncertain about Lam’s motive.

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Police were still conducting “a very active investigation on what may have caused this as well as [the gunman’s] background,” Scott said.

UPS spokesman Steve Gaut said Lam was a driver who was wearing his uniform when he opened fire inside the four-story shipping facility. At the time, workers were gathering for their morning meeting before departing to deliver parcels, he said.

Lam, a resident of San Francisco, had filed a grievance in March complaining about excessive overtime, Joseph Cilia, a Teamsters Union official, told the Associated Press. The Teamsters local represents UPS workers in San Francisco.

Cilia said the gunman seemed to have targeted the three drivers who were fatally wounded.

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“I never knew Jimmy to not get along with people,” Cilia said. “Jimmy wasn’t a big complainer.”

The names of the three people who died were not released. A UPS official said the package service was working with law enforcement to notify the workers’ families.

Family and friends identified one of the victims as Mike Lefiti, a longtime UPS driver.

His cousin, Mack Toia, told KGO-TV Channel 7, the ABC affiliate in San Francisco, that he arrived to pick up Lefiti, a married father of five.

“I came out of the van, I walked up toward the gate and I looked over and I saw my cousin sprawled out on the concrete,” Toia told the news station. He ran over toward Lefiti but was pushed away by arriving first responders.

“I got to touch him, but I couldn’t hug him,” Toia said.

The gunfire began about 8:55 a.m. and it prompted police to issue a shelter-in-place alert to residents near the UPS building, located at the border of the Mission District and the Potrero Hill neighborhoods.

A Twitter user across the street from the building wrote that he heard seven or eight gunshots and saw employees standing on the building’s rooftop parking lot with their hands up.

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I want to offer my condolences to the individuals & families affected by the senseless act of violence at the @UPS facility in Potrero Hill. — Mayor Ed Lee (@mayoredlee) June 14, 2017

When police arrived, they encountered numerous victims and evacuated them, Chaplin said. Officers learned that the gunman was still inside the cavernous facility and actively targeting people.

A team entered the building, found Lam and saw him turn his weapon on himself, Chaplin said.

“The officers did what they were trained to do, and that is when we have an active shooter we engage an active shooter to stop the shooting, and the officers did that,” Chaplin said. “This person took their life because our officers confronted him.”

Officers did not fire at the gunman, authorities said.

Police announced that the building was secure shortly after 10:30 a.m. Meanwhile, officers continued searching the premises for witnesses and additional victims.

Officers found two bodies outside the facility; others were inside, Chaplin said.

“This was a frightful scene, and we just wanted to make sure someone wasn’t so terrified that they were hiding and we didn’t know they were inside the facility,” Chaplin said.

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Gaut, the UPS spokesman, said the facility processes packages for delivery in the San Francisco area and has 350 workers. It is unknown how many employees were in the facility at the time of the shooting, company officials said.

Our thoughts & prayers are with everyone impacted by senseless violence today in SF & Alexandria. — Jerry Brown (@JerryBrownGov) June 14, 2017

Incredibly difficult day. My thoughts are with the injured and the families of those lost in today’s shooting at UPS in SF’s Potrero Hill. — Nancy Pelosi (@SpeakerPelosi) June 14, 2017

Praying for the shooting victims at the UPS facility in San Francisco. Way too many shootings in this country. It's depressing. — Scott Wiener (@Scott_Wiener) June 14, 2017

Our thoughts & prayers are with the victims, families & those affected by the senseless violence today at the UPS facility in San Francisco. — San Francisco Giants (@SFGiants) June 14, 2017

Relatives of workers began arriving to reunite with their loved ones, who were being interviewed by police.

Maria Olmedo, 42, rushed to the area when she learned of the shooting. Her 21-year-old son is a loader and wasn’t responding to her panicked texts, she said.

“It’s a scary situation, I’m a mom,” Olmedo said, standing about a block away from a church where police had relocated employees.

One of her son’s co-workers sent Olmedo a text message, assuring her that he was fine.

Condolences began to flow in through social media after word spread that the rampage was over and the gunman was dead.

As investigators continued to process the crime scene Wednesday afternoon, motorcycle officers escorted a black van from the facility. In the passenger seat, a woman sobbed and held her head in her hands.

At an afternoon news conference, Mayor Ed Lee reassured UPS workers and the families of those killed that they would be taken care of.

“They are happy and hardworking people,” Lee said. “We know them in every single neighborhood in the city.”

In days to come, city officials will review the incident to determine if any safety improvements can be made.

Rosemary Turner, president of UPS North California District, said counselors would be on hand to provide support.

“Please keep UPS-ers in your prayers,” she said.

UPS shooting across the st from my bedroom. Heard ~7-8 shots fired, then police storm the ramp to roof as UPS workers had hands up #ups pic.twitter.com/R5hDZ2Bwhh — raydeng (@raydeng) June 14, 2017

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Times staff writers Matt Hamilton and Richard Winton contributed to this report. Dolan reported from San Francisco, Serna and Rocha from Los Angeles.

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10:15 p.m.: This article was updated with the age of the gunman.

9:20 p.m.: This article was updated throughout with comments from union officials, Chief William Scott and the identity of one of the victims.

4:10 p.m.: This article was updated with comments from Chaplin.

2:10 p.m.: This article was updated with comments from Lee and Turner.

1:30 p.m.: This article was updated with a comment from a UPS worker.

12:50 p.m.: This article was updated with comments from employees’ families.

12 p.m.: This article was updated with comments from the San Francisco mayor.

11:40 a.m.: This article was updated with comments from San Francisco police.

10:45 a.m.: This article was updated with additional comments from a UPS spokesman.

10:20 a.m.: This article was updated with comments from a hospital spokesman and San Francisco police.

10 a.m.: This article was updated with comments from a UPS spokesman.

9:40 a.m.: This article was updated with comments from the city’s Department of Emergency Management.

This article was originally published at 9:35 a.m.</s>As UPS workers were gathered for a regular Wednesday morning exercise meeting at their San Francisco distribution center, a man wearing the delivery company’s trademark brown uniform burst in and opened fire, killing three people and wounding at least two others before fatally shooting himself in the head, police said.

The gunfire erupted at 8:55 a.m. inside the UPS building on Potrero Hill during the company’s Wednesday Wellness gathering, sparking panic as workers ran for their lives.

As dozens of police officers and firefighters descended on the building at 320 San Bruno Ave. between 16th and 17th streets, the hundreds of people who work at the center were rushing from the building. For hours, area residents were told to shelter in place while police searched the four-story building, looking for any additional assailants.

Some victims were dragged from the building into the street, and two bodies lay in the intersection at 17th Street and San Bruno Avenue outside the building, covered with yellow tarps. As co-workers bolted from the building, the gunman apparently fired more shots at people outside.

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The incident ended when police officers encountered the shooter inside the sprawling building. During the face-to-face confrontation, the man raised what police officials said was an “assault pistol” to his head and pulled the trigger.

Police identified the gunman as Jimmy Lam, 38, of San Francisco. Officers towed a 2012 BMW coupe from outside the building that is registered to Lam. Officers later raided Lam’s apartment in San Francisco’s Inner Richmond District. Neither police nor the company would confirm that the killer worked for UPS, but a union official told the Associated Press that Lam had filed a grievance complaining that he was working excessive overtime.

“This person took his life because our officers confronted him,” said Assistant Police Chief Toney Chaplin. “The officers did what they’re trained to do.”

The San Francisco Medical Examiner identified the victims as Wayne Chan, 56, and Benson Louie, 50, of San Francisco, and Michael Lefiti, 46, of Hercules.

About 90 minutes after the shooting at the building, used as a processing and distribution center for UPS parcels, police declared the scene contained.

Some of those shot were taken to San Francisco General Hospital. Near the emergency room door, a woman in jeans and a sweatshirt who declined to give her name said she was waiting for news from doctors about the condition of her father, who she said was a UPS employee.

“My dad is in there and he was shot,” the woman said, shaking her head. It was later learned that the woman’s father had died of his injuries.

A co-worker who said he had been inside the building when the gunfire broke out said he recognized the shooter as a UPS employee.

Another UPS employee, who gave his name only as Nick, said he had been on the third floor of the building when he heard a series of what he described as “metal on metal” noises. Then he saw people running from the floor and heard people shouting.

People were screaming, “‘Go. Go. Get outside,’” he said, and Nick ran with his colleagues. Once outside the building, Nick said he looked back and saw the shooter fire more shots across the street. He said he saw one person get shot.

Chaplin said police had recovered two guns, including an assault pistol — either semi- or fully automatic — that the killer used to take his own life. About six hours after the shooting, Chaplin said officers were still interviewing scores of witnesses to determine exactly what happened and when.

He said two people were in the hospital with bullet wounds and three others were injured in the stampede for the exit.

Among the dead was Lefiti, who grew up in Daly City, lived in Hercules and had two sons and a daughter. When word came that Lefiti had died, one of his sons ran from the hospital, sobbing.

Lefiti worked mostly in the Diamond Heights area of the city, where one frequent customer, Jessica Irvine, said he was “very, very well-loved by everybody. He was very friendly and helpful and honest.”

At the Diamond Heights Safeway, where Lefiti frequently parked his UPS truck, friends and customers set up a shrine with flowers, candles and photographs.

“He didn’t have any enemies in the world,” said one neighborhood resident, Ronald Bandar.

As the horrific scene unfolded at the UPS building, several people believed to be UPS employees stood on the rooftop parking area at the building with their hands raised, apparently to indicate they were unarmed and needed assistance.

A man who lives a half block from the UPS center and who identified himself only as Chino said he had seen several people, their bodies covered with blood, dragged from the building by uniformed officers or firefighters and loaded into ambulances.

“I was sick to my stomach, seeing those bodies,” Chino said. “They were looking pretty bad.”

Dozens of police cars, sheriff’s cars and Fire Department vehicles were in the area, along with several ambulances. Officers with drawn rifles stood in the street.

Relatives of UPS workers gathered in the surrounding streets. One woman, who declined to give her name, said her husband worked at the building and was in a meeting with colleagues when the gunman entered and started shooting. He called her soon after the shooting to say, “I’m OK,” she said.

“Someone came up and just started shooting,” she said her husband told her over the phone. When the shooting started, she said her husband told her he ran for his life.

“He’s a mess right now,” she said. “I get to take my husband home and someone else doesn’t.”

The federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives was sending a team to the crime scene to help in the investigation. California Highway Patrol officers and San Francisco sheriff’s deputies also assisted.

Mayor Ed Lee, in a statement, said he “wanted to thank our brave officers of the San Francisco Police Department and our dedicated employees at 911 and San Francisco General Hospital.”

“I also want to offer my condolences and thoughts for the individuals and families affected. We all know the familiar faces of our local UPS drivers and delivery persons. We are always saddened when someone loses a life to gun violence. Even one shooting and one victim is too many.”

San Francisco Chronicle staff writer Sarah Ravani contributed to this report.

Evan Sernoffsky, Filipa Ioannou, Hamed Aleaziz and Steve Rubenstein are San Francisco Chronicle staff writers. Email: esernoffsky@sfchronicle.com, fioannou@sfchronicle.com, haleaziz@sfchronicle.com and srubenstein@sfchronicle.com Twitter: @EvanSernoffsky, @obioannoukenobi, @Haleaziz and @SteveRubeSF</s>SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF & AP) — At four people were wounded Wednesday morning when an employee opened fire at an UPS facility on San Francisco’s Potrero Hill neighborhood, authorities said.

UPS issued a statement Wednesday saying their employees were involved.

“UPS confirms there was an incident involving employees within the company’s facility in San Francisco earlier this morning,” the statement read. “Local law enforcement have control of the facility and are conducting an investigation. The company is cooperating with law enforcement. We cannot provide information as to the identity of persons involved at this time, pending the police investigation.”

UPS spokesman Steve Gaut said that he believed the shooter “turned the gun on himself” but did not have additional information.

Nearby, auto shop owner Robert Kim said he heard about five to eight rapid gunshots. The next thing he knew, he said, “there’s a mob of UPS drivers” running down the street screaming “shooter, shooter.”

The San Francisco Office of Emergency Services said 911 calls began coming in around 9 a.m. of an active shooter at the massive facility.

A large police response with SWAT officers and vehicles was sent to the area of 17th and Vermont along with first response medical crews. The San Francisco Fire Department said that at least 3 victims were taken to the hospital.

The San Francisco Medical Examiner has been called to the scene, but there have been no confirmed deaths.

Dozens of UPS employees were escorted from the facility under police guard.

Brent Andrew, spokesman for Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital, said that the hospital had received victims, but he did not know exactly how many or their conditions.

Police issued an advisory at 9:06 a.m. telling people to avoid the area and local residents have been told to shelter in place.

The building is located in the Potrero Hill, which is about 2 ½ miles from downtown San Francisco.

TM and © Copyright 2017 CBS Radio Inc. and its relevant subsidiaries. CBS RADIO and EYE Logo TM and Copyright 2017 CBS Broadcasting Inc. Used under license. All Rights Reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten. The Associated Press contributed to this report.</s>A gunman shot and killed three workers in a United Parcel Service warehouse facility here Wednesday morning, before turning the weapon on himself.

The suspected shooter, whose identity hasn't been released, died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head, police said. The shooter was wearing a UPS uniform, police said, though officials said they couldn't confirm if he was a UPS employee.

Two others were injured in the attack, police said. UPS said it was "unsure of their status at this time."

In a statement, the company confirmed "a shooting incident involving six employees within the company's San Francisco facility."

The Atlanta-based package delivery company said it is cooperating with law enforcement.

Natalie Godwin, a spokeswoman for UPS, said the facility is a package sorting hub and delivery center. The company employs 350 people at that location, according to a company statement.

The incident occurred around 9 a.m. PT in the city's densely crowded Potrero Hill district, just hours after a shooting at a congressional baseball practice in Alexandria, Va.

Police swarmed the San Francisco neighborhood and ordered residents to shelter in place.

Susana Oriana said she rushed to the scene after she had not heard from her husband, Raul Oriana, who works as a janitor at the UPS center, typically starting work at 4:30 a.m. every morning. She said she called his cellphone several times this morning after hearing about the shooting and she couldn't get through to him.

"I hope he is okay," she said. "But the truth is I don't know if his phone is off, I don't know anything. this is not typical."

Police closed down blocks surrounding the UPS center and helicopters circled overhead as employees lined up a block away.

Workers in nearby businesses put on lockdown by police watched a chaotic scene unfold outside their storefronts.

"I saw UPS employees running, probably 40 to 50 of them," said Susan Johnson, manager at a glass and mirror business across the street. "It was scary. I'm still processing it."

"This is a terrible tragedy. We recognize the impact this shooting is having on the city and UPS," said San Francisco Assistant Police Chief Toney Chaplin, who conducted a brief news conference a block away from the UPS warehouse

Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D., Calif.,) said the incident reminded her of when a gunman burst into a law office in downtown San Francisco in 1993, killing eight people and himself. That attack led California to enact some of the toughest gun legislation in the country.

"I was heartbroken to learn that yet another senseless act of gun violence has marred our wonderful City," the senator, who once served as San Francisco mayor, said in a statement.</s>San Francisco, Cal.- A gunman in a UPS uniform killed three people and wounded two others before turning his weapon on himself as police approached at a company facility in San Francisco early Wednesday, authorities said.

The suspect, who was not immediately identified, was dead from a self-inflicted gunshot wound, San Francisco police said. Police believe there was only one shooter and said the incident did not appear to be related to terrorism.

San Francisco police Assistant Chief Toney Chaplin said at a press conference Wednesday that officers responded to a call of several people shot at the UPS facility at around 8:55 a.m.

Officers determined the shooter was still in the building and when they encountered the armed suspect he “put the gun to his head and discharged the weapon,” Chaplin said.

He added that the suspect was “dressed in a UPS uniform,” but that investigators had not yet determined or confirmed whether he was a current employee. Investigators were still working to determine a motive.

There were “dozens and dozens of witnesses” to the shooting, Chaplin said.

“Our investigators are going through, painstakingly interviewing with everyone that was in the building when this tragedy occurred,” he said.

UPS said in a statement that there was a “shooting incident involving six employees” within the company’s facility in the neighborhood of Potrero Hill.

The company said it could not provide the identity of the people involved pending the police investigation.

“We understand that there are four deaths, although some individuals were transported to the hospital and we are unsure of their status at this time,” UPS said in the statement.

“The company is saddened and deeply concerned about affected employees, family members and the community we share,” UPS said. “Our thoughts and prayers are with all those touched by this incident.

UPS employs 350 people at the San Francisco facility, according to the company.

The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives said on Twitter that they were responding to the shooting incident and providing report to San Francisco police.

San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee called the shooting a “senseless act of violence” and said his thoughts were with the individuals and families affected.

“We all know the familiar faces of our local UPS drivers and delivery persons. Today’s tragedy will be felt in every community served by these committed employees,” Lee said in a statement. “We are always saddened when someone loses a life to gun violence. Even one shooting and one victim is too many.”

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The shooter and the victims were all drivers, said Steve Gaut, head of investor relations at UPS. The man opened fire while the workers were gathered for their daily morning meeting before going out on their routes, he added.

Two other people were shot and have been taken to an area hospital, San Francisco police said. Police have not identified the gunman or the victims.

The incident was not terrorism related but the motive is not known, Assistant Chief Toney Chaplin told a news conference. Police recovered two firearms from the UPS facility, which employs 350 people.

"We are always saddened by the loss of life to gun violence. Any shooting is one shooting too many," San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee said on Twitter.

Gaut said the facility’s employees have been released from work and he believes most have left the building. The company is providing trauma and grief counseling.

Video showed a massive police presence near the facility, with workers being led out and embracing each other on the sidewalk outside.

"Our thoughts and prayers are with all those touched by this incident," UPS said in a statement.

Victims were taken to the Priscilla Chan and Mark Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital, spokesman Brent Andrew said. He said he could not say how many patients were taken to the hospital or give their conditions.

In 2014, a man shot and killed two of his supervisors before turning the gun on himself at a UPS distribution center in Birmingham, Alabama. The gunman had recently been fired from the facility.

The deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history occurred in June 2016 when a gunman claiming allegiance to the Islamic State militant group killed 49 people at the Pulse nightclub in Orlando, Florida.

The United States has among the most permissive gun rights of any developed country, with the right to "keep and bear arms" enshrined in the Constitution's Second Amendment. Gun control efforts failed after mass shootings at an elementary school in Newtown, Connecticut, in 2012 and the nightclub shooting in Orlando.

The incident in San Francisco came hours after a gunman wielding a rifle opened fire on Republican U.S. lawmakers practicing near Washington for a charity baseball game, wounding senior Republican leader Steve Scalise and several others before being fatally shot by police.</s>SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF/AP) — Four people including the gunman were dead and two others wounded in a shooting involving UPS employees at the company’s facility in San Francisco’s Potrero Hill neighborhood Wednesday morning, police said.

San Francisco Assistant Police Chief Toney Chaplin said that the shooter, a UPS employee in uniform, was among the dead. When police found him, he was still armed with an “assault pistol” which he then put to his head and killed himself, Chaplin said.

The shooting was reported around 9 a.m. at the packaging and sorting facility at 320 San Bruno Ave.

Chaplin said investigators haven’t determined a motive for the shooting and that there was no evidence that terrorism played a role.

UPS spokesman Steve Gaut said the unidentified employee opened fire inside the facility before the drivers were sent out to do their normal daily deliveries.

The wife of one of the survivors told KPIX 5 that her husband said the gunman broke into the workers safety meeting and shot three employees “execution-style.”

“My husband called and was in distress,” she told KPIX 5. “So I only got pieces. He just wanted to let me he was okay. He said someone started shooting execution style and he just started running.”

San Francisco police tweeted at 10:33 a.m. that the building had been secured. Special operations officers were continuing to search the building for more possible victims.

Nearby, auto shop owner Robert Kim said he heard about five to eight rapid gunshots. The next thing he knew, he said, “there’s a mob of UPS drivers” running down the street screaming “shooter, shooter.”

The San Francisco Office of Emergency Services said 911 calls began coming in around 9 a.m. of an active shooter at the massive facility.

Gaut said that the employee opened fire inside the facility before the drivers were sent out to do their normal daily deliveries.

San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee issued a statement thanking “our brave officers of the San Francisco Police Department, and our dedicated employees at 911 and San Francisco General Hospital.” He added:

U.S. Senator and former San Francisco Mayor Dianne Feinstein issued a statement recalling another mass shooting in San Francisco years ago:

I was heartbroken to learn that yet another senseless act of gun violence has marred our wonderful City. My heart goes out to the victims and their families, and to everyone affected by this despicable act. I can’t help but recall the 101 California Street shooting in 1993, when eight people lost their lives. Violence is never the answer, but the continuing scourge of gun violence is particularly disheartening. As we learn more details of this shooting, I’m hopeful that we can take away lessons to help prevent these acts from occurring in the future. We must do more to address the underlying roots of these tragic events.

California Gov. Jerry Brown tweeted: “Our thoughts & prayers with everyone impacted by senseless violence today in SF & Alexandria.”

The shooting came the same day a gunman opened fire on Republican lawmakers at a congressional baseball practice in Alexandria, Virginia wounding U.S. Rep. Steve Scalise of Louisiana and several others.

TM and © Copyright 2017 CBS Radio Inc. and its relevant subsidiaries. CBS RADIO and EYE Logo TM and Copyright 2017 CBS Broadcasting Inc. Used under license. All Rights Reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten. Bay City News and The Associated Press contributed to this report.</s>REUTERS: At least three people were injured, including the suspected gunman, in a shooting on Wednesday at a United Parcel Service facility in San Francisco, local media reported.

San Francisco police on Twitter confirmed a shooting had taken place and advised people to avoid the area.

The suspect was hospitalized in police custody, local media reported.

Victims were taken to the Priscilla Chan and Mark Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital, spokesman Brent Andrew said. He said he could not say how many patients were taken to the hospital or give their conditions.

It was not immediately clear if anyone had died.

The shooting occurred in the area of a United Parcel Service facility, CBS San Francisco and other local media outlets reported, citing authorities. A San Francisco police representative could not immediately be reached for comment.</s>SAN FRANCISCO (AP) – The Latest on a shooting in San Francisco (all times local):

Authorities say a shooting at San Francisco UPS warehouse has killed three people as well as the shooter.

San Francisco police Sgt. Toney Chaplin says at a news conference that two others were wounded Wednesday. He says that the shooter shot himself, and police have not determined a motive.

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A UPS employee opened fire at a San Francisco package delivery facility on Wednesday, injuring four and prompting a massive police response in a neighborhood near downtown, officials said.

UPS spokesman Steve Gaut told The Associated Press that an employee fired inside the facility before the drivers were sent out to do their normal daily deliveries. Gaut said four people were injured and that he believed the shooter “turned the gun on himself.”

Gaut and hospital officials did not have immediate information about anyone’s condition.

Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital received the victims, spokesman Brent Andrew said, but he did not know exactly how many people.

Auto shop owner Robert Kim said he heard about five to eight rapid gunshots. The next thing he knew, he said, “a mob of UPS drivers” was running down the street screaming “shooter, shooter.”

Police confirmed the shooting at the facility in the Potrero Hill neighborhood, about 2 ½ miles from downtown San Francisco but didn’t release further information.

Uniformed UPS employees were later led out in a line by officers next to a highway. They walked away calmly with emergency vehicles nearby and gathered nearby outside a restaurant.

The shooting led to a massive police response and a shelter-in-place warning for the surrounding area.

It came the same day a gunman opened fire on Republican lawmakers at a congressional baseball practice, wounding U.S. Rep. Steve Scalise of Louisiana and several others.</s>A police patrol car blocks a street outside a United Parcel Service facility after a shooting incident was reported in San Francisco, California, U.S. June 14, 2017. Police officers gather outside a United Parcel Service facility after a shooting incident was reported in San Francisco, California, U.S. June 14, 2017.

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Four people, including the gunman, are dead, and six injured, after a man opens fire at people in a UPS building in the Potrero Hill neighborhood of San Francisco, California.