Google CEO Sundar Pichai sends email to employees after firing at YouTube headquarters: Here is full email

A woman opened fire with a handgun on Tuesday in a courtyard at YouTube headquarters near San Francisco. According to the latest updates by officials, the alleged active shooter managed to kill one person, while wounding three others in the shooting incident before fatally shooting herself.

Soon after the incident took place on Tuesday, San Bruno police warned everyone close to the YouTube headquarters via a Twitter message to stay away from the address. "We are responding to an active shooter. Please stay away from Cherry Ave & Bay Hill Drive," is what the San Bruno police wrote on Twitter. The investigating is still ongoing.

Few hours after the shooting happened at the San Bruno YouTube headquarters Google CEO Sundar Pichai addressed the incident and sent an email expressing disappoint on the whole incident to all the employees worldwide. In the email statement, Pichai describes the shooting as an "unimaginable tragedy" and a "horrific act of violence."

Read the full text of Pichai's email below:

Everyone,

Earlier this afternoon, while our employees were having lunch, we received reports of an active shooter at YouTube in San Bruno. Law enforcement and our security team worked to evacuate the buildings and prioritize the safety of everyone there.

The best information we have is that the situation is contained. It's with great sadness that I tell you-based on the latest information-four people were injured in this horrific act of violence. We're doing everything we can to support them and their families at this time.

I'm grateful to everyone inside and outside the company for the outpouring of support and best wishes. I am especially thankful to the first responders and our own security team who acted so quickly to keep people safe.

I know a lot of you are in shock right now. Over the coming days, we will continue to provide support to help everyone in our Google family heal from this unimaginable tragedy.

Let's everyone come together now to support Susan and the YouTube team.
-Sundar

Sundar Pichai also took to Twitter to write about the incident. He writes, "There are no words to describe the tragedy that occurred today. @SusanWojcicki & I are focused on supporting our employees & the @YouTube community through this difficult time together. Thank you to the police & first responders for their efforts, and to all for msgs of support."

There are no words to describe the tragedy that occurred today. @SusanWojcicki & I are focused on supporting our employees & the @YouTube community through this difficult time together. Thank you to the police & first responders for their efforts, and to all for msgs of support.

Sundar Pichai (@sundarpichai) April 3, 2018

Being one of the witnesses to the open fire, a YouTube product manager, Todd Sherman explains the entire incident via a Twitter thread. He starts by writing, "We were sitting in a meeting and then we heard people running because it was rumbling the floor. First thought was an earthquake." Sherman goes on to write a thread on Twitter explaining the exact situation at the YouTube headquarters.

"After exiting the room we still didn't know what was going on but more people were running. Seemed serious and not like a drill," he further notes. Todd goes on to write, "We headed towards the exit and then saw more people and someone said that there was a person with a gun. Shit." "At that point, every new person I saw was a potential shooter. Someone else said that the person shot out the back doors and then shot themselves," he further mentions. "I looked down and saw blood drips on the floor and stairs. Peaked around for threats and then we headed downstairs and out the front."