California Capitol building evacuated after shooting threat involving Kaiser Roseville shooter

California State Capitol building in downtown Sacramento was evacuated for several minutes on Thursday after the California High Patrol warned of a “credible threat” involving the building. However, the movement around the Capitol was carried on as normal.

According to KCRA 3 report, a suspect in the shooting at the Kaiser Permanente Roseville Medical building on Wednesday had threatened to shoot up Capitol.

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As per a notice issued to Assembly staff just after 11, the Capitol Complex, including the Legislative Office Building, remained open but the employees were allowed to work from home for the day.

The California Highway Patrol warned the state Senate “of a threat they consider to be credible involving the Capitol,” according to a letter from Secretary of the Senate Erika Contreras to lawmakers and their staff.

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Security officers were deployed in higher numbers in the Capitol area and have been alerted of the situation, Contreras said. The Senate floor session was delayed for a period and shifted to a nearby legislative office building where their check-in session took place for several minutes before adjourning.

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All Senate staff who had not yet reported to work at the Capitol were asked to work from home. Those in offices were asked to remain in place until further updates, according to Contreras.

In a social media post, D-San Francisco Senator Matt Haney said, “Legislators are inside and safe. There is no active shooter. There was a credible threat and precautions are being taken.”

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According to the Roseville Police Department, they received reports of shots fired from a pickup truck around 9 pm Wednesday in the area of Eureka Road and Douglas Boulevard. Police officers responded to the scene and found that the Kaiser building was struck. However, no one was hit and no casualties or injuries were reported.