NORTHERN CALIFORNIA – The Napa County Sheriff’s Office on Thursday issued an update on the investigation into Friday’s fatal standoff at the Yountville Veterans Home, reporting on the causes of death of the victims and the assailant.

Authorities said Sacramento resident Albert Wong, 36, a former participant in the Pathway Home program located at the Veterans Home campus, was the man responsible for the standoff.

He exchanged gunfire with authorities before taking hostage three women staffers at the facility: Jennifer Golick, 42, of St. Helena, the Pathway Home clinical director; Christine Loeber, 48, of Napa, Pathway Home executive director; and Jennifer K. Gonzales Shushereba, 32, of Napa, a clinical psychologist with the San Francisco Department of Veterans Affairs Healthcare System.

The daylong standoff ended late Friday with the discovery of the bodies of the three women and Wong, authorities said.

At that time, authorities did not confirm that Wong had killed the women, but the autopsies performed this week have led to the conclusion that he in fact fatally shot all three, Blower said.

On Thursday, Blower said the forensic examination and autopsies of the three shooting victims revealed that they all suffered “immediately fatal head wounds caused by a high velocity projectile” consistent with the rifle that Wong had used in this incident.

Shushereba was 26 weeks pregnant at the time of her death with a baby girl. Blower said Shushereba’s unborn baby died due to lack of oxygenated blood caused by her mother’s death.

Blower said Wong’s autopsy revealed that he suffered one self-inflicted fatal wound to his head from a shotgun, with the examination showing that the wound was consistent with the shotgun he had with him at the time of the incident.

“There is no evidence that any of the injuries suffered by the victims were caused by anyone other than Albert Wong,” Blower said.

Last week Gov. Jerry Brown ordered flags in the State Capitol to be flown at half-staff in recognition of the victims and their families.

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