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By Salvador Rodriguez

SAN FRANCISCO, April 3 (Reuters) - Several Silicon Valleyleaders called for increased gun control on Tuesday afternoonafter a woman at the headquarters of YouTube shot and woundedthree people before taking her own life.

Tech companies have largely avoided the topic of gun controlin the United States, but they have previously pushed forprogressive stances on other hot-topic issues, ranging fromclimate change to same-sex marriage and comprehensiveimmigration reform. At least three major chief executives tookup gun control after the shooting.

“We can’t keep being reactive to this, thinking and prayingit won’t happen again at our schools, jobs, or our communityspots,” tweeted Twitter Inc and Square Inc CEOJack Dorsey. “It’s beyond time to evolve our policies.”

Joining Dorsey were Uber Technologies Inc CEO DaraKhosrowshahi and Box Inc CEO Aaron Levie, whorespectively sent tweets on Tuesday saying #EndGunViolence and#NeverAgain, two Twitter hashtags commonly used by proponents ofgun control.

“On behalf of the team at @Uber, sending support to everyone@YouTube and @Google, and gratitude to the heroic firstresponders,” Khosrowshahi tweeted. “Another tragedy that shouldpush us again to #EndGunViolence”

Emergency calls reporting gunfire in San Bruno, California,at the headquarters of Alphabet Inc’s YouTube began topour in early Tuesday afternoon, according to the city of SanBruno. Authorities have not released the identities of thesuspected shooter or the victims.

The tweets on Thursday could be an indication that SiliconValley may soon weigh in on the epidemic of mass killings byfirearms in the United States.

“Incredibly sad to see the YouTube shooting today,” Levietweeted. “Our thoughts are with our Google friends and theirfamilies. #NeverAgain”

Sundar Pichai and Susan Wojcicki, the CEOs of Google andYouTube respectively, also issued statements on Tuesday whileavoiding the topic of gun control.

"There are no words to describe how horrible it was to havean active shooter @YouTube today," Wojcicki said. "Our deepestgratitude to law enforcement & first responders for their rapidresponse. Our hearts go out to all those injured & impactedtoday. We will come together to heal as a family."

Other tech leaders expressed sympathy for the employees ofYouTube on social media on Tuesday without referencing guncontrol. Those included Apple Inc CEO Tim Cook,Amazon.com Inc CEO Jeff Bezos, Salesforce.com IncCEO Marc Benioff and Facebook Inc Chief OperatingOfficer Sheryl Sandberg.

“From everyone at Apple, we send our sympathy and support tothe team at YouTube and Google, especially the victims and theirfamilies,” Cook said in a tweet.

(Reporting by Salvador Rodriguez, editing by Peter Hendersonand Lisa Shumaker)