Active shooter at YouTube headquarters

[PeterD]

Too early to speculate as to why, the story details are still unfolding. Appears to be a woman and she may have done herself in and it's the only causality, three others injured.

https://www.mercurynews.com/2018/04/03/san-bruno-active-shooter-at-youtube-headquarters/

[Double Naught Spy]

What do you mean it's the only causality? Do you mean casualty?

[PeterD]

Phone autocorrected.

[Double Naught Spy]

Well, there was 1 death, originally at least, and that was the shooter. There were three injured by the shooter. That is 4 casualties. The term casualty includes those that are injured or killed, as in battle.

[PeterD]

Fair enough, I've been using it wrong.

[PeterD]

Nasim Aghdam has been identified by law enforcement officials as the woman who shot three people at YouTube headquarters on Tuesday, ABC News and NBC News report. Aghdam, 39, was a resident of Riverside, California. San Bruno Police Chief Ed Barberini said Tuesday evening the female assailiant died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound. The shooting is reportedly being investigated as a domestic dispute after officials said the assailant shot her boyfriend. Two women were hospitalized with gunshot wounds, San Francisco General Hospital said.

Under the broad definition of 4 or more people injured this will be counted as a mass shooting.

[PeterD]

According to the Bay Area News Group, Aghdam's car was located in Mountain View, Google's hometown, hours before the shooting.

Her family in Riverside County, in Southern California, had reported her missing. Her father, Ismail Aghdam, told police that she might be headed to YouTube as she "hated" the company. The elder Aghdam confirmed what was already in his daughter's videos, that she was "angry" over perceived censorship of her videos by YouTube.

San Bruno Police Chief Ed Barberini told reporters around 4:30pm Pacific Time on Tuesday that the shooting occurred in a "courtyard area," and that officers responded at 12:48pm, just two minutes after 911 calls were made.

Her social media channels are apparently being shut down or deleted but she still has her website available where she has promoted her videos on Veganism and Excercise. Languages have been reported as ranging from English, Turkish, Farsi (Iran). And she has posted how she is upset with YouTube and it's censorship policies, etc.

She wrote 'There is no free speech in real world & you will be suppressed for telling the truth that is not supported by the system. Videos of targeted users are filtered & merely relegated, so that people can hardly see their videos!

There is no equal growth opportunity on YOUTUBE or any other video sharing site, your channel will grow if they want to!!!!!"

And she wrote on Veganism "This is what they are doing to vegan activists and many other people who try to promote healthy, humane, and smart living"

[JASmith]

The timing is curious and I hope only coincidental.

This happened very soon after You Tube stopped carryong firearms videos.

[Double Naught Spy]

She was an animal rights activist who has posted numerous times about how YouTube was infringing on her right of free speech and keeping her videos from getting any views. She had been mad at YouTube for quite a while.

[just_john]

So, help me understand. IT's OK to shoot people but not animals?

[Keef]

Crazy don't make sense!

[TomSawyerNW]

She was obviously having some severe mental issues.

[BjornF16]

She was obviously having some severe mental issues.

Overwhelming majority of leftists do...they should all be "prohibited persons" ;-)

[The Profit Joseph Sith]

For anyone who hasnt seen or heard this yet its pretty funny. MSNBC news anchor thinks a soda can opening is gunfire. Short 30 sec clip.https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=bV7lXIKidCc