Time | Here’s what to know about suspected YouTube shooter Nasim Aghdam.
Video of YouTube HQ shooter from 10 days ago asking if USA or Iran is better for freedom of speech https://t.co/xFOnXeX1Qs pic.twitter.com/zS8fPbhYa4— Jack Posobiec (@JackPosobiec) April 4, 2018
Aghdam, a 39-year-old Southern California resident,
worked for her father’s electrical company and at one time operated a
business called Peace Thunder, NBC News reports. She was listed on Facebook as an artist, NBC adds.
Aghdam, who was found dead by law enforcement
officials Tuesday, wore glasses and a scarf and carried a “big huge
pistol,” according to a YouTube employee who witnessed the incident from
a second-floor window.
San Bruno police said they found Aghdam, who died of
what appeared to be a self-inflicted gunshot wound, at 12:53 p.m. in a
courtyard area inside the YouTube complex.
Little is known about her motive, according to law enforcement officials. San Bruno police said there is no evidence that the shooter was previously acquainted with any of the victims.
Aghdam was an animal rights activist, according to
the Associated Press, who participated in a 2009 protest with the People
for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) in Oceanside, Calif.
She was also a prolific YouTube user, posting videos
on a range of topics from multiple accounts, according to a report by
NBC’s Bay Area Investigative Unit. In a video posted in January, Aghdam
alleged that the company “discriminated and filtered” her videos to
reduce their number of views; she also published rants attacking the
company on her personal website. A photo posted on her Facebook page
last February also shows her standing on a street corner with a sign
that reads “YouTube Dictatorship” and “Hidden policy: Promote stupidity
discrimination, suppression of truth,” NBC News reports.
Aghdam’s father, Ismail Aghdam, said that he told police
earlier this week that Nasim was “angry” at YouTube and “hated” the
company. Aghdam had reported his daughter missing on Monday, and early
Tuesday morning was informed that she had been found sleeping in her car
in Mountain View, about an hour from YouTube’s San Bruno headquarters.
Ismail said he warned the police that she might be headed toward
YouTube.
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