YouTube HQ shooter Nasim Aghdam was upset with company policies: 10 updates
A woman opened fire at the suburban Northern California campus of Google’s YouTube, wounding three and sending panicked employees fleeing from their offices before taking her own life.San Bruno Police Chief Ed Barberini said three gunshot victims, and a fourth person hurt running from the attack, were transported Tuesday afternoon to local hospitals. The woman found at the scene appeared to be dead of “a self-inflicted” gunshot wound, he said. While no motive was given for the shooting, two law enforcement sources told the Associated Press that the incident was being investigated as a domestic dispute. Here are the top 10 developments around the YouTube headquarters shooting where the assailant committed suicide after injuring several people:
1. Woman who allegedly carried out YouTube shooting is identified by police The person who allegedly shot at least three people at YouTube's campus on Tuesday afternoon has been identified as Nasim Najafi Aghdam, according to senior law enforcement officials. 2. YouTube shooter criticized company's Video Policy: The woman who police say went on a shooting rampage at YouTube headquarters on Tuesday was a video creator who criticized the company for policies she claimed limited her audience, according to media reports. 3.Google issues statement on the shooting: Google, the parent company of YouTube, issued a statement, saying that "We continue to actively coordinate with local authorities and hospitals. Our security team has been working closely with authorities to evacuate the buildings and ensure the safety of employees in the area". 4. 4 injured in the YouTube shooting: "We have a 32-year-old female who is in a serious condition, a 27-year-old female in a fair condition, and a 36-year-old male in a critical condition," KPIX 5 TV quoted Brent Andrew, spokesman for Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital, as saying. 5.US President's thoughts with those aggrieved: US President Donald Trump said, "our thoughts are with everybody involved". In a tweet, Trump said he had been briefed on the shooting at the YouTube headquarters. 6.Google CEO Sundar Pichai thanks police: Sundar Pichai, the CEO of YouTube parent company Google, said: Earlier this afternoon, while our employees were having lunch, we received reports of an active shooter at YouTube in San San Bruno. 7. Employees recount scenes at YouTube office: Employees recounted frantic scenes as they fled the headquarters of the Google-owned video sharing service near San Francisco, with one saying he saw blood on the floor as he escaped. 8. The incident follows the Maryland shooting and Florida shooting: Last month, the US witnessed 19th shooting of 2018 in a school. More than 40 “active shooter� episodes in schools have been recorded in the United States since 2000, according to F. B. I. and news reports. 9.Number of US citizens backing gun control rises: The number of US citizens who want more gun control is growing, an NPR/Ipsos poll said. Three-quarters of Americans said gun laws should be stricter than they are today, up from 68 per cent in a October 2017 survey following the Las Vegas shooting, Xinhua cited the latest poll as saying. 10.Vote them out!': Hundreds of thousands demand gun control in USA Hundreds of thousands of protesters rallied in Washington DC on March 25, calling for stricter control on guns, more secured schools, and an end to gun violence.
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