The father of a woman who shot three people at YouTube’s
headquarters has revealed he warned police she “hated” the company and might be
heading there.
Nasim Aghdam has been named as the shooter who targeted the firm’s
complex in San Bruno, California, on Tuesday.
The 39-year-old, who had accused YouTube of discrimination and
blocking her work, was later found dead inside the building after apparently
turning a handgun on herself.
Her father Ismail Aghdam said police had found his daughter
sleeping in a car on the morning of the shooting after he had reported her
missing the day before.
YouTube had “stopped everything” and “she was angry” he told the
Bay Area News Group.
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Mountain View Police spokeswoman Katie Nelson confirmed officers found Aghdam asleep in a car park at 2am.
She did not respond when asked if officers had been warned by her
father that she might go to YouTube.
It has now emerged Aghdam had a number of YouTube channels and had
been highly critical of the video sharing site.
In a video on her website, the animal rights activist complained
about the number of views she was getting on YouTube.
“I’m being discriminated and filtered on YouTube and I’m not the
only one,” she said.
Aghdam also attacked YouTube in a written post on her website.
“Videos of targeted users are filtered & merely relegated, so
that people can hardly see their videos!” she said.
Workers described barricading themselves in their offices and seeing blood splattered around the building during the carnage.
Workers described barricading themselves in their offices and seeing blood splattered around the building during the carnage.
Three victims suffered gunshot wounds and are being treated in
hospital.
They include a 36-year-old man in a critical condition, a
32-year-old woman in a serious condition and a 27-year-old woman who is stable,
a San Francisco General Hospital spokesman said.
YouTube employee Todd Sherman said he saw a “person with a gun” as
he headed towards an exit to the building.
“I looked down and saw blood drips on the floor and stairs,” he
added.
Another member of staff, Dianna Arnspiger, said she ran to a
window after hearing gunshots and saw the armed woman on a patio outside.
The suspect was wearing glasses and a scarf and using a “big huge pistol”, she said.
The suspect was wearing glasses and a scarf and using a “big huge pistol”, she said.
“It was a woman and she was firing her gun,” Ms Arnspiger said.
“I just said ‘shooter’ and everybody started running.”
YouTube chief executive Susan Wojcicki said on Twitter: “There are
no words to describe how horrible it was to have an active shooter @YouTube
today.
“Our deepest gratitude to law enforcement & first responders
for their rapid response. Our hearts go out to all those injured & impacted
today. We will come together to heal as a family.”
Source: Independent
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