YouTube headquarters shooting

Just before 1 p.m. PDT on April 3, 2018, an active shooter was reported at YouTube headquarters in San Bruno, California, United States. The suspect, armed with a handgun, approached an outdoor patio and opened fire. 

Three people were shot (including one who sustained critical injuries); an other person was injured while fleeing the building. Police reported that the shooter, a woman, died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound.

Two law enforcement sources told the Associated Press that a man who was wounded in the attack is believed to be the shooter's boyfriend, and said that the shooting is believed to have been motivated by a domestic dispute.
Shooting
At 12:46 p.m., San Bruno police received a report of a shooter at YouTube headquarters. Aghdam's weapon had a capacity of 10 bullets, and she fired an entire magazine before reloading. Helicopter footage later showed a large hole and broken glass in the building's lobby door. Aghdam took her own life, two days before her 39th birthday. A coroner's report stated that she died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the heart; Police found no evidence of drugs or alcohol in her system.

Perpetrator

The perpetrator was identified by police as Nasim Najafi Aghdam (Persian: نسيم نجفى اقدم; 5 April 1979 – 3 April 2018), a vegan activist and fitness personality of Iranian-Azerbaijani heritage. She was born in Urmia, Iran; her parents immigrated to Iran from the Republic of Azerbaijan. She immigrated to the United States with her family in 1996. She was a registered member of the Baháʼí Faith and described how veganism aligned with her religion. She was critical of Muslims and Baháʼís who ate animals. She lived with her grandmother in Riverside County, California, and posted content on Facebook, Instagram, Telegram and YouTube in Persian, Azerbaijani, English and Turkish. Her content went viral on Iranian social media and drew widespread attention. She had protested with People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) against the use of pigs in United States Marine Corps training procedures for victims of trauma.

Aghdam purchased and registered a 9 mm Smith & Wesson semi-automatic pistol from The Gun Range San Diego, a gun dealer, on January 16, 2018. On March 31, 2018, Aghdam's family reported to the police that she was missing According to her father, she hated YouTube, and the family was worried she might be traveling to the company's offices.

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