Shooting at YouTube headquarters leaves three people wounded and female suspect dead

Police have named the suspect as Nasim Aghdam, 39, a Californian resident of Iranian descent. Police say they are still investigating a motive. They say there is no evidence yet that she knew the victims, a 36-year-old man said to be in a critical condition, and two women aged 32 and 27.

Aghnam had appeared often on YouTube and in one of her videos had criticised the platform for discriminating against and filtering her posts. YouTube terminated her account following the shooting. Her Instagram and Facebook accounts have also been removed.

On her personal website, she accused YouTube of taking steps to prevent her videos from getting views.

“There is no equal growth opportunity on YouTube or any other video sharing site. Your channel will grow if they want to!” she had written.

There had been earlier media reports that the man shot was her boyfriend, but police later said; “At this time there is no evidence that the shooter knew the victims of this shooting or that individuals were specifically targeted.”

Such active shooter incidents are overwhelmingly carried out by men - an FBI report found that out of 160 incidents between 2000-2013 only six of the people who opened fire were women.

Source: BBC