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Update: Possible Active Shooter Reported at YouTube HQ (theverge.com)
Police have responded to multiple 911 calls at YouTube headquarters in San Bruno, California. From a report: Vadim Lavrusik, a product manager at the company, tweeted that there is an active shooter on campus. The San Bruno Police Department instructed people to stay away from 901 Cherry Avenue, where the company is located. Multiple 911 calls have been received from inside the building, according to a report from local news station KRON. In a Twitter thread, YouTube product manager Todd Sherman said that employees first thought there had been an earthquake. People began running out of their meetings, he said, but before reaching the exit, they got word that someone had a gun. Sherman said he saw blood on the floor and the stairs. He also said the shooter may have committed suicide. Vadim Lavrusik, who works at YouTube's products team, tweeted, "Active shooter at YouTube HQ. Heard shots and saw people running while at my desk. Now barricaded inside a room with coworkers."
Update 20:30 GMT: Google has issued the following statement, "we are coordinating with authorities and will provide official information here from Google and YouTube as it becomes available." San Bruno Police said it was "responding to an active shooter. Please stay away from Cherry Ave & Bay Hill Drive."
Update 20:40 GMT: CBS San Francisco reports: KPIX 5 reporter Andria Borba said at least two Homeland Security units were responding. Police radio transmissions describe casualties being taken to local hospitals. San Francisco General Hospital spokesman Brent Andrew said the hospital received patients from the incident but could not confirm a number. Update 21:20 GMT: ABC News is reporting that the suspected shooter is a white adult female, and that this is "leaning towards a workplace violence situation."
Update 21:30 GMT: Law enforcement has confirmed that the shooter was a white female dressed in a headscarf. The woman reportedly shot her boyfriend then herself. It's unclear exactly how many people have been injured, but early reports estimate at least 9-10 victims. There is no word on their conditions.
Update 03:10 GMT: ABC7 News is reporting that the shooter has been identified as Nasim Aghdam. She reportedly had a website with an alleged manifesto that targeted YouTube for censorship and demonetization of her video content. Contrary to previous reports, she is said to have no relationship with anyone in the YouTube facility.
UPDATE 03:40 GMT: Aghdam's website can be found here.
Update 04:15 GMT: The shooter is believed to have known at least one of the victims, two law enforcement officials told CNN. Other sources suggest the shooter drove up from San Diego. YouTube says her YouTube channel "has been terminated due to multiple or severe violations of YouTube's policy against spam, deceptive practices, and misleading content or other Terms of Service violations."
Update 20:30 GMT: Google has issued the following statement, "we are coordinating with authorities and will provide official information here from Google and YouTube as it becomes available." San Bruno Police said it was "responding to an active shooter. Please stay away from Cherry Ave & Bay Hill Drive."
Update 20:40 GMT: CBS San Francisco reports: KPIX 5 reporter Andria Borba said at least two Homeland Security units were responding. Police radio transmissions describe casualties being taken to local hospitals. San Francisco General Hospital spokesman Brent Andrew said the hospital received patients from the incident but could not confirm a number. Update 21:20 GMT: ABC News is reporting that the suspected shooter is a white adult female, and that this is "leaning towards a workplace violence situation."
Update 21:30 GMT: Law enforcement has confirmed that the shooter was a white female dressed in a headscarf. The woman reportedly shot her boyfriend then herself. It's unclear exactly how many people have been injured, but early reports estimate at least 9-10 victims. There is no word on their conditions.
Update 03:10 GMT: ABC7 News is reporting that the shooter has been identified as Nasim Aghdam. She reportedly had a website with an alleged manifesto that targeted YouTube for censorship and demonetization of her video content. Contrary to previous reports, she is said to have no relationship with anyone in the YouTube facility.
UPDATE 03:40 GMT: Aghdam's website can be found here.
Update 04:15 GMT: The shooter is believed to have known at least one of the victims, two law enforcement officials told CNN. Other sources suggest the shooter drove up from San Diego. YouTube says her YouTube channel "has been terminated due to multiple or severe violations of YouTube's policy against spam, deceptive practices, and misleading content or other Terms of Service violations."
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California is surrounded by states without strict gun laws, and has no way to prevent illegal guns from being smuggled in. Kinda like Chicago. Hence the desire by many who advocate stronger gun laws to do so at a Federal level, where they can't be easily bypassed.
You are not alone. This is not normal. None of this is normal.
Don't have links or citations, I'm watching local TV and radio news here in California. As with early reports of a breaking story, many or all of these details could be wrong. Take with a grain of salt.
- Shooter is described as a white female, wearing a dark headscarf.
- One witness says she shot her boyfriend, 10 times.
- Coroner has been called, so at least one person is dead
- Suspect also reported dead possibly from a self-inflicted wound
- At least 4 bystanders were hit by gunfire
Even California has relatively weak controls compared to most counties and compared to what people are asking for.
Consider that whoever did this is almost certainly mentally ill. One of the common demands of those calling for stricter controls is to not allow people with mental health issues to have guns.
const int one = 65536; (Silvermoon, Texture.cs)
SJW, n: "Someone I don't like, and by the way I'm a fuckwit" - AC
Wait???
This is in Commiefornia...er...California, with some of the most restrictive gun laws around.
How could this have possibly happened?
I thought regulating the shit out of law abiding citizens would prevent such tragedies?
Turns out a group of well armed striking public school teachers (good guys with guns) killed the bad grrrl with guns within the first 90 seconds. Unfortunately, their aim was about as good as the officers that shot unarmed Stephon Clark (8 hits out of 20 shots) and the remaining 60% of their "misses" killed multiple YouTube staffers. LiveLeak has the stream. President DJ T-Rump has already tweeted his congratulation to LiveLeak for their "really great, really the best, ratings", saying it was almost like he was on their show.
So much less what exactly?
Wikipedia shows:
New Hampshire: Gun ownership 14.4%, gun murders per 100,000: 0.4
Illinois: Gun ownership 26.2%, gun murders per 100,000: 2.8
Texas: Gun ownership 35.7%%, gun murders per 100,000: 3.2 (or as I like to call it, Illinois and New Hampshire combined)
I'm not suggesting that gun ownership rates are the only factor, but you seem to be fact deficient, so I decided I would help you out :)
You're 100% wrong. Gun violence is usually HIGHER in areas with high gun ownership rates.
I don't respond to AC's.
Can you show any correlation between gun laws and violent crime? I actually did a study on that for a statistics project at university, I found no correlation between gun laws and violent crime.
I'd like to see this correlation you claim.
Don't take my word for it though. I did do a statistical analysis but so did a lot of other people with much more experience in this than I have.
https://www.washingtonpost.com...
That link is just one example I could find with a short Google search.
I'll hear people make claims about "gun deaths" correlating to gun ownership. I don't care if the person got murdered with a gun, a knife, or by being tossed out a window. If we want to see murder go down then it can't be done with gun laws. We might see "gun deaths" go down but that's like saying "pool drownings" go down by banning pools while total drownings stay the same because now people go swim in a lake instead.
I am armed because I am free. I am free because I am armed.
Even California has relatively weak controls compared to most counties and compared to what people are asking for.
Noooooooooooope.
California has some of the most restrictive and nonsensical rules regarding guns, and loooooooves denying or just ignoring valid permit applications for no reason.
Unless you're a certain congress woman, then you get to pack heat while telling everyone else they can't.
Why should I care about "gun violence"? Shouldn't I be concerned about total violence?
I went to the page you linked to and sorted the list by gun ownership rates and scanned for two states with identical numbers. Here's what I found:
State - gun ownership rate - murder rate
Indiana - 33.8% - 3.1
Iowa - 33.8% - 1.2
Michigan - 28.8% - 5.6
Vermont - 28.8% - 1.1
I then sort by murder rate and find:
State - gun ownership rate - murder rate
Nebraska - 19.8% - 2.8
Rhode Island - 5.8% - 2.8
Alaska - 61.7% - 4.4
New York - 10.3% - 4.4
Arkansas - 57.9% - 4.5
Kentucky - 42.4% - 4.5
Arizona - 32.3% - 4.5
Georgia - 1.6% - 5.3
Delaware - 5.2% - 5.3
I didn't include all the states, people can go to the source to find that if they want. I just wanted to highlight that claiming that gun ownership does not correlate well to murder rates. Just the examples between Alaska and New York is quite telling. People are often aware of the murders in New York because of the high population but it's got no different of a rate than Alaska. Alaska has a gun ownership rate of over 60%. If you subtract the number of people that are too young to buy a gun then that starts to look like nearly every adult in Alaska owns a gun. In Alaska there's no requirement to get a permit to carry a concealed firearm, so it's quite possible a large percentage of people carry their firearms often.
You may be right but only because you defined the parameters by counting only "gun violence". Why should I care about reducing "gun violence" if that just means I get killed by a lead pipe in the study instead of shot by a revolver in the ballroom?
I am armed because I am free. I am free because I am armed.
In most countries you can't even get a permit unless you have a really, really good reason. Compared to most developed countries even California is relatively permissive, just not relative to the rest of the US.
const int one = 65536; (Silvermoon, Texture.cs)
SJW, n: "Someone I don't like, and by the way I'm a fuckwit" - AC