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California: Shooting at YouTube Headquarters Leaves 3 People Injured

HeadlineApr 04, 2018

In California, three people were injured Tuesday when a woman opened fire at the Silicon Valley headquarters of YouTube before turning the gun on herself. The violence broke out just after noon in a courtyard outside YouTube’s main building in the San Francisco suburb of San Bruno. Police have identified the shooter as Nasim Najafi Aghdam but have not yet cited a motive. Aghdam was a frequent uploader to YouTube who’d had videos banned from the streaming service for “multiple or severe violations” of its policy. In one online video, Aghdam accused YouTube of censoring her and depriving her of income from advertising. The incident is a rare case of a mass shooting conducted by a woman.

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