A woman armed with a handgun opened fire today at the headquarters of YouTube, shooting three people. She was found dead after turning her gun on herself.
The shooting happened just before 1pm at the video-sharing giant's offices in San Bruno, California, the city's cops confirmed.
San Francisco General Hospital treated a 36-year-old man, who is in a critical condition, and two women, aged 32 and 27, who are in serious and fair conditions respectively. All three had been shot.
Another woman, understood to be the shooter, died of self-inflicted gunshot wounds near the YouTube campus. Identified locally as 38-year-old Nasim Aghdam, she was, according to her family, "angry" that YouTube had stopped paying her for her online videos and taken down her material.
"There is no equal growth opportunity on YouTube or any other video sharing site, your channel will grow if they want to,” Aghdam wrote on her website. “YouTube filtered my channels to keep them from getting views.”
Aghdam's family had reported her missing, after she disappeared for two days, and was found sleeping in her car. Her father, Ismail, said he warned police she had developed a hatred for YouTube and may target the organization.
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