04-04-2018, 10:22 PM
The YouTube shooter was one very odd lady.
LE confirmed today that their initial belief that the shooting was a 'domestic incident' was not accurate. She did not know any of the YouTube employees she shot. The female victims have been released from the hospital. It appears the male victim is still hospitalized.
The shooter's motive was likely her anger at YouTube policies which cost her the previous income she'd been generating from her videos.
After being located by police while sleeping in her vehicle in Mountain View and removed from the missing persons list, she went to a shooting range near the YouTube complex and practiced firing. She then gained access to the YouTube complex through a parking lot.
The police who located her sleeping in her car said they did not have the information which the shooter's father claims he passed on when he filed the missing persons report and again when police called to tell him that she was fine. Her father says he told them specifically that she hated YouTube and might be on her way there. The officers reported that she was calm and told them she left home because of family problems and was looking for work in Northern California.
Her family, who legally migrated from Iran in the late 90s, claims they did not know she'd legally acquired a gun. Since it's not illegal to sleep in your car, pull a runner on your family, or hate YouTube......I don't know if there's much police could have done even if the father is telling the truth. Maybe they would have looked further into her story if they knew she possessed a gun. But it's not clear if she even had a gun then. The news reporting leads me to believe she may have bought it at a gun store next to the shooting range shortly before the shootings.
Story: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-...ch-US.html
LE confirmed today that their initial belief that the shooting was a 'domestic incident' was not accurate. She did not know any of the YouTube employees she shot. The female victims have been released from the hospital. It appears the male victim is still hospitalized.
The shooter's motive was likely her anger at YouTube policies which cost her the previous income she'd been generating from her videos.
After being located by police while sleeping in her vehicle in Mountain View and removed from the missing persons list, she went to a shooting range near the YouTube complex and practiced firing. She then gained access to the YouTube complex through a parking lot.
The police who located her sleeping in her car said they did not have the information which the shooter's father claims he passed on when he filed the missing persons report and again when police called to tell him that she was fine. Her father says he told them specifically that she hated YouTube and might be on her way there. The officers reported that she was calm and told them she left home because of family problems and was looking for work in Northern California.
Her family, who legally migrated from Iran in the late 90s, claims they did not know she'd legally acquired a gun. Since it's not illegal to sleep in your car, pull a runner on your family, or hate YouTube......I don't know if there's much police could have done even if the father is telling the truth. Maybe they would have looked further into her story if they knew she possessed a gun. But it's not clear if she even had a gun then. The news reporting leads me to believe she may have bought it at a gun store next to the shooting range shortly before the shootings.
Story: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-...ch-US.html