The woman who opened fire on three people before killing herself at YouTube's California headquarters has been identified as a frequent user of the site who was furious with the company for their 'dictatorial' new policies.
Nasim Aghdam, 39, shot a man and two women with a handgun when she stormed YouTube's headquarters in San Bruno on Tuesday afternoon.
Aghdam was a prolific YouTuber who had ranted online against the company's new policies and accused them of censoring her videos.
Witnesses say Aghdam was wearing glasses and a scarf when she managed to walk onto the YouTube campus and open fire on employees in what police believe is a random shooting.
Law enforcement officials had initially said the shooting was being investigated as a domestic dispute after early indications suggested she had shot her boyfriend.
Nasim Aghdam, 39, has been identified as the woman who shot a man and two women with a handgun when she stormed YouTube's headquarters in San Bruno, California on Tuesday
Authorities cover a body with a yellow tarp at YouTube's headquarters in the San Francisco Bay Area on Tuesday after a female shooter opened fire before she shot and killed herself
Aghdam, who is from Southern California but is Persian, regularly complained online that YouTube were filtering and demonetizing her various video channels
Aghdam, who was a self-confessed animal rights activist and 'vegan bodybuilder', had a significant online presence with multiple YouTube channels and social media pages
Aghdam was a frequent user of YouTube who was furious with the company for their 'dictatorial' new policies
Aghdam was a prolific YouTuber who had ranted online against the company's new policies and for 'censoring her videos and not paying her'
In a video that Aghdam posted back in 2017, she vented about her content being 'discriminated and filtered'. She is a self-described Persian animal rights activist and 'vegan bodybuilder'
Authorities found the shooter's body shortly after arriving. Her body, pictured above covered by a yellow tarp, was found near the shattered door (above on right)
Terrified employees were spotted leaving YouTube's headquarters in San Bruno, California in a line after a shooter opened fire on Tuesday afternoon
A SWAT team is picturing entering YouTube HQ in San Bruno, California, on Tuesday after reports of shots being fired inside
An injured woman stands outside YouTube's headquarters
Another employee cries on the phone after escaping the shooting on Tuesday
Officers and federal agents swarmed YouTube's headquarters complex just before 1pm after dozens of panicked employees called 911 to report gunfire
Heavily armed police stood guard outside the front entrance of YouTube's headquarters after the shooting broke out on Tuesday afternoon
Police search a building at YouTube's corporate headquarters as an active shooter situation was underway in San Bruno on Tuesday
YouTube employees leave the scene on Tuesday after a woman shot four people then herself
Google CEO Sundar Pichai said the parent company of YouTube was doing everything it can to support the victims and their families
There was an onslaught of emergency vehicles at the scene moments after the shots were fired
Officers are pictured running towards YouTube's San Bruno HQ on Tuesday amid reports of a shooter
Aghdam seemed fixated on the belief that her YouTube views were sinking, posting screen grabs that showed her views had dropped by more than half in nine months
Aghdam, who referred to herself as a 'vegan bodybuilder', also frequently posted about animal rights and posted with animals on her social media pages
Aghdam even once posted a picture from her pet rabbit's funeral on her Instagram page
Aghdam once joined a PETA protest at Camp Pendleton to fight the Marines' use of pigs in military-trauma training (pictured)
Aghdam also had a separate Instagram account, which was sometimes censored because she posted graphic videos of animal abuse
Aghdam founded a non-profit company for animal rights called Peace Thunder in 2011, but it is currently listed as 'dissolved' by the California business register
Aghdam posted numerous photos with her pet bunny and appeared to have an Instagram page dedicated solely to her vegan posts
Aghdam did discuss the company in a past interview with Vegan Idea World, saying that veganism was not just a diet but a 'belief that affects all stages of life'
Aghdam also liked to post photos of herself in bright evening gowns and in various poses
Aghdam also directed herself in music videos, one of which she claimed was the first 'Persian TV commercial and music video regarding animal rights and veganism'
Aghdam also posted this comparison, seeming to use what appears to be prosthetic breasts
Aghdam shot a man and two women with a handgun when she stormed YouTube's headquarters in San Bruno on Tuesday afternoon
She had been missing for two days and Aghdam's father warned police that she could be headed for YouTube because she 'hated' the company
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