PERSON: Nasim Aghdam (Deceased)

On April 3, 2018, at approximately 12:46 P.M. PDT, a shooting occurred at the headquarters of the American video-sharing website YouTube in San Bruno, California. The shooter was identified as 38-year-old Nasim Najafi Aghdam, an Iranian-American woman, who entered through an exterior parking garage, approached an outdoor patio, and opened fire with a Smith & Wesson 9 mm semi-automatic pistol. Aghdam wounded three people, one of them critically, before killing herself with her own firearm. She was just two days short of what would have been her 39th birthday.

She was born in Urmia, Iran; her parents immigrated to Iran from the Republic of Azerbaijan. She immigrated to the United States with her family in 1996. She was a registered member of the Baháʼí Faith and described how veganism aligned with her religion. She was critical of Muslims and Baháʼís who ate meat. She lived with her grandmother in Riverside County, California, and posted content on Facebook, Instagram, Telegram, and YouTube in Persian, Azerbaijani, English, and Turkish. Her content went viral on Iranian social media and drew widespread attention. She protested with People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) against the use of pigs in United States Marine Corps’ training procedures for victims of trauma.

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