Mtn. View Police Release BodyCam Footage With YouTube Shooter

MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA – The Mountain View Police Department has shared all of the officer-worn camera footage and dispatch radio traffic they have in connection to their interaction with the woman identified as the YouTube shooting suspect, 38-year-old Nasim Aghdam.

Police issued a statement on its website this morning with footage from officers who responded to the call regarding Aghdam sleeping in her car, as well as the dispatcher's phone call made to the San Diego County
Sheriff's Department about her missing person's report.

Within about 11 hours, the woman shot employees at YouTube headquarters in San Bruno, police said.

Mountain View police said that they first released the video to San Bruno police in order to let them review it, but they confirmed that the video is no longer needed as a part of their agency's main investigation of
the YouTube shooting on April 3.

Mountain View police stated that they were releasing the footage and audio in order to satisfy public interest and stay transparent.

The officers outlined a timeline of the interaction from when the officer checked Aghdam's license plate to when officers concluded their interaction with her.

At 1:38 a.m. on the morning of the shooting, an MVPD officer patrolling a parking lot in the 600 block of Showers Drive ran a license plate matching that of a missing person's report out of the San Diego area,
according to police.

After dispatch notified him about the report the officer parked, stepped out and activated his camera.

Seconds later, he approached the white Pontiac and looked on both sides to see if anyone was inside. He determined the car was registered to Aghdam and that she is reported missing and at risk.

In the video, the dispatcher tells the officer that Aghdam normally lives with her grandmother but went missing March 31. The officer confirmed on his radio that he found a woman sleeping in the back of the car.

Routine record checks through the Armed and Prohibited Persons System showed no threat of violence. APPS cross-references records of those who have lawfully purchased handguns and/or assault weapons with those who are prohibited to do so.

A total of seven checks were done on Aghdam, and they all came back negative, according to Mountain View police.

The officer got back into his patrol car and requested information on why Aghdam was reported "at-risk." At that time, dispatch called San Diego County.

A second officer arrived on scene shortly after and began a conversation with the first officer. Dispatch reported back around this time that the reason Aghdam was considered "at-risk" was because she had no prior reports of going missing, Mountain View police said.

In the audio from the call, one can hear that the police report was just a few days old and so it was not finished.

"I think it's just because she left her cellphone at home and didn't take any banking information with her and just disappeared," the San Diego County dispatcher is heard saying.

Officers approached the car and knocked on Aghdam's window, waking her and notifying her that she had been reported missing. Aghdam said at this time that she left her family because they were not getting along.
Officers asked Aghdam for an ID, which she provided. They then ask her again why she left the San Diego area and she again states they were having issues.

They asked Aghdam if she had tried to reach out to her family or if she had a cellphone with her and she said she left her it behind but had purchased a new one.

Aghdam then said she was okay with police looking at the phone but did not want her family to have her number.

Aghdam was asked by police at this time whether she was taking or should be taking medications. She responded negatively. They asked if she wants to hurt herself and she again says no. The same response comes when police ask if Aghdam is suicidal.

After confirming the cell-phone number, officers told Aghdam that her father would be informed she was found in Mountain View. They said that the statewide missing persons database would be updated.

Mountain View officers said that less than two minutes later the interaction ends, and so does the footage.

"Based on our officers' interaction with Aghdam, including the fact that she had answered all of our questions cooperatively and thoroughly, there was no legal reason for us to remain on scene questioning her," the
statement says.

In two calls with Aghdam's father shortly after she was found, he confirmed the story and asked if she wished to return to San Diego. When officers said no based on their conversation, he thanked them.

Later, he called to let them know that Aghdam was angry with YouTube because policy changes had affected videos she created about living with a vegan diet. He suggested that was why she might be in the area.

Officers said that at no point did the family bring up any concerns about her behavior or any potential violence she may carry out. She was not described as a danger to herself or others.

Officers said while the calls did happen, they were not recorded.

Recording them would require a specific investigatory reason which was not applicable at that point in time.

"A review of the incident revealed that our officers followed a proper procedure and protocol," Chief Max Bosel said in the statement. "The tragedy of the incident at YouTube weighs heavily on our hearts but we
support and stand by the actions taken by our officers in their contact with Ms. Aghdam."

The officers that reported to the scene have not been named publicly.

See Mountain View Police Department's web page with details here.

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--Bay City News/ Images: Photo of Nasim Najafi Aghdam provided by San Bruno police; Police officers stand by in front of the YouTube headquarters on April 3, 2018 in San Bruno, California. CREDIT: Justin Sullivan/Getty Images News/Getty Images; Dashboard photo via MVPD