Brooklyn YouTuber Etika Worries Fans With Possibly Suicidal Video

NEW YORK CITY — A YouTube celebrity from Brooklyn with a history of mental illness posted a video called "I'm Sorry" then disappeared, leaving thousands of followers worried he may take his own life.

Daniel Desmond “Etika” Amofah, 29, posted the video, which appears to have been shot in the streets of downtown Manhattan, early Thursday morning and it has since been seen almost 200,000 times.

"You can't help somebody who doesn't want to help themselves," Etika says. "It's not y'all's fault, I don't want you to blame yourselves. It's all my fault."

Etika was reported missing in downtown Brooklyn at 12:15 a.m., police confirmed. Officers canvassed the area near his Willoughby Street home but had yet to locate him as of 10:30 a.m.

This isn't the first time the Brooklyner, whose YouTube reviews of video games garnered him online celebrity status, has posted potentially suicidal messages online.

Etika's most recent online review appears to be this Minecraft video, posted to YouTube in May.

Police arrived in his Brooklyn home to take Etika to a psychiatric ward on April 29 after Etika Tweeted suicidal threats, video shows.

Etika also wrote "It's my time to die" in a Reddit post in October, only to return hours later with the message, “Guys I’m fine, please stop worrying about me," according to a Heavy report.

His former girlfriend, Alice Pika, wrote on Twitter Thursday morning that she does not know where Etika is but that she hoped he was safe.

"He's in pain but not harmed, I'm sure of it," Pika wrote. "Have faith that he's gonna take his health seriously."

Anyone struggling with mental health can get help by calling National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 1-800-273-8255 or visiting this website. New Yorkers can also find resources by calling 1-888-NYC-WELL.