Chilling police footage shows YouTube shooter in her car hours before shooting

Eleven hours later Aghdam appeared at YouTube headquarters in San Bruno, Calif., where she shot three people and then killed herself. 

Mountain View, Calif. police released the police body camera footage Friday afternoon, along with the dispatch radio traffic associated with the case. 

“We believe that sharing our officers’ footage is tantamount to our constant pursuit of transparency. To that end, we are now able to provide the content below, and we thank you for your patience,” the department said in a statement that accompanied the footage.

The footage begins at about 1:38 am on April 3. Officers on patrol run the license plate of a car parked in the Walmart parking lot. They later explain to Aghdam, 39, that they often run such plates as stolen vehicles are sometimes left there.

The results from the search showed there is a missing person’s report linked to the car.

At that point the unnamed male officer activates his officer-worn camera and approaches the vehicle, looking in with a flashlight to see if anyone is inside. He finds a woman sleeping in the back of the car.

The dispatcher runs a check and finds no records of threats of violence on behalf of the woman. She was also not listed on the Armed and Prohibited Persons System, which cross-references records of persons who lawfully purchased handguns and/or registered assault weapons with records of persons who have become prohibited from owning and possessing firearms, the department said.

A second officer arrives and the Mountain View police dispatch center says the reason Aghdam was reported “at risk” when the missing person’s report was filed was because she had no prior reports of having gone missing.

The officers approached the car and knocked on Aghdam’s window. She wakes up and appears somewhat disoriented, telling them she left her family in San Diego because we’re not getting along. She is calm and soft-spoken and provides identification when asked.

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