Thesuspectedshooter,an18-year-oldWhiteman,shotandkilled10peopleandinjuredthreeothersatasupermarketinapredominantlyBlackarea,authoritiessaid.Officialssaid11ofthe13peopleshotareBlack. Socialmediacompanieshavestruggledtokeepupwithatorrentofviolentcontentontheirplatforms.SoTwitch'sperformancemaybeapplaudedbysomewhilestillcriticizedbyothers. Thecompanydidnotimmediatelyrespondtofollow-upquestionsaboutwhetherthesuspectwasstillactivelyfiringwhenthelivestreamwashalted. AportionoftheTwitchlivestreamobtainedbyCNNshowstheshooterpullinguptoaTopsFriendlyMarketsstoreinBuffalo,NewYork,beforeopeningfireonpeopleSaturdayafternoon. Thevideoistakenfromthepointofviewoftheshooterashe'sdrivingintotheparkinglotoftheTopsmarket. Theshooter,whoisseenintherearviewmirrorwearingahelmet,isheardsaying,'Justgottogoforit'beforehepullsintothefrontofthestore. Inthevideo,storepatronscanbeseenwalkingthroughtheparkinglotasthesuspectdrivesup. InanewsconferenceonSaturdayevening,BuffaloPoliceCommissionerJosephGramagliasaidtheshootingwaslivestreamed. InastatementsenttoCNN,Twitchconfirmedtheshootingwasstreamedandsaidtheuser'hasbeenindefinitelysuspendedfromourservice,andwearetakingallappropriateaction,includingmonitoringforanyaccountsrebroadcastingthiscontent.' CNNisnotairingthevideoatthistime. Sourcelink
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