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Shuaib Aslam death video case On March 14, 2018, Shuaib “Shuaiby” Aslam, an 18 year-old young man, fatally shot himself in the head during a YouTube livestream, which went viral on social media platforms. The case became notable for both the shotgun used and the reasons to why he had committed suicide, as well as his age. The live playback of the video stayed online for at least 24 hours, and amassed hundreds of views before the video was taken down. Clips of his suicide, including the entire livestream playback, was spread around multiple website, mostly Reddit.

Biography: Shuaib Aslam (October 31, 1999 — March 14, 2018) was a resident of California in the United States. He grew up in a middle class environment and seemed to have had a stable life, however Aslam was known for having mental health problems, including depression, and was apparently bullied in his school.

Suicide: On March 14, 2018, Aslam began a live stream on the social media website YouTube as well as starting a Discord call with 4 of his friends. His friends joined the livestream and it amassed a total of 6 viewers. The livestream began unusual, with Aslam wearing a mask and his friends pleading with him in the background. In addition to having a tarp in the background as he intended to cause minimal collateral damage when he shot himself. The livestream started off with Aslam talking with his friends while they were pleading with him not to kill himself, he later pulled out a note which had written on it, “Bye R9K 3/14/18”. R9K is a community on 4chan where Aslam frequently went. 5 minutes into the stream, Aslam brought out a KSG-12 gauge tactical shotgun, and showed he had set it to “F” for fire on the camera. He practiced putting it onto his head and one of the friends muttered, “Don’t do it”.

Aslam brought the shotgun off his head and loaded it with one shell, when he was done, he exclaimed, “Bye guys!” and simultaneously waved at the camera. After around 15 seconds of hesitating Aslam fatally pulled the trigger and ended his life in front of his friends. His mother would later discover the body and called the authorities, which also could be heard in the background. Unfortunately his mother unknowingly doxxed herself on stream as she has said her address and phone number. The police later came and in the playback it was audible that they had bagged up the body. The stream had lasted around 50 minutes and stayed on his channel for at least 24 hours before YouTube finally took it down. Multiple attending parties recorded the live playback and spread it to multiple websites.