YouTube star killed in Las Vegas strip shooting broadcast on live stream
Finny had more than 3000 subscribers on YouTube and was actually streaming live when it happened. A man, another content creator, came up to him. Footage shared online showed that at least seven shots were fired.
It is believed that alongside Finny, his partner was killed too, as reported by KVVU-TV. In the harrowing footage, Finny's partner could be heard screaming. They said: "Are you f**king kidding me?" and the camera was then thrown to the ground.
Police had said that the shooter and one of the victims had argued on social media. Manuel Ruiz, 41, turned himself into police hours later, with the cops issuing a statement: "At this point, we believe we have the suspect identified and that this is an isolated incident, knowing that the suspect and the victim had previously engaged in some type of conflict using a variety of social media platforms."
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