Iraq war veteran and toyota worker ronnie mcnutt, 33, shot himself during a facebook live stream as his family and friends watched in horror and police were outside his. The footage was originally broadcast on facebook live on august 31, when ronnie mcnutt, 33, an army veteran, took his own life. His best friend, joshua steen, noticed the stream.
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Now, he is fighting for answers from the firm and other social media.
Three weeks ago, josh steen watched his close friend ronnie mcnutt kill himself live on facebook.
31 during a livestream on facebook, the daily star. A facebook spokesperson told news.com.au the company already made. Josh steen, a friend of ronnie mcnutt, is speaking out about the tragic video showing mcnutt’s death and the failure of social media platforms in removing it. A graphic video of ronnie mcnutt's death was streamed on facebook and went viral across platforms.
He told rolling stone that mcnutt often used a livestreaming platform as his form of therapy, regularly conversing with viewers on various topics; Social media users say they were left shaking after accidentally viewing. The video of mr mcnutt is the second suicide streamed live on facebook in the past two months. Footage of ronnie mcnutt's suicide has gone viral after the army vet died at his home in late august.
Ronnie mcnutt is a mississippi man who died by suicide and documented his death on a facebook live stream, a video of which later went viral on tiktok.
However, he noticed almost immediately that this livestream was different from the others, as mcnutt appeared to be heavily inebriated and despondent, and, at one point, appeared to fire a rifle into the air. Facebook initially refused to remove the video,.
