New Zealand gunman appears to have livestreamed massacre
(FOX NEWS) - Compounding the horror of Friday's massacre in New Zealand: Video emerged online that appeared to be bodycam footage of the suspect firing his weapon.
"Police are aware there is extremely distressing footage relating to the incident in Christchurch circulating online," New Zealand Police tweeted. "We would strongly urge that the link not be shared. We are working to have any footage removed."
Unfortunately, the footage was distributed on a variety of platforms, including in comments that readers posted to news stories, but work was underway to limit its distribution.
"We have taken down the account of the alleged perpetrator and are working to actively remove all versions of the video from Twitter," a Twitter spokesman said, according to BuzzFeed reporter Ryan Mac.
Facebook officials also issued a statement, according to Mac: "Our hearts go out to the victims, their families and the community affected by this horrendous act. New Zealand Police alerted us to a video on Facebook shortly after the livestream commenced and we removed both the shooter's Facebook account and the video."