Suicide of Ronnie McNutt: Difference between revisions

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The '''Suicide of Ronnie McNutt''' incident took place on a live stream on Facebook, broadcasted at 9 pm on August 31, 2020. The live stream depicted a 33-year-old war veteran, Ronnie Merle McNutt (May 23, 1987 – August 31, 2020), playing his favourite game, until he shot himself in the face with a single-shot rifle and died of a self-inflicted wound while hundreds of viewers were watching. Like [[1444|other]] [[Shuaiby's Suicide|live-streams]], the footage has spread across many social media networks and forums such as [[YouTube]], Facebook, Twitter, Discord, [[TikTok]], [[4chan]], and many more. This incident caused many controversies, such as internet trolls setting up account impersonations of Ronnie, being used for fraudulent scams or as a bait-and-switch to lure viewers, and computer calls being interrupted by users displaying the video.

The live stream features 33-year-old Ronnie McNutt playing his favourite game (offscreen) while drunk and angry. He begins ranting about his job and coworkers while viewers frantically try messaging him. After a while, he gets a phone call from someone he knows (most likely his ex-girlfriend). After that, he hangs up the call and said "Hey guys! I guess that's it," and misfires himself with a hunting rifle, blowing his face completely off while his blood splatters on the camera and his brain tissues fall to the floor, while the [[Wikipedia:Samsung|Samsung]] ringtone [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vQUF9M7horo Over the horizon] is played on the entire vid. The full video would stay on his bleeding corpse on the chair for a few minutes, until officers arrived at his home after someone alerted the department, only seen in the entire video.