Suicide of Ronnie McNutt: Difference between revisions

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==Content==

The livestream depicts a 33-year-old war veteran Ronnie McNutt playing his favorite game (offscreen) while ~~drunk~~ and angry. He begins ranting about his job and coworkers while viewers are frantically trying to message 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 says "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 2019 [[Wikipedia:Samsung|Samsung]] ringtone [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vQUF9M7horo Over the Horizon] is playing in the background. The full video would stay captured on his corpse bleeding both internally and externally on the chair, until officers arrived at his home too late after someone alerted the department, only seen in the entire video.

The livestream depicts a 33-year-old war veteran Ronnie McNutt playing his favorite game offscreen while heavily intoxicated and angry. He begins ranting about his job and coworkers while viewers are frantically trying to message 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 says "Hey guys! I guess that's it," and misfires himself with a hunting rifle under the chin, blowing his face completely off while his blood splatters on the camera and his brain tissues fall to the floor, while the 2019 [[Wikipedia:Samsung|Samsung]] ringtone [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vQUF9M7horo Over the Horizon] is playing in the background. The full video would stay captured on his corpse bleeding both internally and externally on the chair, until officers arrived at his home too late after someone alerted the department, only seen in the entire video.

==Background==

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One month later, TikTok released a public statement saying, "Our systems have been automatically detecting and flagging these clips for violating our policies against content that displays, praises, glorifies, or promotes suicide. We appreciate our community members who've reported content and warned others against watching, engaging or sharing such videos on any platform, out of respect for the person and their family." Facebook, likewise, publicly stated, "We removed the original video from Facebook last month, on the day it was streamed, and have used automation technology to remove copies and uploads since that time. Our thoughts remain with Ronnie's family and friends during this difficult time."

==~~Ronnie McNutt~~==

==Life and career==

[[File:Ronnie Mcnutt and Joshua Steen.png|thumb|200px|Ronnie McNutt (left) and Joshua Steen (right) at an event in Alabama.]]

Ronald Merle "Ronnie" McNutt was born on May 23rd, 1987, in [[wikipedia:Mississippi, United States|Mississippi, United States]]. He was one of five children born to Mr. Cecil Ronald McNutt and Elaine Rooker McNutt. Ronnie McNutt was a member of the Celebration Church in Tupelo and also enjoyed or was involved in performing theater plays. He was an Iraq War veteran who served in the United States Army Reserve and was employed as a worker at a Toyota plant in Blue Springs, New Albany.<ref>https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/215119078/ronald-merle-mcnutt</ref><ref name="nypost2" />Ronnie was also a member of the Comicons club and wrote some comic book reviews on websites. According to his close friend, Joshua Steen, he was later diagnosed with [https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/post-traumatic-stress-disorder/symptoms-causes/syc-20355967#:~:text=Overview,uncontrollable%20thoughts%20about%20the%20event. ~~Post Traumatic Stress Disorder~~] shortly after his military service.<ref name="nypost2" />

Ronald Merle "Ronnie" McNutt was born on May 23rd, 1987, in [[wikipedia:Mississippi, United States|Mississippi, United States]]. He was one of five children born to Mr. Cecil Ronald McNutt and Elaine Rooker McNutt. Ronnie McNutt was a member of the Celebration Church in Tupelo and also enjoyed or was involved in performing theater plays. He was an Iraq War veteran who served in the United States Army Reserve and was employed as a worker at a Toyota plant in Blue Springs, New Albany.<ref>https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/215119078/ronald-merle-mcnutt</ref><ref name="nypost2" />Ronnie was also a member of the Comicons club and wrote some comic book reviews on websites. According to his close friend, Joshua Steen, he was later diagnosed with [https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/post-traumatic-stress-disorder/symptoms-causes/syc-20355967#:~:text=Overview,uncontrollable%20thoughts%20about%20the%20event. post-traumatic stress disorder] shortly after his military service.<ref name="nypost2" />

During the early 2000s, Ronnie McNutt met Joshua Steen at a community theatre production of Footloose, located in the city of Mississippi, while they were in high school.<ref name="Rolling Stone" /> Ronnie McNutt joined JustUs Geeks, a podcast by Josh Steen, with the intention of connecting "with the millions of geeks and pop culture nerds all across the globe." He started writing some reviews for the official website in 2014. During the live stream, Steen tried calling Ronnie with two phone numbers that he could easily recognize, only for Ronnie to decline the call on the stream.<ref>Steinbuch, Y. (2020, September 8). [https://nypost.com/2020/09/08/ronnie-mcnutts-friend-facebook-couldve-stopped-suicide-livestream/ "Ronnie McNutt's Friend: Facebook Could've Stopped Suicide Livestream"]. [[wikipedia:New York Post|New York Post]].</ref> Some media said that the gun that he used to shoot himself with was a shotgun, but Steen stated to the media that it was a single-shot rifle.<ref name="Mirror" />

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 ==Content==
-The livestream depicts a 33-year-old war veteran Ronnie McNutt playing his favorite game (offscreen) while drunk and angry. He begins ranting about his job and coworkers while viewers are frantically trying to message 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 says "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 2019 [[Wikipedia:Samsung|Samsung]] ringtone [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vQUF9M7horo Over the Horizon] is playing in the background. The full video would stay captured on his corpse bleeding both internally and externally on the chair, until officers arrived at his home too late after someone alerted the department, only seen in the entire video.
+The livestream depicts a 33-year-old war veteran Ronnie McNutt playing his favorite game offscreen while heavily intoxicated and angry. He begins ranting about his job and coworkers while viewers are frantically trying to message 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 says "Hey guys! I guess that's it," and misfires himself with a hunting rifle under the chin, blowing his face completely off while his blood splatters on the camera and his brain tissues fall to the floor, while the 2019 [[Wikipedia:Samsung|Samsung]] ringtone [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vQUF9M7horo Over the Horizon] is playing in the background. The full video would stay captured on his corpse bleeding both internally and externally on the chair, until officers arrived at his home too late after someone alerted the department, only seen in the entire video.
 ==Background==
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 One month later, TikTok released a public statement saying, "Our systems have been automatically detecting and flagging these clips for violating our policies against content that displays, praises, glorifies, or promotes suicide. We appreciate our community members who've reported content and warned others against watching, engaging or sharing such videos on any platform, out of respect for the person and their family." Facebook, likewise, publicly stated, "We removed the original video from Facebook last month, on the day it was streamed, and have used automation technology to remove copies and uploads since that time. Our thoughts remain with Ronnie's family and friends during this difficult time."
-==Ronnie McNutt==
+==Life and career==
 [[File:Ronnie Mcnutt and Joshua Steen.png|thumb|200px|Ronnie McNutt (left) and Joshua Steen (right) at an event in Alabama.]]
-Ronald Merle "Ronnie" McNutt was born on May 23rd, 1987, in [[wikipedia:Mississippi, United States|Mississippi, United States]]. He was one of five children born to Mr. Cecil Ronald McNutt and Elaine Rooker McNutt. Ronnie McNutt was a member of the Celebration Church in Tupelo and also enjoyed or was involved in performing theater plays. He was an Iraq War veteran who served in the United States Army Reserve and was employed as a worker at a Toyota plant in Blue Springs, New Albany.<ref>https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/215119078/ronald-merle-mcnutt</ref><ref name="nypost2" />Ronnie was also a member of the Comicons club and wrote some comic book reviews on websites. According to his close friend, Joshua Steen, he was later diagnosed with [https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/post-traumatic-stress-disorder/symptoms-causes/syc-20355967#:~:text=Overview,uncontrollable%20thoughts%20about%20the%20event. Post Traumatic Stress Disorder] shortly after his military service.<ref name="nypost2" />
+Ronald Merle "Ronnie" McNutt was born on May 23rd, 1987, in [[wikipedia:Mississippi, United States|Mississippi, United States]]. He was one of five children born to Mr. Cecil Ronald McNutt and Elaine Rooker McNutt. Ronnie McNutt was a member of the Celebration Church in Tupelo and also enjoyed or was involved in performing theater plays. He was an Iraq War veteran who served in the United States Army Reserve and was employed as a worker at a Toyota plant in Blue Springs, New Albany.<ref>https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/215119078/ronald-merle-mcnutt</ref><ref name="nypost2" />Ronnie was also a member of the Comicons club and wrote some comic book reviews on websites. According to his close friend, Joshua Steen, he was later diagnosed with [https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/post-traumatic-stress-disorder/symptoms-causes/syc-20355967#:~:text=Overview,uncontrollable%20thoughts%20about%20the%20event. post-traumatic stress disorder] shortly after his military service.<ref name="nypost2" />
 During the early 2000s, Ronnie McNutt met Joshua Steen at a community theatre production of Footloose, located in the city of Mississippi, while they were in high school.<ref name="Rolling Stone" /> Ronnie McNutt joined JustUs Geeks, a podcast by Josh Steen, with the intention of connecting "with the millions of geeks and pop culture nerds all across the globe." He started writing some reviews for the official website in 2014. During the live stream, Steen tried calling Ronnie with two phone numbers that he could easily recognize, only for Ronnie to decline the call on the stream.<ref>Steinbuch, Y. (2020, September 8). [https://nypost.com/2020/09/08/ronnie-mcnutts-friend-facebook-couldve-stopped-suicide-livestream/ "Ronnie McNutt's Friend: Facebook Could've Stopped Suicide Livestream"]. [[wikipedia:New York Post|New York Post]].</ref> Some media said that the gun that he used to shoot himself with was a shotgun, but Steen stated to the media that it was a single-shot rifle.<ref name="Mirror" />
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