Man Shoots Himself in the Head During Live Facebook Broadcast...Why He Did It Will Shock You (Photos)

Posted by Samuel on Thu 27th Apr, 2017 - tori.ng

A man who was highly distraught after obviously going through a traumatic experience has killed himself on live Facebook broadcast.

James M. Jeffrey shot himself in the head

Identified as James M. Jeffrey, a man has live streamed his own suicide on Facebook Live after becoming distraught over a break up, cops say.

The Sun UK reports that James M. Jeffrey from Robertsdale, Alabama was in the middle of broadcasting on Tuesday when he whipped out a gun and shot himself in the head.

Horrified viewers of the stream called the police after witnessing the 49-year-old take his own life.

It is the third time in the last week a terrifying act has been filmed and sent around the world live on a social media platform.

Baldwin County Sheriff’s Office said they got a call from a woman who was worried Mr Jeffrey had stopped responding to her calls.

Her and Mr Jeffrey were reportedly going through a break up at the time.

As deputies rushed to his home at around 11pm on Tuesday night “the Sheriff’s Office Communications Division received reports that Jeffrey committed suicide and filmed the event on Facebook Live.”

Reports indicate that the suicide was viewed more than 1,000 times in the two hours it was live before Facebook took down the video.

“This was a first for us,” Baldwin County Sheriff’s Deputy Anthony Lowery told USA Today. “I hope this isn’t a trend starting. It’s one thing to commit suicide. It’s another thing to victimize other people.”

Facebook has not responded to the latest incident, but announced last month the company’s plans to create real-time suicide prevention tools on the site.

We have a lot of work and we will keep doing all we can to prevent tragedies like this from happening,” Facebook CEO Zuckerberg said.