Uvalde Shooter Made Violent Threats on Yubo App Before Attack

The gunman behind the Uvalde school shooting uses the social app Yubo to send threatening messages and share his deadly plans with overseas girls. Investigators now examine how these digital warning signs slip through the cracks.

27 May 2022 • 1 min read

The teenage gunman responsible for the tragic Uvalde school shooting uses the social networking app Yubo to broadcast violent threats before carrying out his attack. Through live streams and private messages, he shares his intentions to commit violence with young women located in Germany, demonstrating a disturbing pattern of public digital escalation.

Law enforcement officials investigate these digital interactions as they piece together the timeline of the massacre. The messages reveal that the shooter explicitly discusses his plans to shoot up a school, yet these alarming signals do not trigger an intervention from the platform or authorities in time to prevent the tragedy.

This horrific event raises serious questions about the safety mechanisms and moderation policies of live-streaming social apps frequented by teenagers. As investigators dig deeper into the shooter's online footprint, tech companies face intense scrutiny over their ability to detect and report credible threats of real-world violence.

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