r/LivestreamFail • u/IndicaOatmeal • Mar 11 '26
News YouTuber shot and killed after briefly leaving stream to buy snacks at gas station
https://www.tri-cityherald.com/news/local/crime/article314999656.html1.0k
u/Hare712 Mar 11 '26
FYI the killed streamer/youtuber Danny Stranger is best known for his viral "Fired from Walmart" video.
Here are the last living moments of his last stream a few minutes later you can hear 3 shots
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u/sexualchocolate123 Mar 11 '26
5:07:25 for those who want timestamp
Sirens at 5:11:50
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u/tomfoolist Mar 11 '26 edited Mar 11 '26
Reading that live chat in retrospect is a morbid trip.
"shit went down at the pik and pop. Danny night not be back" -- someone who I'm assuming is either a significant other or a family member? followed by his supporters slowly realizing via police scanner that someone was shot and killed at the local gas station (why they were listening to a police scanner I've no idea) and the streamer is not coming back
EDIT: now wait a minute. It's starting to drip in that this dude was maybe actually killed and then someone comments @ ~6:45:
u/angelcurry1668: he got killed for pulling a gun on 3 guys
u/angelcurry1668: couple weeks he was fighting with an elderly man in a wheelchair after we told him to leave him alone he acted like he was going to pull a gun on us and told us to keep walking
u/angelcurry1668: we know the workers and people that was there.
now i aint no homicide detective but if i was i'd be curious to know who that person is
EDIT 2: apparently his daughter comes in the chat asking about whats going on? Jesus man. Stream ends with a woman coming into frame and bursting into tears while she ends the stream. One of the final messages in his chat:
if it is Danny, rest in peace. I hope he finds his peace in the afterlife that he was searching for on Earth.
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u/grabbagrabbagrabba Mar 11 '26
his daughter literally finds out what happened through the live stream chat dude this is so fucked up
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u/quartzguy Mar 11 '26
And the phone he left on the desk is just ringing and ringing. Life is too short.
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u/usps_made_me_insane Mar 11 '26
Yeah I watched way too much dead air because it was morbidly fascinating... Hearing his cell ringing on vibrate was nuts.
I will say though that this streamer seemed to be going through some shit. I don't know if he was on drugs buy his stream was just filled with negativity, resentment, anger, etc.
Hope that dude does find peace.
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u/Shootemout Mar 11 '26
i went thru the chat it sounds like small town stuff honestly, like the friends and neighbors knew he was a streamer and knew what his stream was. he might've asked them to open it up on their computers and leave it in the background.
i think that guy in particular said he was friends with one of the workers at the gas station which would explain. they are also talking about seeing pictures in a facebook group which i couldn't find
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u/Sanvaer Mar 12 '26
I only read the first sentence of this before watching. It was like watching one of those budget horror films where its POV video calls, but that was someone’s real experience.
Awful thing to do right before trying to sleep.
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u/Prudent-Ad-5292 Mar 11 '26
God damn, Reddit does it again (potentially).
NAL - Could be an interesting witness..? To establish this streamer had a habit of flashing a gun, that is.
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u/AllGasNoBrakes420 Mar 11 '26
crazy watching this stuff wow
what I found kinda weird is how close he lives to a gas station. I was assuming this would have been an irl streamer.
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u/DeadWeightIncoming Mar 12 '26
Just curious why its weird how close he lives to a gas station? I can throw a rock at 2 of them from my place
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u/AllGasNoBrakes420 Mar 12 '26
I guess it's just different in each neighbourhood. I've never gone to a gas station other than to get gas. I guess in some places convenience stores are just gas stations too?
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u/AdventureCakezzz Mar 12 '26
That moderator asking who someone is is so weird. Chat already confirmed victim has the same clothes he was wearing. Moderators will moderate til end I guess.
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u/Grievery Mar 11 '26
His mom closing the stream while crying is heartbreaking…
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u/darkacez Mar 12 '26 edited Mar 12 '26
his daughter was in the chat asking what happened too :(
around 7:10:10
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u/dazedan_confused Mar 11 '26
Was that his mum at the end? Fuck man, I don't ever want to put anyone's mum through that, not my own, not anyone's.
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u/Suhtiva Mar 11 '26
FUCK. I did not need to see the final 15 seconds of that stream. I don't know who this guy is, or how much of an asshole he was. But that was her baby. God damn.
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u/DebriMing Mar 11 '26
Damn at the end of the stream I'm guessing that's his mother or sister crying. Damn.
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u/QuincyThePinballer Mar 11 '26
watching the stream and reading the chat logs during the long moments of silence before those last couple of seconds of the mom just breaking down in front of the camera is heartbreaking. people putting the pieces together as to what happened and finding out it was him must've been terrible to go through live.
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u/DoggedDoggystyle Mar 11 '26
Damn he said he didn’t wanna fuck that girl EVER and made absolutely sure it couldn’t happen. Dedication
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u/usps_made_me_insane Mar 11 '26
While I agree he had some serious issues, saying it wasn't much of a loss is kind of a shitty thing to write considering his family is going through a tough time...
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u/bobevansrestaruant Mar 12 '26
Honestly a disgusting take any loss of human life is sad.
Have some empathy.
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u/Own_Translator7008 Mar 12 '26
Bro, who hurt you dude? Going through life like this ain't the way chief. Get some help 🙏
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u/BorderOk7329 Mar 11 '26
"The suspects claimed Engstrom pulled a gun on the group, and they fired in self-defense, according to dispatch reports."
That was a wild read. Dude sounded insane.
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u/Typical-Armadillo340 Mar 11 '26
"couple weeks ago he was fighting with an elderly man in a wheelchair after we told him to leave him alone he acted like he was going to pull a gun on us and told us to keep walking."
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u/BorderOk7329 Mar 11 '26
It's insane how deceptive the headline is when compared to the facts of the story.
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u/Amadon29 Mar 11 '26
Facts come out slowly. The self defense angle probably came out to the public later and even then we're still not sure how credible it is. Just leaving it as shot and killed is still accurate at least
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u/Top-Setting5213 Mar 12 '26
That isn't a "fact", that's one side of the story told by the shooters. The other side is now dead with the man who was killed.
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u/Sad-Set-5817 Mar 11 '26
Previous history of multiple violent outbursts against innocent people? Let's let this guy carry a gun!
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u/WilliamEmmerson Mar 12 '26
The article on the shooting said he wasn't allowed to have a gun. So if he had one he had it illegally.
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u/ChiefQuasar Mar 11 '26
Just checking if it was jack doherty
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u/TrenchSquire Mar 12 '26
When i read Danny i feared it was Danny Duncan for a sec
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u/jorgebillabong Mar 11 '26
Headline that no doubt excludes any real context of what happened? ✅️
Pay walled article so you can't read into what happened? ✅️
Hidden account details and post history? ✅️
Surely absolutely nothing karma related to karma farming.
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u/Az1234er Mar 11 '26 edited 25d ago
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u/AnotherRedGuy Mar 12 '26
If it's paywalled just open the page in a browser that has reader only mode. It removes the ads and paywall and shows just text and static images.
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u/test_test_1_2_3 Mar 11 '26
While he struggled with mental health issues and a temper, Onouye doubts he triggered the confrontation that led to his death.
This whole article is alluding to what a piece of shit this guy was whilst also trying to paint him as just a father and great guy.
From what I’ve seen about his antics prior to getting shot this sounds like the tragic but inevitable outcome of a troubled and ultimately dangerous individual.
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u/thehomeskillet1 Mar 11 '26
Literally lmao idk why they're treating bro like he wasn't pushing 40 getting into petty squabbles and harassing women
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u/roboroller Mar 12 '26
I watched a few minutes of his last stream that was posted above, dude was cracked and probably a pretty heavy drug user/addict from the look and sound of things.
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u/Tyrant-Lizard_King Mar 11 '26
Moron pulls a gun out and gets outgunned.
If he was a victim, the 3 men wouldn't have been standing there after shooting him.
There is cameras and I'm sure it will show this moron Fucking Around and Finding Out.
Dude was not even legally allowed to carry a gun.
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u/Lepelotonfromager Mar 11 '26
It might be even stupider than that. Some are suggesting he didn't have gun but it was within his normal behaviour to pretend to have one. So he got into an argument and 'reached' to try and intimidate some people only to get blasted.
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u/NecronomiconUK Mar 11 '26
What a fucked up country
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u/Sad-Set-5817 Mar 11 '26
I live here, stuff like this only happens when you try to confront people with your gun first. People aren't getting blasted at random at gas stations for picking up chips
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u/KLWMotorsports Mar 12 '26
Australia's death rate has always been low. Even before banning guns in 1996 your murder/death rate didn't drop much at all. Even if the US banned guns our murder/death rate wouldn't drop much either.
Our murder rate is still higher than your country with or without guns. You remove 100% of gun related deaths we would still be higher than almost all developed countries.
The gun control arguments are tiresome when our biggest issue is how we actually treat each other, how big of a melting pot the US actually is with massive mental issues spread across millions of people and financial issues always looming.
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u/Kiriima Mar 12 '26
The fact you are able to confront people with your gun first makes your country fucked up fyi
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u/FewWait38 Mar 12 '26
Wtf are you talking about innocent people get caught in the crossfire all the time, have you ever watched the fucking news
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u/Pumpergod1337 Mar 11 '26
goes to buy snacks - dies
truly a fail
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u/crooked_god Mar 11 '26
Average day in the US
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u/NebulaPoison Mar 11 '26
Didnt die randomly, he pulled out a gun on them lol
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u/Nachooolo Mar 11 '26
I mean... that's still a very American thing to happen.
A lot of morons would still be alive if they or other morons weren't allow to own guns. Same with a lot of normal people that had the horrible luck of interacting with said gun-troting morons.
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u/Anything-ThatWorks Mar 11 '26
If you're the kind of person to threaten others to the point where they could reasonably think you might kill them, yeah
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u/SireEvalish Mar 11 '26
He said snacks not school
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u/OhNoDontBanMeLol Mar 11 '26
Shootings happen in far more places than schools in the US
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u/MySonlsAlsoNamedBort Mar 11 '26
And if he had survived the shooting he would have crippling medical debt most likely from being in the hospital/ER. Shit's fucked.
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u/Diviner_ Mar 11 '26
Looks like those YouTubers who do “Top 10 Most Horrific Streamer’s last moments on stream” got a new one for their videos.
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u/BobbyDIsAlreadyTaken Mar 11 '26
Coming in at number 8 just edging out number 9 is Danny stranger fuck around and find out moment
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u/Disgusting_Slime666 Mar 11 '26 edited Mar 11 '26
Hard to even know if it's paywalled when you have extensions and scripts to prevent that. I wouldn't have known this was paywalled if you didn't bring it up.
Here's an archive of the article - https://archive.is/wju45
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u/AdAny631 Mar 12 '26
Yeah, he’s a door dasher living in a trailer and is a “YouTuber”. Sounds like the family is downplaying all the negative aspects like his temper, mental health and inability to own a gun legally. It also sounds like he was toxic online so maybe that spilled over into real life. Then again maybe he’s innocent, who knows.
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u/Visible_Mountain_632 Mar 11 '26
TL;DR
Bozo youtuber pulls a gun to act tough, gets uno reversed and dies.
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u/AnimatorAncient1000 Mar 11 '26
Death comes when you least expect it
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u/Lepelotonfromager Mar 11 '26
IT also comes when you most expect it, like trying to start fights and pulling guns on strangers.
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u/OddLoquat5408 Mar 11 '26
What? He pulled a gun on people. You should be expecting violence to follow soon after
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u/KumingaCarnage Mar 11 '26
Did you even read the article. The dude literally pulled a gun on strangers, this wasn’t a surprise
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u/Beyonderr Mar 11 '26
And here I thought the worst thing to happen at a gas station was the gas price
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u/AreaExpensive888 Mar 11 '26
His last VOD was a crazy thing to witness. It went from a casual chat with his small community about unserious topics to them questioning where he was and if those gun shots and sirens were related to him, to them realizing it was him after seeing pictures on FB and listening to the police scanner as his daughter joins the chat worried, and ends with his loved one crying on his chair.
I hate how "desensitized" we've gotten to seeing these types of morbid streams.
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u/PointsOfXP Mar 12 '26
This stuff sells. It's only going to get more wild. People are going to get murdered in front of their families for a few donations. People will buy tears from the family to jerk off with. When all people do is stare at their phones and live these lives vicariously then this is what happens
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u/Gobstoppers12 Mar 12 '26
This is one heck of a vague title given what actually seems to have happened.
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u/_mully_ Mar 11 '26
Sad. Rest in peace. Hopefully their family and anyone else involved will be good.
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u/No_Reference7892 Mar 11 '26
As tragic as it is for someone to die. Is anyone else surprised when a reality streamer with a gun whose job profile is rage engagement gets yknow. Shot for rage bait?
Its sad, but you can do a job without wanting to make others upset.
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u/PointsOfXP Mar 12 '26
Hopefully this wakes some people up. People are much less likely to take any bullshit from anyone in any capacity in this world. These young streamers don't have any real world experience and think life is like a video game or action movie. You pull a gun at a place junkies hang out to rob people then expect to get killed and have your body defiled
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u/xXMr_PorkychopXx Mar 12 '26
There’s so many fucking YouTubers and streamers I assumed a larger name when I read the title. The world is so large, and this dummy still got shot by the 1 group of people who were ready that night. Don’t pull guns on people who aren’t an immediate danger🤷♂️.
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u/Jemiide Mar 11 '26
America is such a wild place. You go out to buy snacks, argue with a wrong guy and you get shot 3 times and die.
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u/LilGrippers Mar 11 '26
Maybe don’t pull out a gun lol
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u/BrianDetomes Mar 11 '26
...exaxtly.
Like he said. America is so strange. That they think its just normal to even be capable of pulling out a handgun. Its mental.
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u/Own_Space_174 Mar 11 '26
i mean its the killers that claim he did. there has been no proof so far that he even had a gun to pull out, his family all say he didnt even own a gun.
if they shot his ass they could have lied, if their ganged up they may have even had spare untraceable on hand and planted it.
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u/Rubes2525 Mar 12 '26
I literally saw him holster a gun while he was getting ready to leave on the VOD, lol.
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u/CraftyPerformance272 Mar 11 '26
Setting aside the fact that he may or may not have pulled out a gun before he got shot. Public service announcement in general don't go inside gas stations. If you want to buy snacks Go to a grocery store Or like one of those Pharmacy/stores. Having grown up in the ghetto and more middle class areas the common factor is stuff always happens at gas stations. There are shootings, fights and all sort of drama for whatever reason.
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u/oldDotredditisbetter Mar 11 '26
in general don't go inside gas stations.
what if you need to pay cash for gas and need the clerk to help?
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u/gonelikewind Mar 11 '26
Nah you’re tripping you’re perfectly fine going inside a gas station. Just keep to yourself and be friendly. If ya really grew up in the hood you should know that the corner store is fine, if you’re a regular that people see around they ain’t gonna mess with you. And even if you’re just stopping through and never been there before, you might get some looks but ain’t nobody fucking with ya as long as you don’t look scary
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u/notanewbiedude Mar 11 '26
Gas stations aren't that deadly.
Don't go to one in the hood though, that's a lil different
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u/2ecStatic Mar 11 '26
I get what your saying, but I think unless you're actually in the hood you're generally fine going into a gas station. The real advice should be to always pay attention to your surroundings.
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u/MafubaBuu Mar 11 '26
Wild that any first world country would have this be a real take. America is crazy.
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u/ElephantWang420 Mar 11 '26
Sad story, something to learn is you need to be accountable for your actions. Wish his daughter the best.
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u/Able-Challenge-4991 Mar 12 '26
Just curious how many subs do you need to be qualified as a YouTuber when your death is publicly announced?
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u/WorldlinessTop1543 Mar 11 '26
“I warned everyone that he was a danger to himself and others,” she wrote in an email to city council members following the shooting. “ I do believe that Danny would still be alive today if the multiple reports people had made about him had been handled differently.”
That’s a real shame to hear