In this essay, I analyze the emergent phenomenon of infamous youth shooters at the contemporary intersection of technology and celebrity. I argue that the stories from Columbine, Virginia Tech and Jokela High School in Finland, betray a disconcerting dystopia of usergenerated content gone wrong at a moment of much Web 2.0 hype. I use their actions and the subsequent reaction to these tragedies as case study portals into an era of celebrity anarchy and narcissistic youth. This analysis draws from a theoretic framework synthesizing historical perspectives on fame and probing the function of celebrity in late modernity. I then contextualize these youth shooters within a generational context of purported narcissismsuggesting that their attacks are both premeditated (planned in advance) as well as pre-mediated (packaged in advance). I focus particularly closely on the mash-up material posted online by the world's first "YouTube killer" from Finland to contend that these texts can be read as perverse reclamation of agency and spectacle. I conclude by pondering the challenges that journalism faces in complying with the youth shooter's demand for celebrity and the possibility that, in the self-broadcasting world of Web 2.0, their role as gatekeepers may be more confounded than ever.