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An aspiring actor who this week broadcast his suicide on Facebook Live has been identified as Frederick Jay Bowdy, 33, authorities said Wednesday.

Bowdy lived in the community of Canyon Country, in northwestern Los Angeles County, according to Craig Related Articles Facebook’s high-stakes dilemma over suicide videos

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The coroner’s office received a call from the Los Angeles Police Department at 6:33 a.m. Monday about Bowdy being found in a car parked on a North Hollywood street, Harvey said.

Bowdy had alerted his Facebook followers of his plans, prompting his family in Texas to contact the LAPD, according to published reports.

Police could not find him in time to prevent his death.

He shot himself in the head, streaming the act in real time on Facebook Live, according to published reports.

The LAPD would not discuss the matter, said Officer Mike Lopez of the department’s Media Relations division.

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In a similar incident over the weekend, a 14-year-old girl broadcast her death live from the bathroom of her Miami-area foster home. She made a noose from her scarf and attached it to the shower door frame to hang herself, authorities said.

One of the girl’s friends told the Miami Herald (http://hrld.us/2jpabPN ) she saw the livestream and called Miami-Dade police. They went to two homes before finding the foster home address. The girl was found non-responsive and was declared dead a short time later at a hospital.

Help for those considering suicide or for family and friends of someone considering suicide is available by calling 1-800-SUICIDE or texting 1-800-799-4889.

In the Southern California case, Bowdy was arrested Friday at his Canyon Country apartment complex after his female companion went to the Santa Clarita Sheriff’s Station and filed a domestic violence complaint, said Sgt. Brian Shreeves, one of the arresting officers. He would not release the woman’s name.

Authorities were also looking into a possible sexual assault, he said.

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Bowdy had nine screen credits, according to the Internet Movie Data Base website. He worked under the name Jay Bowdy.

According to his IMBD biography, Bowdy was born in San Antonio and attended Southwestern Christian College and University of West Georgia, receiving associate’s and bachelor’s degrees from the respective schools. He also received a master’s degree from the University of Texas in Arlington.