Fresh Liam Payne Corpse Footage Horror: Ghouls Slammed for Sharing Grim Clip of Star's Remains Being Carted into Ambulance — As TMZ DEFENDS Publishing Graphic Image of Tragic Singer’s Dead Body

One ghoul filmed the back of a red ambulance as Payne's body was picked up and transferred by paramedics.

The haunting moment quickly hit a nerve with fans — particularly with ones shocked the photo of his body shared by TMZ earlier this week.

Though plenty of eyes had already been on the page, TMZ quickly deleted the images and switched up the wording, which originally said: "TMZ obtained a photo showing Liam's body on a wooden deck at the hotel with tables and chairs nearby."

"We’re not showing the whole body, but you can clearly see his tattoos — a clock on his left forearm, and a scorpion on his abdomen."

Michael Babcock, TMZ's executive producer, has since defended the decision to publish the photo.

He alleged that the outlet was trying to verify reports of Payne's death before the police had confirmed his identity.

Babcock told Fox 5 New York: "There's a balance, and that's obviously a conversation that newsrooms across the have – you want to be sensitive to the family and to the friends and also while working a news story."

He continued: "When the information was coming in, police had not yet confirmed that it was Liam, so what was done on the TMZ website, there was an image – did not show the full image, didn't show his face – but that showed his arm and his abdomen, where he has some very recognizable tattoos, so that's sort of used as a way to confirm or to match up the tattoos at a point where police had not yet confirmed his identity. And then, once they did, obviously, that photo was removed."

"I mean, it's just a terribly horrific and sad story. It's something obviously that shouldn't have happened, and this guy had so much life left to live and you feel horrible for everybody."

Payne fans ran to social media to slam the outlet after originally sharing the images on the site.

One person tweeted: "TMZ posting part of a photo of Liam Payne's dead body in an article announcing his death is beyond deplorable."

Another slammed: "I can't tell if I'm losing my mind lately or if society has always been this overtly morally decrepit."

Singer Alessia Cara even called the outlet "gross," while Zing Tsjeng — former editor-in-chief of Vice — said posting the edited photos was "completely indefensible."

Payne was pronounced dead on the scene Wednesday after he jumped from his third-floor balcony at a luxury Argentinean hotel.

He was found with extremely serious injuries, including a cranial fracture, and was too far gone for resuscitation.

Payne had reportedly been acting "erratic" beforehand, with witnesses saying they saw him smash his laptop in the lobby before he was carried back to his room.