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News Facts Network→ MAGA Figures Spread False Claims Linking Minnesota Shooter to Democrats
Prominent MAGA figures, including Donald Trump Jr., have falsely claimed the Minnesota shooting suspect was...
PolitiFact→ Mike Lee – Sen. Mike Lee’s evidence-free conspiracy theory that the MN shooter was a ‘Marxist’ is Pants on Fire
The suspect in the Minnesota lawmakers’ shootings was driven by “Marxist” ideology.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: ‘Samuel Haider’ Is NOT Suspected Shooter In Graz — Posts Recycle Meme That Mocks Comedian Sam Hyde
Is the name of a suspect in the Graz shooting Samuel Haider? No, that's not true: A viral post recycled the meme in circulation since 2015 that casts the comedian Sam Hyde as an attacker after mass shootings in the U.S. or abroad. No cred
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Samuel Hyde Is NOT The Shooter At Florida State University
Is a man named Samuel Hyde the suspected shooter at the shooting at Florida State University on April 17, 2025? No, that's not true: Comedian Sam Hyde is often named as the perpetrator by internet trolls whenever a mass-casualty incident
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: JFK Files CIA Document Did NOT Name British Actress Penelope Keith As The ‘Lone Shooter’
Did a CIA document in the unsealed JFK assassination files name British actress Penelope Keith as the lone killer? No, that's not true: The purported investigative document naming Keith as the "lone shooter" cites her work in the BBC TV c
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Samuel Hydén NOT The Shooter In Örebro, Sweden, School Shooting On February 4, 2025
Was Samuel Hydén (or Sam Hyde) the perpetrator of a school shooting in Örebro, Sweden, on February 4, 2025? No, that's not true: Comedian Sam Hyde is often named as the perpetrator by internet trolls whenever a mass-casualty incident ha
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: FBI DID Unlock Phone Of Alleged Trump Shooter Thomas Matthew Crooks, In July 2024
Have investigators been unable to unlock the phone of Thomas Matthew Crooks, the gunman in the attempted assassination of Donald Trump, as of January 6, 2025? No, that's not true: The FBI announced in July 2024 that they had successfully
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Authorities Have NOT Released Gender Identity Of Suspected Wisconsin School Shooter As Of December 17, 2024
Have authorities released the gender identity of the suspected shooter at Abundant Life Christian School in Madison, Wisconsin, as of December 17, 2024? No, that's not true: Police have used the pronouns "she" and "her" multiple times whe
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Samuel Hyde Was NOT Identified As The Shooter In The Abundant Life Christian School Shooting In Wisconsin
Did police identify Samuel Hyde as the shooter at the Abundant Life Christian School in Madison, Wisconsin? No, that's not true: At a press conference on December 16, 2024, the Madison police chief identified the shooter as 15-year-old Na
PolitiFact→ Social Media – No, officials didn’t say Madison, Wisconsin, school shooter identified as transgender
“The school shooter in Madison Wisconsin Christian School shooting has been identified as a female identifying as a male.”
PolitiFact→ Threads posts – No, a McDonald’s employee isn’t getting a $500,000 reward for tip on UnitedHealthcare CEO’s shooter
“A $7.20 an hour McDonalds employee … now gets a cool 1/2 million dollar reward” for helping police find the suspected UnitedHealthcare CEO shooter.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Samuel Hyde Was NOT Identified As Shooter Of UnitedHealthcare CEO
Was Samuel Hyde named as the suspect in the shooting of the UnitedHealthcare CEO? No, that's not true: Sam, or Samuel, Hyde is a comedian whose name and likeness have been the subject of internet memes associated with shootings since 2015
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: DeSantis Did NOT Refuse To Give Alleged Trump Shooter Routh To FBI
Did Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis refuse to turn over alleged Trump gunman Ryan Wesley Routh to the FBI? No, that's not true: Jail records on September 17, 2024, showed that a Ryan Wesley Routh of the same age as the suspected gunman was hous
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Lead Stories→ Fact Check: ‘Trans Girl Samantha Hyde’ Is NOT Georgia School Shooter — Variation On Old ‘Sam Hyde’ Internet Hoax
Was the Apalachee High School shooter identified as a trans girl named Samantha Hyde? No, that's not true: An internet hoax that misidentifies the suspect in mass shootings as "Sam" or "Samantha Hyde" has been going around since 2015. The
PolitiFact→ X posts – ‘Samantha Hyde’ was not the Apalachee High School shooter. That’s a recurring meme
“BREAKING: Apalachee High School shooter has been identified as non-binary trans girl Samantha Hyde.”
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Photo Circulating On Social Media Is NOT Of Georgia High School Shooter, But From Safety Training Program
Does a photo on social media show the Apalachee High School shooter? No, that's not true: The picture is instead from an active defense training program by Reflex Protect, a company specializing in safety preparedness. The image is not co
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Clickbait Thumbnail Images Boost False YouTube Conspiracies About Trump Shooter
Did a Jewish family hire Thomas Matthew Crooks to shoot former President Donald Trump? Or was Crooks trained to shoot by the CEO of BlackRock Security or by a rabbi? Has footage been leaked showing Crooks and the BlackRock CEO together ca
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: NO ‘Leaked Footage’ Of Trump Shooter And BlackRock CEO Holding Gun — FAKE AI-Generated Still Images
Is there leaked footage showing BlackRock CEO Larry Fink carrying a gun as he walks with Thomas Matthew Crooks, the gunman who tried to assassinate Donald Trump? No, that's not true: The still photo that's a thumbnail preview to a YouTube
PolitiFact→ What to know about claims that Trump rally shooter used ‘encrypted’ messaging, bank accounts
Some of former President Donald Trump’s allies pointed to FBI statements about Thomas Matthew Crooks having “encrypted” accounts to conclude that Crooks’ assassination attempt involved a larger conspiracy. That misunderstands encryption.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: NO Evidence Trump Shooter Thomas Matthew Crooks Had $1.5 Million In Offshore Bank Accounts
Did Donald Trump shooter Thomas Matthew Crooks have three offshore bank accounts totaling $1.5 million? No, that's not true: The FBI National Press Office told Lead Stories that, as of July 30, 2024, their investigation had "not uncovered
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: FEC Filings Show Trump Attempted Shooter DID Donate $15 To Democrat Org ActBlue
Did the man who tried to assassinate Republican nominee Donald Trump donate $15 to the Democrat online fundraising platform ActBlue or was it some other person as some people on social media claimed? Lead Stories confirmed through Federal
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Photo Does NOT Show Trump Shooter Crooks Wearing Yarmulke, Synagogue Representatives Say
Does a photo on social media show Trump shooter Thomas Matthew Crooks wearing a yarmulke? No, that's not true: Representatives of the Congregation B'nai Abraham Synagogue in Butler, Pennsylvania, told Lead Stories they know the person in
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Photo Purporting To Show The Shooter Was Trans Is NOT A Picture Of Thomas Matthew Crooks
Did a photo of the attempted assassin of Donald Trump surface, showing that Thomas Matthew Crooks was transgender? No, that's not true: The person in the photo on social media is not Crooks. The photo appeared first on 4chan, posted by an
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Image Does NOT Show Authentic Instagram Account Of Trump Shooter Thomas Matthew Crooks With Epstein Bio
Is a bio page mentioning "Epstein" from the real Instagram account of Trump shooter Thomas Matthew Crooks? No, that's not true: A Meta spokesperson told Lead Stories the account was a copycat/fake account. The company told another fact-ch
PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – No, Trump rally shooter wasn’t ‘Maxwell Yearick’
The shooter who attempted to assassinate Donald Trump was “Maxwell Yearick.”
FactCheck.org→ Misinformation Swirls About Trump Rally Shooter’s Identity
Este artículo estará disponible en español en El Tiempo Latino. Quick Take In the days following an assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump, social media swirled with misinformation about the shooter. The 20-year-old gunman was
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – Claim that 20-year-old Trump rally shooter voted for Clinton is Pants on Fire!
Thomas Crooks “was a registered Democrat who voted for Clinton and Biden.”
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: ‘Hank Pecker’ Was NOT Identified As Trump Shooter — FBI Named Shooter As Thomas Matthew Crooks
Was the shooter responsible for the assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump identified as "California resident Hank Pecker"? No, that's not true: The FBI identified the shooter as Thomas Matthew Crooks from Bethel Park, Pen
Full Fact→ Italian sports journalist misidentified as Donald Trump shooter
Posts online have falsely linked an Italian man to the assassination attempt at a Donald Trump rally in Pennsylvania.
PolitiFact→ Threads posts – Donald Trump shooter was not identified as 32-year-old California resident ‘Hank Pecker’
“Trump rally shooter has been identified as 32-year-old California resident, Hank Pecker.”
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Photo Does NOT Show ‘First 3 Shooters’ From Crocus City Hall Attack In Moscow — It’s Evgeny Prigozhin In All Three
Does a viral image show "3 shooters" identified as participants in a terror attack that took place at Crocus City Hall, a major music venue in Moscow, Russia, on March 22, 2024? No, that's not true: The pictures in question are all of one
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: ‘Sahil Omar’ Is NOT A Suspected Super Bowl Parade Shooter
Was one of the Kansas City Chiefs parade shooters identified as 44-year-old Sahil Omar, an "illegal immigrant"? No, that's not true: As of this writing, law enforcement had not released the identities of three people detained in connectio
ABC News / AP Fact Check→ The Texas megachurch shooter has not been identified as transgender, despite claims online
Amid the aftermath of Sunday’s shooting at Lakewood Church, which is led by televangelist pastor Joel Osteen, social media users spread false claims about Moreno’s gender identity.
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ABC News / AP Fact Check→ Jacksonville shooter’s manifesto has not been released, despite claims online
CLAIM: Police quickly released the manifesto written by the white gunman who killed three Black people at a Dollar General Store in Jacksonville, Florida, on Aug. 26, yet a manifesto written by the shooter who killed six people at a Christian school in
Logically→ No, this photo does not show King Charles with the Dunblane school shooter
Logically→ The Indian Army does not have a ’18 Horse regiment,’ authorities yet to reveal the identity of Bathinda shooter
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Surveillance Footage Does NOT Show Nashville School Shooter Wearing Different Shoes And Pants
Does police body camera footage from the March 27, 2023, mass shooting at The Covenant School in Nashville, Tennessee, show that the active shooter had changed clothes and shoes sometime during the incident? No, that's not true: Two still