After the May 6 mass shooting at the Allen Premium Outlets, misinformation spread as the public awaited official details from police. Here’s a look at some of the falsehoods.
, very little information has been shared by authorities and public officials.
After mass shootings in Texas, that anger is frequently aimed at Sen. Ted Cruz — but it’s partially amplified by tweets which falsely claim the senator uses the same tweet template after every mass-casualty tragedy.has duplicated the same tweet after every mass shooting in TX." Attached to the tweet was a screenshot purporting to show a dozen tweets from Cruz posted after mass shootings.
The doctored screenshot which falsely claims Cruz tweets the same thing has frequently gone viral after mass shootings over the past year. The one posted after the shooting in Allen had 2.2 million views and more than 3,000 retweets as of Monday morning. "Reports of the shooter have been circulating that the shooter was an illegal immigrant, but I CANNOT confirm this," tweeted another Twitter user to his 122,000 followers.
The same account later posted a picture of a man lying on the ground — possibly a victim of the Allen shooting — claiming he was the shooter.
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