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2023-02-15 15:23:44 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: 4651C4A1A33E8066F425D25CD795A14382302B1396FC2E955EE3432854BD38D5
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This is not a picture of the suspected shooter. It is a picture of Samuel Hyde. An American comedian. Since 2015, Hyde has been frequently misreported as the perpetrator of numerous mass shootings & other infamous incidents. https://www.bbc.com/news/blogs-trending-41467035 https://heavy.com/news/2017/11/sutherland-springs-sam-hyde/ https://www.newsweek.com/waukesha-suspect-misinformation-spread-fake-photo-suv-driver-shared-1651834 https://www.reuters.com/article/factcheck-ukraine-ghost/fact-check-comedian-sam-hyde-is-not-the-ghost-of-kyiv-idUSL1N2V50Z3
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