This post will be updated as more hoaxes surface.
At least 20 people were killed and more than 100 were injured in an active shooting incident on the Las Vegas Strip late Sunday night. Police have confirmed that "one suspect is down" and they do not believe there are any more shooters. Authorities are looking to talk to a "female companion" as a possible person of interest. Within minutes of reports of the shooting hitting Twitter, trolls started flooding social media with fake information.
About a dozen accounts have been circulating a photo of comedian Sam Hyde.
Sharing photos of Hyde after a mass shooting have been a meme among far-right trolls.
This fake victim "Taylor Joshuas" is being spread by an anonymous troll account.
The picture appears to have originated from a Snapchat and Instagram user named @tiinytaylor.
from BuzzFeed - USNews http://ift.tt/2ySgelh
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