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Misinformation and conspiracy theories were spreading online after an assassination attempt on former U.S. President Donald Trump at a campaign rally on Saturday.
Thomas Matthew Crooks, 20, was alleged to have shot at the Republican presidential candidate from a rooftop during the rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, wounding Trump's right ear. One spectator died and two others were injured.
Reuters has fact-checked some of the most widely shared narratives online.
Within hours of the shooting, an image surfaced, opens new tab online of a man dressed in a black sweatshirt, hat and black sunglasses. Social media posts said the man was “Antifa extremist” Mark Violets and that he was named by local police as the suspect in the assassination attempt.
However, the man in the photograph is Marco Violi, opens new tab, who had nothing to do with the shooting. Violi is an Italian sports writer who shares content, opens new tab on the Italian soccer team AS Roma.