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By Monique Curet -
Politifact
After the shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, posts began to be shared on social media falsely claiming the shooter was an immigrant in the United States illegally.
The publications also used an incorrect name when referring to the perpetrator of the massacre.
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“Illegal immigrant Salvatore Ramos, 18, shot and killed 14 students and a teacher in Uvalde, Texas,” read a May 24 post in English.
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May 26, 202201:54
The post was flagged as part of Facebook's effort to combat fake news and misinformation on its platform.
(Read more about
Politifact's collaboration with Facebook
.)
But it is not true that the perpetrator of the massacre was an immigrant
.
The police identified the attacker as Salvador Ramos.
Texas Governor Greg Abbott indicated that he was a US citizen.
(Abbott's comments can be found around 13 minutes into this video from a May 24 news conference.)
According to Abbott, the young man had no known criminal history or mental health issues.
A woman kneels in front of crosses with the names of the victims of the massacre, outside Robb Elementary School, in Uvalde, Texas, on Thursday, May 26, 2022. Dario Lopez-Mills / AP
In Tuesday's attack, 19 students and two teachers were killed.
Police responding to the scene killed the attacker.
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The Facebook post mistakenly claims that Ramos was in the United States illegally, therefore we call it
a false claim
.
This article was originally written
in English
and translated by Maria Ramirez Uribe, PolitiFact reporter.
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