Social Media Posts Make Baseless Claims About Gender Identity of Uvalde Shooter

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Police are still investigating the shooting at an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas, but as of May 26 they had shared no evidence about the shooter’s gender identity. Despite that lack of evidence, Rep. Paul Gosar and others claimed the gunman was transgender. Social media posts making the baseless claim have shared photos of a person unrelated to the attack.

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Hours after officials Salvador Ramos, 18, as the gunman who at an elementary school in Uvalde,