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Was this photo, purported to show the suspect in the April 2022 Brooklyn subway shootings, being circulated by official sources? No, that's not true: This man is not the suspect in the shootings, who is still at large and identified by authorities as Frank R. James, 62. This image shows comedian Sam Hyde and is a still taken from a…

Is a man named Samuyil Hyde the mysterious pilot known as the "Ghost of Kyiv"? No, that's not true: at this point in time it is still uncertain if the rumored pilot said to have downed six or more Russian planes over Ukraine even exists. But even if he was real his name wouldn't be Samuyil Hyde because the post…

Does this photo posted by the Twitter account @CaptainJenkem show the man who drove his vehicle into a Christmas parade in Waukesha, Wisconsin? No, that's not true: This photo is not recent and has a history of being used in pranks since 2015. This photo is not related to the Waukesha, Wisconsin, Christmas parade incident on November 21, 2021. Since…

Did authorities release an image of the RV that exploded in Nashville on December 25, 2020 that showed comedian Sam Hyde behind the wheel? No, that's not true: blaming the comedian for being the perpetrator of all sorts of terror attacks, shootings etc. has become a strange in-joke among trolls on the internet and it happens almost every time there…

Has Sam Hyde been identified as the person responsible for the massive explosion in Beirut? No, that's not true: Trolls on social media quickly started claiming that Lebanese investigators has identified the right-wing comedian as the "perpitrator" (misspelling is theirs) in the massive blast that hit the Port of Beirut on August 4, 2020. It is an internet tradition in…

Is the suspect in the ongoing active shooter situation in Nicetown, Philadelphia a right wing extremist named Sam Hyde? No, that's not true: every time a shooting happens certain online trolls start blaming the comedian for it in a weird in-joke. It is not known who the shooter is at this time. For more info on the shooting see here:…

Did President Trump's team appear to delete tweets where he used "invaders" to describe immigrants in the wake of the El Paso and Dayton attacks? No, that's not true: Tweets using the words "invaders" and "invasion" remained on the president's Twitter timeline a day after mass casualty shootings of August 3 and 4, 2019. The false claim originated in various…

Was the shooting in El Paso today perpetrated by someone named "Sam Hyde"? No, that's not true: trolls on Twitter quickly started claiming to have heard via police scanners that he was the shooter but it is an internet tradition in some circles to blame the comedian every time a mass casualty incident happens. An example of a tweet making…

Did a man named Sam Hyde open fire at a tram in the Dutch city of Utrecht today? No, that's not true: a shooting did happen there but internet trolls immediately started blaming the comedian for it like they do with every shooting or terrorism incident. The first tweet (archived here) we spotted was published by an account named "Caïn…

Was Sam Hyde one of the gunmen who opened fire at a Christchurch, New Zealand mosque on March 15, 2019? No, that's not true: unfortunately the shooting did happen, with latest reports putting the number of dead at 48, but Sam Hyde was not the shooter. Here is a roundup of the latest news about the shooting: Christchurch mosque shooting:…