Was Samuel Hydén (or Sam Hyde) the perpetrator of a school shooting in Örebro, Sweden, on February 4, 2025? No, that's not true: Comedian Sam Hyde is often named as the perpetrator by internet trolls whenever a mass-casualty incident happens. It is a bizarre in-joke that has been going on for years, often using variations of his name to make it sound more local.
This time the claim showed up in an X post (archived here) published on February 4, 2025 after a school shooting that killed several people in Örebro, Sweden. The post read:
School shooter in Örebro confirmed to be Samuel Hydén, 22 year old male. Suspect shot himself but police still on their toes making sure the danger is really over
#örebro #Sweden #tragedy #terror
This is what the post looked like:
(Source: screenshot of an x.com post taken by Lead Stories on February 4, 2025 at 19:21:14 UTC)
'Sam Hyde is the killer' meme
As part of a bizarre internet in-joke, comedian Sam Hyde gets blamed for almost every mass shooting or headline-grabbing assasination that happens, often within minutes of the event. The joke originally started on 4chan and has been perpetuated for years by various troll accounts.
You can read our previous fact checks mentioning his name here.
