Interviews with Uvalde victim's family spur baseless crisis actors conspiracy theory
After the May 24 shooting massacre of 19 elementary school children and two adults in Uvalde, Texas, some social media posts began perpetuating a conspiracy theory about one of the victim's families.
A video clip shared in a May 29 Facebook post shows CNN host Anderson Cooper interviewing Angel Garza, identified in the chyron as the father of Amerie Jo Garza, a 10-year-old girl who died during the shooting. The post also includes portions of NBC News host Savannah Guthrie's interview with another man identifying himself as Amerie's father.
"Two men claim to be the father of the same child who allegedly died in the school. Maybe they're gay and are both her parents but did separate interviews," reads the caption of the post. "Doubtful. More likely crisis actors. And the dude in the cap is a poor actor at that."
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But the claim is false.
USA TODAY found no evidence the men are crisis actors. Cooper interviewed Amerie's stepfather, while Guthrie interviewed her biological father. Various news reports and Amerie's obituary make it clear that the two men have different identities.
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