How Did Bad Information About Englewood Cop Shooting Spark Looting? – CBS2 (Chicago)

Between 3:47 p.m. and 6:36 p.m., investigators found example after example of people erroneously tweeting out that the victim was a 15 year old boy and that he had been shot — according to some inaccurate tweets — as many as 15 times. And this information was then shared and retweeted by thousands of followers online. In reality, the shooter was 20, armed and shot at police officers, according to CPD.