WASHINGTON (AP) — Misleading claims about the neo-Nazi gunman responsible for Saturday's mass shooting at a Dallas-area shopping center are reverberating across Twitter, in large part because of Twitter owner Elon Musk.

What You Need To Know

• While communities continue to grieve after Saturday's mass shooting in Allen, Texas, Twitter owner Elon Musk is spreading misleading claims about the gunman


• Musk questioned whether the gunman, Mauricio Garcia, had an account on a Russian social media platform; he also suggested that background information about Garcia could be a "psyop"


• Garcia was wearing a "Right Wing Death Squad" patch when he was killed by police. Authorities and independent researchers have confirmed his interest in far-right extremism and white supremacism


• Despite this, Musk took to Twitter to express his doubts about the shooter's background in a tweet that was viewed over 3 million times. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga. also spread false claims about the shooter

Musk has questioned whether the man identified by authorities as the shooter, Mauricio Garcia, really had an account on a Russian social media platform, and Musk suggested that revelations about the shooter's background could be a “psyop,” or psychological operation, in which the public is misled about the real details of the shooting.

Garcia proclaimed his white supremacist views on social media and sported Nazi tattoos. Authorities and independent researchers have confirmed his interest in...

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