After an 18-year-old gunman opened fire at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, killing 19 children and two adults, some social media posts claim an off-duty Border Patrol agent took down the suspect.
"The man that killed the school shooter in Texas wasn't even an on duty officer!!" reads a Facebook post shared May 28. "It was a parent and spouse of a 4th grade teacher, he just happened to be a border patrol agent...That mans name is Jacob Albarado and he is the true hero in this story."
The post includes four images of Albarado and a purported backstory that he received a text from his wife that there was an active shooter at the school while he was getting a haircut. He then "rushed to the school" and "evacuated his wife and daughter and went back in and shot the suspect," the post claims.
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The post generated over 137,000 shares and 30,000 interactions in less than a week. Similar posts have amassed thousands more interactions on Facebook and Instagram.
But the claim is false.
Albarado told USA TODAY he never shot Salvador Ramos, the 18-year-old Texas shooting suspect. He only evacuated children at the site of the shooting.
USA TODAY reached out to the social media users who shared the claim for comment.
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