▁revolution ." ▁Some ▁reports ▁f als ely ▁claimed ▁that ▁he ▁target ed ▁the ▁church ▁because ▁they ▁were ▁" white ▁conserv atives ". ▁U . S . ▁Represent ative ▁Vic ente ▁González ▁twice ▁incorrectly ▁named ▁the ▁shoot er ▁as ▁" Sam ▁Hy de ", ▁a ▁com ed ian ▁who ▁is ▁often ▁j ok ingly ▁referred ▁to ▁as ▁the ▁perpet r ator ▁on ▁social ▁media . ▁González ▁said ▁that ▁he ▁had ▁been ▁given ▁that ▁name ▁by ▁officials . ▁ ▁Cons pi racy ▁theories ▁circul ated ▁at ▁the ▁hospital ▁where ▁vict ims ▁were ▁being ▁treated . ▁According ▁to ▁The ▁Washington ▁Post , ▁a ▁group ▁of ▁women ▁who ▁said ▁they ▁knew ▁the ▁vict ims ▁were ▁over he ard ▁discuss ing ▁the ▁shooting ▁as ▁a ▁false ▁flag ▁operation ▁designed ▁to ▁manipulate ▁the ▁public ▁towards ▁some ▁ne f ari ous ▁end . ▁The ▁Post ▁rep orter ▁sought ▁to ▁in quire ▁further , ▁but ▁the ▁women ▁pushed ▁her ▁away , ▁saying , ▁" She ▁[ the ▁rep orter ] ▁is ▁part ▁of ▁it ▁[ the ▁consp i racy ], " ▁after ▁which ▁the ▁rep orter ▁was ▁removed ▁from ▁the ▁hospital ▁by ▁police . ▁The ▁mis information ▁mirror ed ▁similar ▁events ▁in ▁the ▁after math ▁of ▁the ▁Las ▁Veg as ▁shooting ▁a ▁few ▁weeks ▁earlier , ▁in ▁which ▁perpet r ator ▁Stephen ▁P add ock ▁was ▁f als ely ▁linked ▁to ▁left ist ▁and ▁Islam ist ▁groups . ▁ ▁In ▁ 2 0 1 8 , ▁two ▁consp i racy ▁the or ists , ▁J odi ▁Mann ▁and ▁Robert ▁Us ser