Social media posts falsely claimed a Canadian teen, Silas Kruger, was responsible for a shooting at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention headquarters in Atlanta, Ga., on Friday that left a police officer and the suspect dead. In fact, authorities said 30-year-old Patrick Joseph White is the suspected shooter. Kruger's father, a Saskatchewan-based contractor and social media influencer, said his son lives in Canada and is the victim of an online troll group.

THE CLAIM

The man who attacked the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention headquarters in Atlanta, Ga., on Friday died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound after killing DeKalb County Police Officer David Rose, authorities said.

As the shooting unfolded Friday, some social media posts misidentified the suspect

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