The claim: Wisconsin school shooter identified as 'Samuel Hyde' A Dec. 16 Threads post (direct link ... not "Samuel Hyde." Sam Hyde is a comedian who has been repeatedly and falsely linked ...

Ide." The photo in the post shows comedian Sam Hyde, who has been repeatedly and falsely linked to high-profile attacks for years. Social media users have wrongly linked comedian to shootings for ...

In 2016, Hyde was falsely identified on the message board as the attacker behind a series of bombings in New York City. That post said “BREAKING NEWS Reports confirming Sam Hyde as the NYC ...