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On 27 March 2017, the web site True Trumpers posted a story blaming a Muslim refugee for a shooting in Cincinnati before quickly contradicting itself. As other web sites have done, True Trumpers used an actual incident that it then embellished to advance a specific political agenda. In this case, the story centers around a nightclub mass shooting a day earlier that resulted in the death of 27 year-old O'Bryan Spikes and injuries to sixteen other people inside the building. The headline for the story blamed a Muslim refugee for the shooting, while also promising that Donald Trump was going to deport them all. The story immediately undermined its own premise: The story was republished verbatim on another questionable site with a different misleading headline, saying that Ohio Gov. John Kasich (R) was about to address the nation but failing to substantiate that claim. In reality, two men — neither identified as either refugees or Muslims — were charged in connection with the shooting. One suspect, 29 year-old Deondre Davis, died on 4 April 2017, from injuries he sustained during the incident. Authorities believe that Davis killed Spikes. The surviving suspect, 27 year-old Cornell Beckley, was charged with murder. Spikes's family announced on 18 April 2017 that it would pursue a civil lawsuit against not only the suspects, but Cincinnati police and the owner and landlord of the Cameo nightclub, where the shooting took place.
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