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The 5 November 2017 mass shooting at Sutherland Springs First Baptist Church in Texas led to the spread of a number of rumors and hoaxes, among the latter a claim that the perpetrator was an atheist and was on the payroll of the Democratic National Committee (DNC): An initial red flag in this report was mention of someone named Raymond Peter Littleberry having been identified as the shooter, even though police affirmed the assailant was named Devin Patrick Kelley. But an even bigger indicator that this tale was completely fabricated was that it originated with the web site Freedum Junkshun, a fake news site whose disclaimer notes that the site's content is pure satirical fiction:
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