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Social media posted to X showing people sitting in a bathroom and flashing at the moment when 15 -year -old Natalie Lupunou, who killed himself in Madison, Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, showed a person sitting in the bathroom. The gesture of the hand that became a symbol of the white hegemony that the account killed himself.
When the news about shooting was broken, another X user answered “live stream it.”
Extreme researchers believe that the second account is currently belonging to the 17 -year -old Solomon Henderson. He says he walked to a high school cafeteria in Nashville, Tennessee, fired 10 shots, and killed himself. Another X account archive linked to him indicates that he posted a similar photo to Rupnow at the last moment.
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There is no evidence that Rupnow and Henderson have plotted the attack together, but the extreme researchers who tracked social media activities are Wisconsin Watch and Propublica, and two teenagers praise the masses of the masses. He said he was working on the same online network as he was. In various social media platforms, the network exchanges hatred men with terrorist literature, effectively commit attacks, and encourage hints on how to encourage each other.
Researchers have tracked these networks for several months as part of a job to consider the growth of online extremist networks, which are growing throughout the game, chat, and social media platforms.
Researchers’ analysis found only a few cases that seemed to interact directly between Rupnow and Henderson. However, in a few days, a few days, and a few weeks following Madison’s shooting, Henderson seemed to have stuck to Luphnow. He is X, Rupnow and he boasts that it is a common Internet term for following each other, and said, “I am now a mutual with the people who are the shooters of a real school. I shared another post that said.
A few hours after Natalie Rupenault fired at a school in Madison, Solomon Henderson posted to X many times, supported her, and boasted that they were “mutual”. Credit: Get Wisconsin Watch and Propobika. Screenshot by Propublica. It was blurred by Propublica.
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It is impossible to completely know that online accounts belong to specific people without specialized access to devices and accounts from law enforcement agencies. The Metropolitan Nashville Police Station acknowledges two documents created by Henderson. Both include details about his social media account. Other researchers and groups, including Mark Andre Argentino, a Canadian extremist expert, and other researchers, have also determined that they are likely to belong to Henderson.
Extreme researchers have linked their accounts to Rupnow. Rupnow clarified the details of the general biography, including personal acquaintances, and linked her to Samantha by tracking her activities with several social media profiles living in Wisconsin. In the bathroom post, the one whose account was interacted regularly was introduced to Rupnow by her nickname “SAM”. Wisconsin Watch and Propobika have been able to verify the connection between social media posts and accounts by tracing researchers’ steps through an archived social media account and screenshot.
Thursday, ABC News quoted a source of information from the law enforcement agency to report that Henderson -related social media accounts could have contacted Rupnow social media accounts. The information reviewed by Wisconsin Watch and Propobika details the suspicious connection and interaction. Almost all accounts linked to Rupnow and Henderson are currently suspended.
A spokeswoman at the Madison Police Station knows that Agency knows that Rupnow is “very active in social media,” and receiving documents from high -tech companies is “just started.” Nashville Police said there was nothing to add beyond the previous statement.
The 14 -year -old (14 years old) and 42 -year -old Erin West were killed in Madison’s rich Christian school. 16 -year -old Josselin corea Escalante has died at Nashville Antiochia High School. Both attackers also committed suicide.
Rupnow and Henderson had multiple X accounts, respectively, and extremist researchers told Wissonsin Watch and Propublica. At the time of her attack, Rupnow was only to the other 13 users. Two of these accounts are linked to Henderson.
In November, Lupeno shared posts from Henderson. Henderson seemed to want a happy veteran day for a man who killed more than 12 people at Austin School in Austin, Texas in 1966.
After Madison’s attack, someone wrote a letter to Henderson and others in X and said that one of their “friends” might have “shot up the school.” Henderson told another user, “I barely knew her,” and he had never exchanged a private message with her. After that, on page 51 screed on page 51 that the Nashville police is considering, he emulates and praised past attackers, including Rupnow, and said, “I can’t help but loosen through the online messaging platform. “
After Rupnow’s shooting, Henderson calls her “Sain stress”, uses a general term in the network, posts or re -shared for dozens of times, and ghostal genocide online pelsonas and her. Celebrated the fact that was taken. On one platform, he used her photos as his profile photo. In his work, he wrote the name of Rupenau, his weapon and the names of other perpetrators of gear.
Online networks where two teenagers live have a variety of impacts, ideology, and aesthetics. With a variety of commitments and honesty, they return to white supremacists, anti -Underwater, racist, neo -natels, occults, or devil beliefs.
In this online world, the influence of the currency is violence. This violence is often involved in children and teenagers who hurt other children and teenagers. Some encourage documentation and self -harm by performing mass attacks in the unlimited world.
“This network is the most explained as an online subculture that celebrates violent attacks and violates young people,” said one of violence prevention researchers. “Many of the individuals involved in this network are minors, and we look at intervening to give them the help and support they need for their own safety and people around them. I want. “
These communities, including TerrorGram, 764, COM, have sexual abuse materials for children, sexually exploit their children, invite hatred crimes, and invite the murder of federal officials. I am engaged in online and offline activities that led to the conviction of. 。 The lawsuit is on hold, and the defendant has not submitted an answer to the court. This month, the US State Department designated a terrorism group as a terrorist organization, and said, “This group promotes violent white supremacy, seeks attacks on the perceived enemies, and gives guidance and guidance and guidance on attack tactics, methods, and targets. Infrastructure and government staff.
When the details of the Nashville shooting began to appear, the researchers noticed that they had seen some of the Henderson accounts and posts in the network of about 100 users they were tracking. They previously reported Henderson and one user name of another account in the network to the enforcement agency and submitted some reports to a national center for a missing and exploited child.
They did not recognize the Rupnow account before her attack, but after the facts, she was able to find her in the network.
Alex New House, an extremist researcher at Colorado University Boulder, imitates past attackers to attack each other to perform past attacks and enact past violence. He said he had a long history. Henderson was involved in online. “Antiochia is a very obvious imitation,” said New House.
Henderson’s diary indicates that he was thinking about an attack a few months ago, but her shooting was his attention. A few hours later he retweeted another post. (RW is an abbreviation of the right wing.)
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However, the two teenage young people entered this online subculture, and their work revealed their personal life and their despair about their worlds around them, and expressed their violent and hated views. 。
After Madison’s shooting, another social media user focused on their associations and accused Henderson and others in advance. They said, “I need to be trapped,” said the poster, “I have no questions.”
The FBI refused to comment. After Henderson’s attack, social media users returned to tweets.
Mollie Simon has contributed to the research.
