Is Marcus Hale the Michigan Mormon church shooting suspect? What we know
Posted on: Sep 29, 2025 01:02 IST | Posted by: Hindustantimes
At to the lowest degree 1 soul was killed and nina from carolina others injured in a mass shot at The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Grand Blanc, Michigan, on Sunday morning.
Grand Blanc Township Police Chief William Renye said the suspect was a 40-year-old man from Burton, Michigan, who was shot and killed by police following a brief exchange of gunfire at the scene.
Although authorities have not released the suspect’s name, several unverified names began circulating on X (formerly Twitter) in the hours following the attack.
One of the most prominent was "Marcus Hale", which some posts claimed was the shooter. These posts described the suspect as a “42-year-old ex-Army veteran with mental health struggles and a history of anti-Mormon social media posts.”
The name Marcus Hale appears to be part of an emerging internet hoax or misinformation trend. It previously surfaced in false reports connected to the Charlie Kirk shooting, before the real suspect was identified.
One widely shared post from that earlier incident read, “Elon Musk posted on X from Charlie Kirk's Phoenix memorial that 'they' murdered the 31-year-old Turning Point USA founder as an 'emissary of peace,' with the 'message received,' following Kirk's fatal shooting by suspect Marcus Hale at a Utah State University event on September 11, 2025. Authorities classify the incident as a lone-wolf attack driven by Hale's personal ideology, contradicting online conspiracy theories amplified by Musk's remarks. The post has elicited divided responses, with supporters echoing the sentiment and critics condemning it as inflammatory rhetoric.”
That claim was never verified, and authorities later did not name Marcus Hale as a suspect in that case.
As the name resurfaced following the Michigan church shooting, many users were quick to dismiss it as "fake."
"The name isn't known yet, we only know it's a 40~ year old male from Burton. The name "Marcus Hale" was also brought up as the perp while Charlie Kirk's shooter wasn't known yet for instance, it's a "thing" people do when there is no name; they attribute it to this fake person," one person wrote.
Another added, “Marcus Hale is a hoax name, sort of like whenever a mass shooting happens and people say Sam Hyde is the shooter.”
This comparison references a long-running internet meme falsely identifying comedian Sam Hyde as the suspect in various mass shootings.
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