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NBC News reports:
Xavier Kraus, who said he lived next door to the suspect and the suspect’s mother from August 2021 to September 2022, said he believes the claim that Aldrich is nonbinary is “a total troll on the community, and a total troll on the system.” Aldrich, he said, never used they/them pronouns with him or mentioned being nonbinary. Kraus said he and the suspect were close friends until a few months ago, when the two had a falling out. Aldrich made racist and homophobic statements, including saying they “hate faggots,” Kraus alleged.
Jared Holt, senior research manager at a global nonprofit combating online extremism and disinformation, said he was “immediately skeptical” of the Colorado suspect’s assertion. That skepticism only grew this week after NBC News reported that the FBI is looking into two websites connected to the suspect. Holt said the site reminds him of 4chan, a forum website that became popular in the early 2010s. People can post anonymously on the site, and it has become a home for violent extremists.
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My thoughts on the Colorado LGBTQ club mass shooter’s apparent sudden decision to identify as non binary in light of revelations about his internet historyhttps://t.co/HzcK2xbSJq pic.twitter.com/YPpIrAMZJf
— Jared Holt (@jaredlholt) December 10, 2022