WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Ahead of the annual Blueberry Festival in Marshall County, Indiana, in early September, a woman broadcast a warning to her neighbours on Facebook.
"I just heard there's supposed to be a mass shooting tonight at the fireworks," the woman, whose name is held to protect her privacy, said in a post in a private Facebook Group with over 5,000 members. "Probably just a rumour or kids trying to scare people, but everyone keep their eyes open," she said in the post, which was later deleted.
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