Nancy Mace faces a violent reaction to falsely identify man as a shooter of the USC campus

The representative Nancy Mace (RS.C.) faces a violent reaction after publishing a photo of a man who falsely described as a campus shooter after an active shooting reports on the campus of the University of South Carolina on Sunday.

The University sent an alert on Sunday around 6:30 pm to its students and the staff about an active shooter who, according to the reports, had been seen near the Thomas Cooper library.

School officials initially described the suspect as “white 6 -foot high white man with black pants” in a alert.

Mace, whose son attends the university, warned in a Publication deleted from Sunday that the “alleged shooter” was a “white man” who wore “black shorts, gray shirt, backpack”, according to multiple Points. Next to the publication, she included a photo of a man walking along the campus with an object in her hand.

But that image was never launched by the police, and it turned out that there was never a shooter at all.

Another university alert Sent around 7:10 pm said there was no evidence of an active shooter, although the police were still looking in the area. The reports of active shooters turned out to be part of a swelling hoax, a school spokesman later He told CNN.

Although there were no shots, false reports caused panic. School officials confirmed that several students were treated by lifeguards for minor injuries that occurred during evacuation.

And MACE’s wrong image caused indignation of some users of social networks for how it contributed to the situation.

AP Photo/Alex Brandon

Right -wing commentator Matt Walsh made fun of Mace, sarcastically writing“Really grateful for Nancy Mace. She bravely alerted the public about the dangers that a guy took an umbrella.”

Another user x called Mace for being “irresponsible” writing“She eliminated him but my God, how irresponsible can Nancy Mace be?”

Someone more argued that Mace exchange of the photo could have become mortal.

“The South Carolina Police says that there is no shooter on the USC campus. The image shared by @nancymace was obtained from X, and it was from a student who had an umbrella”, “them”, “them”, “them”, “them”, ” wrote. “The image was not published by the Police or an official authority, and it could have turned out to kill him.”

A separate user hit Mace for never apologizing for his dangerous mistake.

“If you thought Nancy Mace was going to apologize after spending her day falsely accusing a child with an umbrella of being a school shooter, you thought badly.” wrote.

“Real, or a hoax, or an error, now it would be an appropriate time to talk about hardened security in schools of all grades, schools and universities,” he wrote on Sunday. “This was a terrifying experience for students on campus and their families.

Mace added: “Many are confused after they were told that there was an active shooter. Some are even afraid to return.”

A Mace spokesman did not respond immediately to News themezone’s request for comments.

In a mailMace said he had been “calling frantically” his son, who attends the university, during the incident. He also thanked the police for their “fast” and “professional” response.