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Misinformation: Social media shares wrong mugshot in downtown Orlando shooting

Jaylen Edgar arrested on murder charges

ORLANDO, Fla. – Shortly after a mass shooting left two dead, six wounded and one other person trampled and injured early Friday in downtown Orlando, social media lit up with a mugshot that users claimed to be the culprit.

The only problem is that it wasn’t him.

News 6 reporter Erik Sandoval did a Google image search and was able to backtrack where the image posted on social media originated.

The photo that went viral showed the mugshot of 16-year-old Santana Cooper, who was arrested this week on murder charges in Kentucky.

The 17-year-old arrested in the Orlando shooting was identified as Jaylen Edgar (pictured in an Orlando police social media post below).

Edgar faces two counts of first-degree murder with a firearm and six counts of attempted first-degree murder with a firearm.

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