Las Vegas Mass Shooting: Are the victims of the massacre really actors?

The Las Vegas mass shooting that took place on 1 October, 2017 was one of the hideous incidents that we would remember for ages. The gunman openly fired at the people who were there to attend the Route 91 Harvest music festival. The attack left 58 people dead and 546 people were injured, later the culprit, Stefen Paddock, 64 years old man, was found dead in his room where he shot himself.

It has been almost a month now that the incident happened but it is still in the back of the mind. A conspiracy theory has been travelling all over the social media where certain conspiracy theorists are accusing the victims of being actors. According to media reports, there are many YouTube channels who have been making conspiracy videos related to the mass shooting trying to prove that it was all just a hoax intentionally created by the government.

Since, the culprit shot himself dead there was no conclusion found to the step he took. Therefore, the unproven theories have got there way through the common people. Some of the people have also alleged that the tragedy was all staged by anti-gun activists. However, none of these theories have any solid evidence but they do claim that some of the victims have been earlier seen at the previously occured tragedies.

The victims are been personally targeted on social media and also threatened, which has led to disabling their social media accounts. Braden Matjeka, a victim who took a bullet to his head had to face comments of facebook users who accused him of being an actor. “You are a lying piece of shit and I hope someone truly shoots you in the head,” a facebook user commented on his post.

Braden further deleted his account but he was still targeted on the YouTube channels. This harassment has been continuing since the release of the theories. The videos are definitely gaining popularity if we refer to the number of views and people seem really influenced by the conspiracy theories.