Talk:Lakewood Church shooting

https://nypost.com/2024/02/11/news/cops-put-down-possible-shooter-outside-houston-area-church-reports/amp/

for the second suspect 70.58.22.56 (talk) 22:39, 11 February 2024 (UTC)

The New York Post is not a reputable source. elijahpepe@wikipedia (he/him) 22:47, 11 February 2024 (UTC)

There is consensus that the New York Post is generally unreliable for factual reporting especially with regard to politics. Polygnotus (talk) 23:35, 7 March 2024 (UTC)

criminal history

Should we include their pre-transition criminal history? https://www.foxnews.com/us/lakewood-church-shooting-suspect-identified-transgender-woman-long-criminal-record — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2601:646:9E02:6D60:A80E:6199:5902:DE42 (talk) 19:51, 12 February 2024 (UTC)

There is consensus Fox News is generally unreliable for the reporting of politics. Polygnotus (talk) 23:36, 7 March 2024 (UTC)

https://www.chron.com/news/houston-texas/article/lakewood-church-shooter-18662859.php — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2601:646:9E02:6D60:A80E:6199:5902:DE42 (talk) 20:08, 12 February 2024 (UTC)

gun used

this picture was released Gun used 70.58.22.56 (talk) 23:11, 12 February 2024 (UTC)

Nothing in that random reddit post suggests this is a reliably sourced fact. --ZimZalaBim ^talk 23:15, 12 February 2024 (UTC)

the pictures were released by houston pd and they said that was the gun used 70.58.22.56 (talk) 23:17, 12 February 2024 (UTC)

CNN

This is where I got the info: "used the name Jeffrey Moreno Carranza in a divorce case"

I hopeit's credible — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2602:306:BC74:6240:7D2E:2E31:8221:421C (talk) 01:21, 13 February 2024 (UTC)

Details on the shooter

So there seems to be a lot of misinformation going around about the shooter, especially in unreliable sources and social media, and some of that has been spilling over into the article. What actually is verifiable to reliable sources on her? Sideswipe9th (talk) 02:48, 13 February 2024 (UTC)

Why aren't updates from RS allowed?

Post-transition name being "Jeffrey Moreno". See CNN here:https://www.cnn.com/2024/02/12/us/joel-osteen-lakewood-church-shooting-monday/index.html

Or the antisemitic messages on the rifle? See NBC here: https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/shooter-joel-osteens-megachurch-used-rifle-bearing-word-palestine-offi-rcna138426 and AP here: https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/shooter-joel-osteens-megachurch-used-rifle-bearing-word-palestine-offi-rcna138426

I am afraid these very well sourced and relevant updates are being slow-walked here due to political bias. 2601:19E:427E:5F90:C254:FDEE:7EF0:9429 (talk) 20:28, 13 February 2024 (UTC)

Use of an alias is not the same as post transition name. I've yet to see any reliable sources reporting that the perpetrator is transgender (other than reports that were clarified in later reporting). Maybe a line could be added saying the perpetrator went by various different aliases, both male and female, but I'm not sure if it's relevance to this topic. Drrd777 (talk) 21:25, 13 February 2024 (UTC)

"Perpetrator" section

The following sentence has been repeatedly removed from the "Perpetrator" section.

"Far-right media outlets spread misinformation claiming that the shooter was a transgender woman."

References

I believe this passage is entirely fair and reflects the sources appropriately. One user called me a dolt and replaced this passage with one clearly massaged in a fashion that didn't even reflect the language in the source they linked. The other has just blanked it entirely and accused me of being an extremist, although I have to say I think this reading is actually pretty middle-of-the-road personally. Tdmurlock (talk) 11:23, 14 February 2024 (UTC)

I agree with your edit. Seems neutral and sourced to me. glman (talk) 14:23, 14 February 2024 (UTC)

But there's the question of what is the encyclopedic value? It doesn't actually tell us anything about the perpetrator, just what some places are incorrectly saying about them. Sourced or not, why mention it here? (Maybe for some larger events there's a "media response" section that could include something like this?) --ZimZalaBim ^talk 16:23, 14 February 2024 (UTC)

Vice and Vox are far-left media outlets that, if memory serves, have been deprecated. Also the shooter *did* in fact use male aliases so stating that the shooter was transgender might not be misinformation. It is far too early to smear the right when they might actually be correct here. 2603:6011:5905:4B01:5488:46C8:DF28:CC96 (talk) 20:54, 14 February 2024 (UTC)

Neither Vox nor Vice has been deprecated. I agree, more sources would be better. Also, the sentence reads that far-right sources claimed the shooter was a "transgender woman", which is accurate. glman (talk) 21:30, 14 February 2024 (UTC)

Added two more refs, articles from the Independent and AP News. glman (talk) 21:36, 14 February 2024 (UTC)

the articles sourced do not refer to which far right media outlets made the claim. They do refer to a tik-tok account but that's not really a news outlet or an actual media outlet. 23.87.25.140 (talk) 00:58, 27 February 2024 (UTC)

I've adjusted the wording to "commentators". glman (talk) 01:58, 27 February 2024 (UTC)

I agree that Vice and Vox are a bit hippy-dippy, but I have to say I think them referring to the attempts to frame to the shooter as trans as "misinformation" rather than disinformation demonstrate a disproportionate volume of restraint for such a purportedly "far-left" media outlet tbh. Tdmurlock (talk) 21:54, 14 February 2024 (UTC)

Again, I don't think this is a source issue, but a relevance issue. Why is it helpful to point out that some media outlets spread false information about the perp? Is there some other impact of that fact? --ZimZalaBim ^talk 22:39, 14 February 2024 (UTC)

It's relevant in that it illustrates the moral panic-based psychological tactics employed by the far-right against the backdrop of the 2020s anti-LGBT movement in the United States imho. Tdmurlock (talk) 23:48, 14 February 2024 (UTC)

That's an argument for perhaps listing this example in an article like 2020s anti-LGBT movement in the United States, but seems arbitrary to include here, frankly. The sentence is essentially about the media/moral panic, not about the perpetrator. --ZimZalaBim ^talk 17:25, 15 February 2024 (UTC)

The media misinformation is directly regarding the identity of the perpetrator. I fail to see how it doesn't belong here. glman (talk) 17:34, 15 February 2024 (UTC)

I ageee that this section should be separated from the “Perpetrator” section.

The segment describes an influential group of individuals and outlets casting the shooting as linked to a minority group. This shading is a recurring trend, and a sign of contemporary political messaging. Mrqwertyuiop (talk) 15:50, 14 April 2024 (UTC)

Also, if you legitimately think this edit -> "far-right media outlets spread misinformation claiming that the shooter was a transgender woman" seems "neutral" then wikipedia might not be the place for you. I'm sure Buzzfeed is hiring, though! 2603:6011:5905:4B01:5488:46C8:DF28:CC96 (talk) 20:57, 14 February 2024 (UTC)

The passage does seem to be mostly accurate, but I worry that it will come across as too politically accusatory. Rather than just being lie made up out of thin air, this confusion was because the shooter had previously used numerous aliases, including a male one, but there's no indication that she ever actually identified as male. 2601:2C4:781:EA40:6D26:816A:634D:4FA4 (talk) 23:36, 14 February 2024 (UTC)

Agree that it seems highly partisan. There was significant confusion caused by the revelation that the shooter identified as male i.e. Jeffrey hence the tranny confusion. It seems she used at least one male alias, and her preferred alias was male, but she was never trans. The 'misinformation' claim needs to be balanced by this confusion factor in order to avoid being a purely partisan attack. Even the clarification article I read - the first mentioning the tranny issue, was itself very confusing and I had to read it several times to clarify she wasn't trans, and some readers remained confused. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 121.45.152.70 (talk) 01:17, 16 February 2024 (UTC)

If you have reliable sources covering this confusion, please drop them here and I will add! glman (talk) 01:56, 27 February 2024 (UTC)

the shooter identified as Jeffrey Escalante in the past and was arrested under this Alias previously many times. Via the independent 12.222.24.18 (talk) 05:06, 27 February 2024 (UTC)

Does anyone view the passage below as violating NPOV? (All statements are sourced; see this version of the article for them.)

• Moreno previously used the alias Jeffery Escalante; although she at no point was identified as anything other than a cisgender female, her use of this alias caused far-right commentators, including Libs of TikTok and Fox News, to spread misinformation claiming that the shooter was a transgender woman. Fox News later edited its article to remove the claim. Republican politicians, including Ted Cruz, Donald Trump Jr., Marjorie Taylor Greene, and Josh Hawley promoted the claim, arguing it was part of a larger trend of trans violence. However, this claim contradicts statistics that trans people are far more likely to be victims than perpetrators of violence.

TypistMonkey (talk) 22:10, 2 March 2024 (UTC)

I don't see a problem with it. The last line suggested original synthesis to me, but no, that's what is reported in the sources. It seems so well sourced to me, that any POV is from the reliable sources. My two cents. _signed, Willondon (talk) 22:26, 2 March 2024 (UTC) P.S. after reading some discussion above: a particular identified group looking bad isn't the same thing as a non-neutral point of view.

Comments from neighbors

I added this to the reaction section. Someone else deleted it, and commented that we need a better source than Fox News:

For years before the shooting, Moreno's neighbors had repeatedly complained to the police that they were terrified of her. After the shooting, Fox News reported that neighbors had complained that "law enforcement and elected officials failed to adequately respond to their near-constant outcry." One neighbor was quoted as saying, "Four years I’ve been through hell. I have reported this, reported this, reported this, and it’s gone on deaf ears." Another neighbor said, "I knew it was only a matter of time before she did something... We did something, we said something... We cannot do anything more than what we did. We tried to stop this. We tried to help her, we tried to help us, and we tried to help the public."

I searched for one of the quotes, and found this other article from the Mirror. It that a valid source?

https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/us-news/lakewood-church-shooter-would-aim-32120379

Anyway, if this content can be reliably sourced, it should be in the article. This entire incident was completely predictable and preventable, and a lot of people who knew this person had tried to prevent it from happening.

Mn06hithere227 (talk) 21:40, 16 February 2024 (UTC)

Consulting Wikipedia:Reliable sources/Perennial sources, it seems the Daily Mirror assessment notes some concerns about its reliability. _signed, Willondon (talk) 22:44, 16 February 2024 (UTC)

How about ABC then? https://abc13.com/lakewood-church-shooting-genesse-moreno-conroe-police-report-gulfstream-road-calls-for-service/14425508/ 172.59.186.110 (talk) 17:17, 17 February 2024 (UTC)

ABC is listed there as being generally reliable. _signed, Willondon (talk) 18:21, 17 February 2024 (UTC)

References

Violence against boys

How is this not an incident of violence against a boy? MagicatthemovieS (talk) 18:17, 23 February 2024 (UTC)

Can you provide some context to your comment? Is this in response to an edit someone made to this article, statement in this article, etc? –Novem Linguae (talk) 22:02, 1 March 2024 (UTC)

Middle name

https://abc7chicago.com/genesse-ivonne-moreno-mental-illness-lakewood-megachurch-shooter/14419218/ calls her "Genesse Ivonne Moreno". Should we include this middle name? Polygnotus (talk) 22:01, 7 March 2024 (UTC)

Shooting of 47-year-old man - not confirmed as by the perpetrator

This text: She shot a 47-year-old man in the leg, wounding him.

is not supported by its citations, which do not assign the shooting to Moreno, instead leaving the source of the bullet undefined.

One might assume that Moreno did not intend harm as, armed with a powerful rifle, in a busy area, and firing multiple shots - it appears she only wanted to fire in the air.

Without further information, we cannot conclude that the bullet came from her rifle. Mrqwertyuiop (talk) 01:18, 22 March 2024 (UTC)

Per the CNN article [1]: "Moreno, wearing a trench coat, wounded a 47-year-old man" glman (talk) 14:43, 22 March 2024 (UTC)

I think we should get more evidence in support of the CNN article position. Surely, other outlets would have received the same information, but there is no evidence of that.

there’s surprisingly little update on this story. Mrqwertyuiop (talk) 15:42, 14 April 2024 (UTC)

Remove politicized material

At the end of the article it says that trans violence was called out as to be increasing. This is true. But immediately after there is a line that says a study showing they are more likley to be victims contradicts that claim. That is not a contradiction both can be true at the same time. That shouldnt be there at all it is purely political in nature meant to refute the claim. If people want to investigate that claim they can search for trans violence and get both stats. 2605:A601:A5C9:7E00:7064:ACA8:3B2F:15BD (talk) 14:58, 27 March 2024 (UTC)

The first sentence is a claim from pundits, not a fact. The second sentence provides actual details. If you have a source showing "trans violence" to be increasing, please provide it and we can discuss adding it. glman (talk) 15:19, 27 March 2024 (UTC)