Yesterday, as you undoubtedly heard, there was a school shooting in Perry, Iowa in which a 6th grader was murdered and five other people were injured. The shooter--17 year old Dylan Butler--apparently also took his own life. Interestingly, Butler is reported to have been "an LGBTQ student who identified with the pronouns 'he/they' and 'gender fluid.'" Butler apparently posted a video to TikTok just before the shooting.
An emoji of the gay Pride flag was featured in the TikTok page's bio and an image of an anime girl was selected as the profile's avatar. In another TikTok video, the account used the hashtag "genderfluid." Using an identical profile picture on Instagram, user @DylanSayWhat212 identified as trans non-binary with "he/they" pronouns. However, the account has also since been scrubbed.
According to a series of Reddit posts that Butler appears to have authored, he interacted with transgender and "femboy" forums.
In response to the question "For those who haven't started transitioning yet. What's holding you back?" posted to the r/Trans subreddit, the username u/Dylanpickle1996 replied, "I don't want to look ugly." Other replies were comments on pornographic ocntent. Over on the platform X, formerly Twitter, the since-suspended account @DylanSayWhat212, under the screenname "Dylan Jesse," professed his love for My Little Pony and "f*cking furries" while replying to a Happy Pride Month post. Officials have yet to verify these social media posts—all of which were subsequently deleted in the aftermath of Thursday's tragedy.
I think this is what a detective would call a clue.
Trans-status confirmed, cover up in 3 . . . 2 . . . 1. . .
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