Havnt given up trying to paint all your political rivals the same as a few tiny fringe minorities, I see. Is your reality really that simplistic, or do you just think everyone else's reality is that simplistic?
Probably not, depending on the original source of the first report it was most likely some ill informed blogger publishing a rumor which then went 'mainstream'. Which is why I always trust first reports of anything like this with a grain of salt. People tend to forget it always takes time to process a crime scene and get the facts straight.