An image saying that U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg was arrested as a teenager in 1998 for killing several dogs was created by a social media account that has since been suspended.
The image (archived) circulating online includes two different pictures and the text: “Why won’t anyone discuss why a teenage Buttigieg strangled 5 dogs?
@CNN @washingtonpost @nytimes.”One picture shows a newspaper folded in half, so the name of the publication only reads “South Ben.” It says that a local teenager named Pete Buttigieg was arrested on suspicion of killing at least five dogs.
There is no story about a teenager arrested for killing dogs or involving Buttigieg.
A news clipping saying Pete Buttigieg killed dogs in high school is fabricated.
Persons:
Pete Buttigieg, ”, “ Demoniacs, Alan Achkar, Buttigieg’s, Read
Organizations:
Transportation, Facebook, Reuters, South Bend Tribune, Thomson
Locations:
Ben