4chan users did their best to throw the media off by posting photos of who we all originally thought was the Umpqua Community College shooter. "I think it says a lot about the state of journalism and its complete madness," stated Anthony Fantano, the popular music video blogger for The Needle Drop who was mistaken for 26-year-old Chris Harper Mercer.

The night before Mercer gunned down nine people and left over a dozen others wounded, he received several tips and messages from his 4chan supporters. As the tragedy unfolded on Thursday (Oct. 1), many of them began posting photos of Fantano instead of Mercer, which media outlets immediately picked up due to their striking resemblance to one another.

Fantano has since made plans to either send a cease and desist letter to or ask for a retraction from SBS News, the Australia-based news organization who identified him as the shooter. Hear what Anthony had to say about the entire ordeal above.

Source: Complex