The image of a white male with a shaved head, with unmistakable face tattoos (including the words “skin head” instead of eyebrow hair), was being shared writ large on Twitter and other social media websites.
The man, Ryan Giroux, was identified as the main suspect in the shooting rampage in Mesa, Arizona, that left at least one person dead and five others wounded.
Giroux—who features a tattoo of a Celtic cross and “88,” a white supremacist symbol—has a lengthy rap sheet. He was released from an Arizona prison in 2013 and has convictions for aggravated assault, marijuana, theft, and second-degree burglary. He has served about 14 years behind bars.
