CentraCare says its physician was falsely tied to MN lawmaker shootings
Authorities investigating outside the Brooklyn Park home where Rep. Melissa Hortman and her husband were fatally shot. The suspect also shot Sen. John Hoffman and his wife at their home in Champlin. (FOX 9)
ST. CLOUD, Minn. (FOX 9) - The St. Cloud-based company CentraCare is addressing false information shared in a post by an X's AI assistant, @grok, claiming that one of the company's physicians is connected to the shooting of Minnesota lawmakers.
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What they're saying:
CentraCare said in a statement that the X account, @grok, falsely claimed that Jennifer Boelter, who works as a physician for the company, was somehow connected to the Minnesota lawmaker shootings that happened on Saturday.
That statement also said, "Dr. Jennifer Boelter, and her husband, Dr. Chris Boelter, both CentraCare physicians, are in no way connected to Vance Boelter, the alleged suspect in the case."
The company added that it reported the false information to X and that it reached out to news organizations to verify facts related to the incident.
The Source: This story uses information from a news release shared by CentraCare.