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One person killed in shooting near mosque in Columbus, Ohio

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One person was killed Monday in a shooting in a neighborhood near a mosque in Columbus, Ohio, police said. Police said the shooting grew out of an altercation that began as a dispute at a nearby apartment complex, and that it was not an attack on the mosque or connected to the building or the people inside. Federal agents from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives responded to the scene. Breitbart News reports that one other person was wounded.

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What happened

Key points

Each point shows who reports it, from Far Left to Far Right.

  1. One person was killed in a shooting near a mosque in Columbus, Ohio, on Monday.

    Reported byLeft1Right1Far Right2See the outletsHide the outlets
    Left
    CBS News
    Right
    The Washington Times
    Far Right
    Breitbart News, The Epoch Times

  2. Police said the shooting was not connected to the mosque or to the people inside it.

    One side only: the rightReported byRight1Far Right2See the outletsHide the outlets
    Right
    The Washington Times
    Far Right
    Breitbart News, The Epoch Times

  3. Police said the shooting stemmed from an altercation that began as a dispute at a nearby apartment complex.

    Reported byLeft1Far Right1See the outletsHide the outlets
    Left
    CBS News
    Far Right
    Breitbart News

  4. Federal agents from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives responded to the scene.

    Reported byLeft1Center1Far Right2See the outletsHide the outlets
    Left
    Al Jazeera English
    Center
    Newsweek
    Far Right
    Townhall, Breitbart News

  5. A Columbus police sergeant said the shooting was not an attack on the mosque.

    One outletBreitbart News· Far Right

What is contested

Where accounts differ

Points the coverage does not agree on, and who says what.

  • The number of victims in the shooting.

    Newsweek described reports of multiple victims near the mosque; CBS, Breitbart and an Associated Press report say one person was killed.

How each side tells it

Compare views

All sides report a shooting near a Columbus, Ohio, mosque with ATF agents responding, and left and right reports say one person was killed. The main difference: some right-side outlets add police saying the shooting was not aimed at the mosque, which left and center headlines leave out.

  • the left

    2 outlets

    Left headlines name the death or the federal response and leave out the motive, with CBS adding that police said the shooting stemmed from an altercation.

    1 person killed in shooting near Columbus, Ohio, mosque
    CBS NewsLeftAll left-leaning headlines

  • the center

    1 outlet

    Center headline frames the story as an explainer, What We Know as Police Respond, focusing on the ongoing police response.

    Ohio Shooting Near Columbus Mosque: What We Know as Police Respond
    NewsweekCenterAll center headlines

  • the right

    4 outlets

    Right headlines split: an AP report in The Washington Times stresses police saying the shooting was not connected to the mosque, while Far Right Townhall leads with federal agents and Breitbart with casualties.

    Shooting near Ohio mosque leaves 1 dead but was not connected to the building, police say
    The Washington TimesRightAll right-leaning headlines

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Side by side

What each side leads with and what it leaves out. Open a side to read its headlines.

From the left

2 outlets

Leads with

  • one person killed
  • federal authorities responding
  • altercation as cause

Leaves out

  • police statement that the shooting was not an attack on the mosque

Reported by other sides, not found in this side’s coverage.

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  • CBS NewsLeft

    1 person killed in shooting near Columbus, Ohio, mosque

    One person was killed in a shooting that stemmed from an altercation near a mosque in Columbus, Ohio, police said.

    Read at CBS News (opens in a new tab)
  • Al Jazeera EnglishLeft

    US Federal authorities responding to shooting at mosque in Columbus, Ohio

    At least one person was killed in a shooting near a Mosque in Columbus, Ohio, according to police. The bureau of Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives in Columbus, Ohio initially said its agents were “responding to a reported shooting incident at a mosque in the …

    Read at Al Jazeera English (opens in a new tab)

From the center

1 outlet

Leads with

  • ongoing police response
  • what is known so far
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  • NewsweekCenter

    Ohio Shooting Near Columbus Mosque: What We Know as Police Respond

    The ATF said its agents were responding to reports of multiple victims near to a mosque in the northeast area of the city Monday.

    Read at Newsweek (opens in a new tab)

From the right

4 outlets

Leads with

  • police say shooting not aimed at the mosque
  • one dead and one wounded
  • federal agents responding
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Who reported it when

How the coverage built up

  • Left

    First to report

    Al Jazeera English, Oct 19, 3:50 PM EDT

  • Center

    2 min later

    Its first report, Oct 19, 3:52 PM EDT

  • Right

    25 min later

    Its first report, Oct 19, 4:15 PM EDT

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  1. Al Jazeera EnglishLeftOct 19, 3:50 PM EDT
  2. NewsweekCenterOct 19, 3:52 PM EDT
  3. CBS NewsLeftOct 19, 4:04 PM EDT
  4. TownhallFar RightOct 19, 4:15 PM EDT
  5. Breitbart NewsFar RightOct 19, 4:53 PM EDT
  6. The Washington TimesRightOct 19, 5:04 PM EDT
  7. The Epoch TimesFar RightOct 19, 11:56 PM EDT

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