Trump officials have posted inaccurate info in wake of tragedy

Senior administration officials have released incorrect or misleading information after Charlie Kirk's assassination, the Brown University shooting and the National Guard shooting.

The Trump administration’s public response to the mass shooting at Brown University was swift, but it included a major inaccuracy.

President Donald Trump said Saturday night that the alleged shooter was in custody. He walked back the post less than 20 minutes later, saying a suspect was not in custody.

It was the most recent example of what has become a pattern of the administration posting incorrect information at times of heightened anxiety, times when the American public is seeking accurate, factual details from authority figures.

An NBC News review found that after the assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk, the attack on two National Guard members in Washington, D.C., and this weekend’s shooting at Brown, Trump administration officials released information that was false or misleading and later had to be walked back or corrected.

Here is a look at those incidents and how some senior administration officials responded to them.