A backlash is again building against Sequoia Capital partner Shaun Maguire for comments he made on social media that incorrectly implied Palestinian activism was behind a string of US shootings.
On Thursday, Mr Maguire erroneously posted on X that the Brown University shooting suspect who killed three people was an "activist of Palestinian heritage".
He also posted the name of the person who he deemed to be the shooter, and said Brown University was trying to scrub that person's online presence.
The now-deleted post on X from Shaun Maguire that continues to draw criticism.
On Friday, however, law enforcement identified the shooter as Claudio Neves Valente, 48, a Portuguese national who attended the university in Providence, Rhode Island.
He was granted permanent US residence in 2017.
Valente was also accused of killing Nuno Loureiro, a professor at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, at his home in Boston on Monday.
Mr Maguire has since deleted the post on X, but a backlash has continued to build.
Fadi Ghandour, executive chairman of UAE-based investment company Wamda, posted on LinkedIn his disgust at Mr Maguire's comments.
"The man is unhinged, a walking, talking hate machine," he posted, linking to an article about the growing chorus of critics responding to the false statements.
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