CNN reported that Carriker had a previous gun conviction and had a “ghost gun,” or an untraceable and self-assembled firearm, the night of the shooting.

Photos and posts on his since-removed Facebook page showed Carriker sharing videos of guns, complaining that President Joe Biden will revoke Second Amendment rights, expressing support for Donald Trump, and sharing nonsensical Biblical references, Heavy reported. One post also featured a symbol of the Black Lives Matter movement.

“I told you he wanted your rights. GOD SAVE THE QUEEN SAYS BIDEN,” Carriker wrote on Facebook, according to Heavy, alongside a video of Biden titled “Biden turns red coat, in latest gun grabbing speech.”

Prominent members of the far-right, however, seized on an image on Carriker’s page showing him wearing long braids and feminine clothing. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) tweeted an article from a conservative conspiracy blog with the caption, “Another trans shooter.”

According to CNN, the district attorney’s office initially referred to the suspect using they/them pronouns but switched to referring to the suspect as male.

Asa Khalif, a member of the office’s LGBTQ+ Advisory Committee, addressed the “nasty” right-wing outrage at a Wednesday press conference.

“The language spewed out by the conservative press is violent and is dangerous and is targeting trans women of color,” Khalif said. “We have our trans women, and our trans men, living in these communities, working, thriving in the communities. They are not killers, they are the most vulnerable to violence.”

“We will not allow conservative bigots to use that type of language to attack trans people,” he added.

Khalif confirmed Carriker identified himself as male, not trans. “That’s the language that will be used until further developments, if they change,” he said.