A Facebook post claiming a toddler was found alone at night in Hereford or King\u2019s Lynn went viral, showing a bruised child and urging people to share it. It mentioned a \u201cDeputy Tyler Cooper,\u201d asking for help finding the child\u2019s family.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
West Mercia Police said, \u201cNo such incident has been reported in Hereford,\u201d<\/em> and confirmed \u201cno officer named Tyler Cooper\u201d<\/em> works for them. Norfolk Constabulary also stated the event didn\u2019t happen in King\u2019s Lynn and added, \u201cWe do not use the title \u2018deputy\u2019 in our ranks.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n Police warn that sharing unverified posts can cause \u201cunnecessary panic\u201d<\/em> and disrupt actual emergency responses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n This case reflects a broader issue: emotional hoaxes spread fast online. Authorities urge, \u201cVerify stories with trusted sources before resharing,\u201d<\/em> emphasizing the harm in sharing false claims, even with good intentions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Viral Post Sparks Concern A Facebook post claiming a toddler was found alone at night in Hereford or King\u2019s Lynn went viral, showing a bruised child and urging people to share it. It mentioned a \u201cDeputy Tyler Cooper,\u201d asking for help finding the child\u2019s family. Police Confirm Hoax West Mercia Police said, \u201cNo such incident has…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2290,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2289","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2289","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2289"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2289\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2291,"href":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2289\/revisions\/2291"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/2290"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2289"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2289"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2289"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Public Warning<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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