Early Tuesday morning, The Boston Globe reported details of the 8-year-old boy who died in the Boston Marathon bombings, identifying him on Twitter as Martin Richard and his parents as William and Denise Richard.
A few people immediately â€" and mistakenly â€" thought the Globe was referring to actress Denise Richards. The 42-year-old celebrity, however, doesn't have a son. She and ex-husband Charlie Sheen have two daughters; she also adopted a girl in 2011. (Note: The above photo is of Richards and Sheen at a Yankees vs. Mets game in 2012.)
In total, three people have reportedly been killed and more than 130 others injured after the explosions detonated Monday near the Boston Marathon finish line.
These were the tweets from the Globe that confused a few people on Twitter:
Regarding the boys' death, Globe columnist Kevin Cullen revealed second-hand details in a piece called, "A perfect day, then the unimaginable."
This is how bad this is. I went out Monday night and bumped into some firefighters I know. They said one of the dead was an 8-year-old boy from Dorchester who had gone out to hug his dad after he crossed the finish line. The dad walked on; the boy went back to the sidewalk to join his mom and his little sister. And then the bomb went off. The boy was killed. His sister’s leg was blown off. His mother was badly injured. That’s just one Âfamily, one story.
And here are the people who were confused by the Globe's tweets:
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