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The follow-up to this initial declaration was equally troubling. Later communications indicated that the FBI believed the suspect did not act alone, fueling fears that there may have been others involved in the attack. This narrative shifted again the next day when the FBI retracted its statements about potential accomplices, stating that the suspect acted alone. Such rapid changes in the official narrative have been characterized by local reporter Andrew Gallow as a "massive pivot" in public communication, indicative of staggering incompetence.