The claim
A very widespread sharepic is said to show the gunman in Uvalde, Texas in women's clothing.
Our conclusion
The photo does not show the gunman, but rather a trans woman who is still very much alive and doesn't even live in Texas.
It's no secret that trans people are considered mentally ill by many people, although it is also scientifically proven that transgender has genetic and biological causes. With regard to the shooter in Texas, the opinion is now being spread again in the form of a sharepic that it is a mental illness - and the person in the picture is not the perpetrator!
This sharepic is widely on Twitter and other social media:

Translated into German, the claim on the sharepic reads:
“That’s the elementary school shooter from Texas. The mainstream media probably won’t show you this photo because they want it to become a gun issue, even though it’s clearly a mental health issue.”
The gunman cannot be seen in the photo!
A lot is now known about the gunman, not just his name, but also his personality . For example, and this may be the reason for the assumption that he is transgender, he published a photo of himself with black eyeliner and was then ridiculed as “gay” by his classmates.
However, the photo does not show the gunman, but rather a trans woman:
The account owner took several photos to make it clear that she is not the gunman and does not even live in Texas.
Summary
Relevant circles are misusing the Instagram photo of a trans woman to claim that it is not the liberal ownership of weapons in Texas that is to blame for the rampage, but that the perpetrator is transgender and therefore has psychological problems.
But the person in the photo isn't even the perpetrator and doesn't even live in the same US state.
Other sources: AP News , PolitiFact
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