**FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE**

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

SAN DIEGO – They called it a “coincidence” at first. Now, data analysts are calling it a glitch in the matrix.

In the chaotic aftermath of yesterday’s tragic shooting at a downtown San Diego bus depot—3 dead, 11 wounded—investigators have stumbled upon a statistical anomaly that defies explanation.

The Anomaly: Every single victim, including the deceased suspect, was wearing a specific brand of smartwatch. The watch in question? A discontinued model—the ChronoSync Go—which was famously recalled last year due to a glitch that caused the screen to display a single, cryptic message at random times: “YOU HAVE BEEN COUNTED.”

• Victim #1 (Fatality): ChronoSync Go last synced at 4:44 AM. Battery drained to 0% at the exact moment of death.
• Victim #5 (Survivor): Watch shattered by a bullet. The display froze on the exact timestamp of the shooting: 10:47:02 AM.
• The Suspect: Found with the same watch. The health data shows his heart rate dropped to a flatline precisely 7 minutes before the first shot was fired.

The “Glitch”: Cross-referencing sales data reveals that the ChronoSync Go was only ever sold in a single batch of 1,247 units—all to a community of hardcore “glitch-hunters” who paid a premium for the faulty device. The last known owner of the suspect’s watch was listed as… deceased since 2019.

The FBI is now calling it a “digital doppelgänger incident.” The manufacturer, ChronoSync Inc., has no comment.

Is this a pattern? Or a deadly synchronicity?

We are still waiting for the