Social networks were buzzing earlier today with supposed reports that a young man from the District was killed last night at a suburban mall while trying to buy a pair of Air Jordan Concords.

The rumor it that an 18-year-old named Tyreek Amir Jacobs was slain at a shopping center in Maryland in a scuffle to obtain a pair of the prized sneakers. Twitter rumors started about 12 hours ago, and this morning, a Facebook page titled “RIP Tyreek AMIR Jacobs Got Killed For Jordan Concords” was created. (So far the page has been liked by nearly 14,000 people.)

But it appears this is most likely some kind of hoax, possibly to play off actual reports of violence—but no homicides—over Air Jordans elsewhere around the country. Bleacher Report rounded up several incidents, including brawls in Indianapolis, Atlanta, Seattle and Richmond, Calif., where gunshots were fired.

It also aggregated the Jacobs “story” via the Twitter account of CNBC reporter Darren Rovell, who upon seeing the rumor wrote this to his more than 158,000 followers:

Thing is, if there had been a homicide in the area last night, especially one over something as trivial as a pair of shoes, we would have probably heard about it by now from local police.

Neither the Montgomery County or Prince George’s police departments responded to a homicide last night, spokespeople for each agency say.

Officer Rebecca Innocenti, a spokeswoman for the Montgomery County Police Department says there was some unrest at the county’s shopping malls last night over the Air Jordans, but nothing major. Three people were arrested for disorderly conduct at the Lakeforest Mall in Gaithersburg, and another at the Westfield Montgomery Mall in Bethesda.

“Obviously if there was a homicide we would have put out a press release,” Innocenti says.

Perhaps more discrediting to the Jacobs story is what the Post’s J. Freedom du Lac found—that the photo on the Facebook memorial page is actually a stock photo taken in the United Kingdom. Additionally, a nationwide public-records search for “Tyreek Amir Jacobs” on Intellius.com turned up zero results.

The Baltimore Sun has a good rundown of the hoax. Rovell writes on Twitter that he suspected it was a bogus story, calling it “kind of sad.”