A new study from Montclair State University shows that online hate speech has spiked dramatically following a recent shooting at an LGBTQ nightclub.

Data shows that there were more than 100,000 tweets containing homophobic slurs after the shooting at Club Q in Colorado Springs in November.

"Specifically, the study showed a dramatic spike in the use of the term “grooming” (a slur used against the LGBTQ+ community) on Twitter in the period after the shooting at an LGBTQ+ nightclub in Colorado Springs, Colorado, on Nov. 19-20," researchers wrote. 

Five people were killed and more than a dozen others wounded by gunfire in the incident.

Researchers point out that the uptick comes after new Twitter CEO Elon Musk granted amnesty to suspended accounts on the platform.