On 19 September, Cole took to Facebook and allegedly wrote under a post about the Abilene Parade & Festival, which took place on 20 September: "I say we lock and load and pay them back for taking out Charlie Kirk. "Theres [sic] only like 30 of em we can send a clear message to the rest of them," Cole wrote, according to police documents. "Come on bro let's go hunting fairies."
One can only imagine the motivations for a person doing a drive-by shooting to send an apparent message at Sacramento's ABC10, the same week that Jimmy Kimmel was pulled off the air for comments about the Charlie Kirk shooting. We're living in some scarily gun-crazed times, and that now includes a random drive-by shooting incident outside Sacramento ABC affilliate ABC10.
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September 17, 2025 Erika Kirk Announcement In Ecclesiastes, King Solomon wrote that mankind is to be tested by God. Today we are facing such a test, yet we also know that God has prepared us with everything we need to overcome this ordeal. It was the honor of our lives to serve as board members at Charlie's side. Charlie prepared all of us for a moment like this one. He worked tirelessly to ensur
We hit some new lows over the weekend with the MAGA gang desperately trying to characterize this kid who murdered Charlie Kirk as anything other than one of them.
In what may be his final day before being recalled, Supervisor Joel Engardio was able to skip out when the Board of Supervisors meeting ended early, did some door-knocking, and will spend his time phone-banking until the polls close at 8 pm PT. Remember, the first batch of election results is expected to drop at around 8:45 pm Tuesday night, and you can follow the official results here, or at the Chronicle, or on Mission Local's regularly updated recall updates page. [Mission Local]
Hey, once you`ve got an enemies list, no reason to keep it short. Another headline today, quote, White House plans broad crackdown on liberal groups. They`re saying now they will use the horrific murder of pro-Trump activist Charlie Kirk last week as a justification for some undefined whole of government attack on what they always describe very vaguely as the left in this country.
The Trump administration is asking Congress for an extra $58 million to bolster security for the executive and judicial branches following the fatal shooting of conservative figure Charlie Kirk, according to a White House official. The request to include the extra funding in an upcoming stopgap bill comes ahead of a Sept. 30 deadline when the current federal spending law runs out. Punchbowl News first reported on the funding request.
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Donald Trump on Friday advocated for the death penalty in the killing of his close associate Charlie Kirk, as the widow of the rightwing activist spoke publicly for the first time since the shooting. The president told Fox & Friends in an interview during which he also announced that a suspect was in custody that he hopes the shooter gets the death penalty.
CNN commentator Maggie Haberman said President Donald Trump is having a difficult time processing the death of conservative activist Charlie Kirk. Kirk was fatally shot in the neck while speaking at an event at Utah Valley University on Wednesday. On Friday, police arrested 22-year-old Tyler Robinson in connection with the killing. Haberman joined Friday's edition of The Source, where host Kaitlan Collins asked about the manner in which Trump has handled questions about the murder.
But in the immediate aftermath of Kirk being fatally shot while speaking at a Turning Point USA event Wednesday at Utah Valley University in Orem, Utah, these same groups were quick to frame the incident as an attack on one of their own, portraying Kirk's death as part of what they see as an ongoing war against white, Christian men.
Screenshot via Fox News. President Donald Trump told the Fox & Friends audience Friday that he had chosen not to watch the full videos of Charlie Kirk and Iryna Zarutska being killed, calling them just horrific. Kirk, 31, was the founder of Turning Point USA and a staunch Trump supporter. He was speaking at an event at Utah Valley University on Wednesday when he was fatally shot. On Friday, Utah authorities announced that the alleged shooter, Tyler Robinson, 22, had confessed to his father and was convinced to allow himself to be taken into custody.
Elon Musk intensified his criticism of higher education in the wake of conservative activist Charlie Kirk's fatal shooting at Utah Valley University, amplifying posts on X that alleged the suspected gunman had been "radicalized" by college culture. On September 10, 2025, conservative activist Charlie Kirk was fatally shot while speaking at Utah Valley University during a Turning Point USA event. The killing triggered widespread political turmoil, outrage, and a manhunt, resulting in the arrest of shooting suspect Tyler Robinson, a 22-year-old from Utah.
There's an attempt right now to basically say, if you shut up, you will be safe. And if you speak out politically, there's a good shot that some unhinged actor is going to take that as a threat and then come and try and kill you, Shapiro said, adding: Yeah, I mean, there will be. I've told my security team I will never again do an outdoor event.
But on Thursday afternoon the owner of the private jet broke his silence to quash all claims linking him to the shooting. Businessman Derek Maxfield outed himself as the man behind the plane - registered as N888KG - and tore into those dragging his family into the fray. He branded the claims 'baseless theories' and cleared up why his Bombardier Challenger 300 vanished from flight-tracking systems on Wednesday.
Despite reports of a "person of interest" being detained late Wednesday, the suspect in the killing of Charlie Kirk remains at large as of Thursday morning. Authorities in Utah recovered a high-powered, bolt-action rifle popular with hunters in some woods near the Utah Valley University campus where the shooting occurred, and they say the suspect is likely "college-aged." [New York Times]
The political and media world was stunned when news broke on Wednesday afternoon that Kirk had been shot during an event at Utah Valley University by a shooter who remains at large. Minutes after the shooting and hours before news broke that Kirk died from the injuries he sustained in that shooting Troye joined Acosta and Jan. 6 cop Harry Dunn on a hastily-organized episode of The Jim Acosta Show. All three were shocked and dismayed by the news, which was still unfolding.
Kirk shooting latest: Authorities continue to search for the person who shot and killed conservative activist Charlie Kirk during an appearance at Utah Valley University Wednesday. Two people taken into custody were released. ( Salt Lake Tribune) Utah Governor Spencer Cox called the shooting an "assassination" and said state officials were working with the feds to find Kirk's killer. ( Deseret News) Authorities are "searching for a new person of interest." ( AP)