Panthers fire communications staffer for mocking Charlie Kirk’s death

On Wednesday, September 10, Charlie Kirk, the co-founder of the conservative organization Turning Point USA, was shot and killed while speaking at an event at Utah Valley University. Kirk, a father and a husband, died at 31 years old. While many mourned the death of Kirk, some took the opportunity to mock his passing. According to Scott Fowler of The Charlotte Observer, the Carolina Panthers fired a member of the team's communications department, Charlie Rock, for sharing insensitive posts in reference to the murder of Kirk.

“BREAKING: The Carolina Panthers have fired Charlie Rock, of the team's communications department, for an insensitive post regarding the murder of Charlie Kirk, a source familiar with the organization's decision tells me,” Fowler wrote on X, formerly Twitter.

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