The parents of a man who was briefly detained after Wednesday’s fatal shooting of Charlie Kirk — then released by law enforcement who publicly announced his name — say their son has been threatened online.

Ahmed Qureshi said his son, Zachariah, 25, is facing the trauma of witnessing Kirk’s assassination on the Utah Valley University campus, and the stress of being detained and becoming a national target.

Zachariah is not a UVU student and had attended Kirk’s speech because he is a fan, his father said. His son still doesn’t know why he was detained, his father said.

Ahmed Qureshi said Zachariah has been threatened and harassed online, with his personal information spread widely, and did not want to speak publicly.

He left campus and was at his Provo apartment Wednesday afternoon when P

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