The shooting death of conservative political commentator Charlie Kirk sparked a heated social media debate.

The Turning Point USA cofounder was shot during a speaking engagement on the campus of Utah Valley University on Wednesday, September 10, and died at age 31 a short time later after being rushed to a local hospital. A two-day long search ensued for the shooter until 22-year-old suspect Tyler Robinson was apprehended on Friday, September 12, according to the FBI and President Donald Trump.

Kirk was a hugely controversial figure during his lifetime, leading to a tense online discourse about his assassination that ultimately cost some public figures their jobs.

The most notable person to be fired in the wake of Kirk’s death was MSNBC political analyst Matthew Dowd, after he described

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