CLEVELAND, Ohio — Cleveland Fire Chief Anthony Luke is on paid leave pending an investigation after he reposted a political cartoon that criticized Charlie Kirk and Republicans, just two days after Kirk was shot and killed in Utah.

Luke’s now-deleted post, which was made on Friday and stayed up until Monday night, criticized Republicans and suggested conservatives were responsible for gun deaths. It also included a quote from Kirk defending the Second amendment.

Kirk, the 31-year-old co-founder of Turning Point USA, was fatally shot on the campus of Utah Valley University on Wednesday afternoon. Tyler James Robinson, 22, of Washington, Utah, has been arrested on suspicion of aggravated murder and other charges.

The fire chief had reposted a video from Slyngstad Cartoons on Facebook.

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