ABC News reporter Matt Gutman has issued a statement in the wake of backlash to his on-air comments about the suspected Charlie Kirk assassin and his roommate.

The network’s chief national correspondent drew condemnation on Tuesday for calling the texts between suspected shooter Tyler Robinson and his roommate “very touching in a way we did not expect.”

The comments drew immediate blowback online, with some accusing Gutman of romanticizing the person accused of murdering the conservative activist.

ABC News reporter Matt Gutman has issued a statement in the wake of backlash to his on-air comments about the suspected Charlie Kirk assassin and his roommate.

The network’s chief national correspondent drew condemnation on Tuesday for calling the texts between suspected shooter Tyler R

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