Overview

• On HBO’s Real Time, Bill Maher condemned partisan point‑scoring over Charlie Kirk’s death and said both sides must own their roles in political violence.
• Maher challenged Ben Shapiro’s on‑air claim about the suspect’s politics, stressing that details remain uncertain just days after the shooting.
• Investigators have a 22-year-old suspect, Tyler Robinson, in custody after the September 10 shooting at Utah Valley University, with arrests reported on September 12.
• Outlets that initially highlighted purported ideological inscriptions on shell casings and a classmate’s description of Robinson as a leftist have issued corrections or hedges.
• Maher denounced those who mocked or justified Kirk’s killing, while discussion on the show cited polling that only a bare majority of Gen Z rejects violence in response to speech.