Overview

• On Sunday, Kilmeade called his earlier on-air suggestion of "involuntary lethal injection" for mentally ill homeless people an "extremely callous" remark and apologized.
• The clip from the Sept. 10 segment spread widely over the weekend, prompting condemnation from public figures including Rep. Don Beyer and California Gov. Gavin Newsom, as well as calls for Kilmeade’s firing.
• Fox News has not announced any disciplinary action as of the latest reports, though the network aired Kilmeade’s apology on Fox & Friends Weekend.
• The exchange occurred during discussion of Iryna Zarutska’s Aug. 22 killing in Charlotte; co-host Lawrence Jones argued for institutionalization or jail, and Ainsley Earhardt did not challenge Kilmeade’s comment on air.
• The accused attacker, Decarlos Brown Jr., is being held without bond on state and federal charges with a court-ordered competency evaluation, and some reporting notes it is unclear whether he is homeless despite the segment’s framing.