Overview

• After early reports that Charlie Kirk was shot at Utah Valley University and before his death was confirmed, reporter A.G. Gancarski texted Rep. Randy Fine asking if the shooting affected his stance on campus carry and whether gun control could have prevented it.
• Fine publicly posted a screenshot of the exchange on X, told the reporter to never contact him again, and captioned the post with, "You don’t hate the media enough."
• Schorsch announced Gancarski's immediate suspension and said he had asked him to go dark on social media as a matter of empathy and editorial standards.
• Gancarski’s X account was set to private following the suspension, and the publisher invited inquiries to be sent directly to him.
• Mediaite reported that a now-deleted or private post attributed to Gancarski defended the question as valid, though the screenshot could not be independently verified.