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MTSU Fires Assistant Dean Over 'Zero Sympathy' Posts After Charlie Kirk Killing

MTSU cited "inappropriate and callous" social posts in dismissing the student-affairs official.

An MTSU banner stands out against the changing leaves as people cross the Middle Tennessee State University campus in the background on Friday afternoon Nov. 10, 2023, in Murfreesboro, Tenn.
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Overview

  • Middle Tennessee State University terminated assistant dean Laura Sosh-Lightsy after she wrote on Facebook that she had "ZERO sympathy" for Charlie Kirk and that he "spoke his fate into existence."
  • President Sidney A. McPhee said the comments were inconsistent with university values and announced her immediate dismissal in a statement on Wednesday night.
  • Screenshots of Sosh-Lightsy’s posts were circulated by Arlington GOP chair Matthew Hurtt, and she appears to have deleted her account following public backlash.
  • Police continue to investigate Kirk’s killing at a Utah Valley University event; authorities recovered a high-powered rifle believed to have been used and the FBI released photos seeking a person of interest after two earlier detentions were cleared.
  • Earlier statements indicated the fatal shot was fired from an elevated position with a high-powered rifle, and Tennessee figures including Sen. Marsha Blackburn and state Rep. Jason Zachary publicly urged MTSU to remove the dean.