A Toronto man says he is horrified and shocked after he was falsely accused of shooting an American conservative commentator he had never even heard of.
Charlie Kirk, a conservative activist and close ally of Republican President Donald Trump, was shot dead Wednesday at a Utah college event.
Michael Mallinson, a retired banker, says he later received a call from his panicked daughter shouting over the phone and begging him to delete his social media accounts.
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Mallinson says he quickly Googled his name to see what was happening, and he came across posts that falsely labelled him as a De