FAIRVIEW PARK — Fairview Park residents are upset with their city council president, Michael Kilbane, for a comment he made following the fatal shooting of conservative activist Charlie Kirk.

Hours after Kirk was shot in the neck at an event at Utah Valley University on Wednesday, Kilbane commented, “A lot of good people died today, Charlie Kirk wasn’t one of them,” on a post regarding Kirk’s death.

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“I said how I honestly felt about something... in my opinion I meant nobody any harm,” said Kilbane.

Since his comment, Kilbane said he has been receiving multiple threats.

“I’ve been getting a lot of out-of-town hate mail, death threats and bomb threats. It’s awful what happened to him, I am sorry that happened to him and political violence has no part in American democra

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