LEBANON, Tenn. (WKRN) — Cumberland University has parted ways with a faculty member and a staff member who reportedly posted "inappropriate" comments about the assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk.
Kirk, 31, was hit by a single shot while speaking at a debate hosted by Turning Point USA, the nonprofit political organization he co-founded, at Utah Valley University on Wednesday, Sept. 10. He was brought to the hospital and pronounced dead hours later.
Teachers, firefighters, and elected officials across the country have lost their jobs or become the subject of investigations after making comments about Kirk's assassination.
For example, in Tennessee, a member of Middle Tennessee State University's Office of Student Care and Conduct was fired, two faculty members at East Te