A South Carolina college has suspended a member of its faculty for posting offensive remarks about the killing of Charlie Kirk in Utah this week.

In a statement emailed to the Daily Beast, Clemson University confirmed Saturday that “effective immediately, an employee has been suspended pending further investigation into social media posts.” The college added that “a full review is underway of the employee social media activity that has been brought to our attention in relation to the recent incident,” and that “each case is being evaluated individually and thoroughly to ensure appropriate action is taken.”

The college did not identify the member of staff.

The suspension comes as Clemson faces mounting public backlash after Melvin Earl Villaver Jr, an assistant professor of audio techn

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