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AUSTIN, Texas - Attorney General Ken Paxton has called on the University of North Texas to investigate a professor and students who allegedly punished a student for speaking out against classmates celebrating the shooting death of political activist Charlie Kirk.

What we know:

In a letter sent to University President Harrison Keller, Paxton claims a student arrived in a classroom where other students were "celebrating" Kirk's death and "expressing hope that the President would suffer the same fate."

Paxton's letter states the student said Kirk's death should not be celebrated or discussed in class and further claims that the student was yelled at by her classmates and told to leave the classroom by her professor. The student reported the incident to Dean of Students Laura Smi

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