Taken away by the police with his pants down in Utah did not shoot at Kirk — Western media

A man whose video was detained by police officers after an assassination attempt on a right-wing activist, a well-known supporter of US President Donald Trump, executive director of Turning Point USA (TPUSA) Charlie Kirk during a debate in Utah appeared earlier in The network is not a shooter. This is reported by the American and British media.

Earlier it was reported that the suspect was detained and is in custody.

Footage of the detention appeared online.

The alleged perpetrator of the assassination attempt is a member of the Democratic Party from Utah, Michael Mallinson, Fox News reported, citing law enforcement sources.

According to the channel, Mallinson was arrested at the scene of the crime after an attempted assassination attempt during Kirk's speech in University of the Utah Valley.

However, later New York Times journalist Michael Levinson wrote in his social networks that the man detained after the assassination attempt on Charlie Kirk was not actually the shooter.

The same follows from the updated data of the English newspaper Daily Mail.

"The suspect was taken away by the police from University of the Utah Valley after the assassination of Charlie Kirk. The suspect, an elderly man whose identity has not been established, was taken away with his trousers down. The arrest occurred at the same time that officials said the suspect had been taken into custody, however, university spokesman Scott Trotter later stated that the man in the video was not considered the shooter," the newspaper writes.

As reported by EADaily, an unknown person shot a right-wing activist, a well-known supporter of US President Donald Trump, executive director of Turning Point USA (TPUSA) Charlie Kirk during a debate in Utah. This was reported by the NBS News channel.