As news of Charlie Kirk being shot at Utah college broke, a Canadian man found himself at the centre of the storm after his photo began circulating online as the suspect who shot the Conservative commentator, <a data-evt-val="{&quot;control_fields&quot;: {&quot;mparticle&quot;: {&quot;keys&quot;: {&quot;click_source_type&quot;: &quot;click_source_type&quot;, &quot;anchor_text&quot;: &quot;anchor_text&quot;, &quot;target_url&quot;: &quot;target_url&quot;, &quot;layout_section&quot;: &quot;layout_section&quot;}, &quot;mp_event_type&quot;: &quot;Navigation&quot;, &quot;extra_keys&quot;: [&quot;click_vertical_position_percentage&quot;, &quot;click_vertical_position_pixels&quot;]}}, &quot;click_source_type&quot;: &quot;in-page link&quot;, &quot;anchor_text&quot;: &quot;The New York Times&quot;, &quot;target_url&quot;: &quot;https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/11/technology/charlie-kirk-shooting-false-accusation.html&quot;, &quot;layout_section&quot;: &quot;in-page-link&quot;}" data-evt="click" data-evt-typ="click" href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/11/technology/charlie-kirk-shooting-false-accusation.html">The New York Times</a> reports.

The 77-year-old retired banker lives and was in Toronto at the time of the incident.{ai:summary}Charlie Kirk was shot at a Utah college.A Canadian man became the center of online scrutiny after his photo circulated as the suspect. #crime

Retired Canadian man falsely named as suspect who assassinated Charlie Kirk: report

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