Did authorities confirm Charlie Kirk was shot by "Michael Mallinson", a registered Democrat from Utah? No, that's not true: Authorities have not yet released the identity of the shooter. Pictures being shared online do not match pictures from the scene of the shooting. This story will be updated once we learn the identity of the shooter.
The name and image appeared in a post on X (archived here) where it was published September 10, 2025:
Authorities have confirmed the Charlie Kirk shooter as Michael Mallinson, a registered Democrat in Utah.
This was the image in the post in question:
(Image source: photo downloaded from Shadow of Ezra post on x.com.)
Images circulating of a suspect being led away (archived here) show a very distictive dimple in the chin, which is lacking from the other photo.
(Image source: Instagram post by tessaron_news_3)
The Michael Mallinson image appears to have originated in an x post (archived here) from an account with that name (archived here).
Picture of old, bald, bespectacled white guy who is immunocompromised because of axSpA. #HighRiskCovid19 pic.twitter.com/GLBPhSAiaV
-- Michael Mallinson (@AxSpAMan) March 17, 2020
According to a LinkedIn profile (archived here) with the same name and a similar picture and bio, the man lives in Toronto, Canada.
