Charlie Kirk Shooting

An armed man posing as a law enforcement officer at Charlie Kirk's memorial service site was taken into federal custody Friday and charged by the state of Arizona.

The Arizona Department of Public Safety tells TMZ ... 42-year-old Joshua Runkles was taken into custody and booked into the Maricopa County Jail after "exhibiting suspicious behavior" Friday afternoon at State Farm Stadium in Glendale, Arizona ... the location of Sunday's memorial service for Kirk.

The Arizona DPS and Secret Service tell TMZ the man informed Secret Service agents he was armed when they approached him, and he falsely claimed to be a member of law enforcement. Officials say he is not affiliated with law enforcement.

Cops in Sacramento say someone shot up the ABC10 news station downtown Friday afternoon ... with police responding to reports of shots being fired just after 1:30 PM ... and footage shows three bullet holes in one of the building's windows.

Journalists were working inside the building when the bullets came bursting through ... but incredibly, no one was injured.

Here's Tyler Robinson, the man charged with murdering Charlie Kirk, speaking with police in Utah about a car crash he was involved in ... and the video is surfacing for the first time.

In police body cam footage, you see and hear from Tyler as he takes officers through a fender-bender he was in the middle of in May 2022 in St. George.

Tyler is with his brother, and his mom later shows up at the scene too. Scripps News first obtained the footage, and they report Tyler did not receive a citation here.

President Donald Trump has nothing but praises to sing for FCC Chair Brendan Carr after Carr pressured ABC, leading to the network's indefinite suspension of Jimmy Kimmel's late-night TV show following the host's remarks about Charlie Kirk's shooting suspect.

Check out Trump's chat with reporters in the White House Oval Office Friday ... he's exuding pride as he calls Carr an "incredible American patriot with courage."

He then takes a dig at unnamed networks for being dishonest, bringing up "the old days" when networks would need to get relicensed each year -- and only could do so by showing "honesty and integrity." The Federal Communications Commission currently renews licenses on 8-year terms.

Jimmy Kimmel looks like he may be exploring legal options over his TV timeout ... because he pulled up to an office tower known for housing tons of lawyers ... and he had two security guards with him.

Check out this video of Jimmy getting out of his car in a parking garage Thursday in L.A.'s Century City ... two beefy security guards rush over to escort him into the building.

It appears Jimmy may be meeting with his attorneys ... this in the wake of his show getting taken off the air.

The FCC should have never gotten involved with the decision to pull "Jimmy Kimmel Live!" from ABC, North Carolina U.S. Rep. Pat Harrigan (R) says.

TMZ caught up with Harrigan Friday, and while he's not opposed to Jimmy being indefinitely booted from the network ... he says how it happened is quite "troubling."

He tells us he thinks it's "troubling" what Jimmy said on-air following Charlie Kirk's death, but it's not the government's job to censor him ... and it "should be a business decision and a business decision alone."

Charlie Kirk's widow Erika Kirk promised to keep his movement alive with Turning Point USA ... and now she's the organization's chief executive officer.

TPUSA announced Thursday their board unanimously elected Erika as the new CEO and Chair of the Board.

The organization says Charlie had expressed to multiple TPUSA executives in prior conversations that he wanted Erika to take the reins in the event of his death.

Hollywood is speaking out against ABC's suspension of "Jimmy Kimmel Live!" over host Jimmy Kimmel's comments on the murder of Charlie Kirk.

Ben Stiller was among the first to protest the move by ABC, tweeting "This isn’t right."

His fellow actor Rosie O'Donnell shared a photo of Kimmel on Instagram and went off on Donald Trump's administration. She wrote ... "this is unacceptable - f**k this fascist administration and corrupt corporate executives - bowing to the orange monster - america is no more 🥲."

Jimmy Kimmel is getting out of dodge after he was suspended by ABC — and we captured him bolting to his vehicle!

TMZ shot video of the embattled late-night host rushing into his Chevy Silverado inside a garage Wednesday night in Los Angeles.

Check out the footage ... Jimmy, dressed down in a flannel shirt, jeans, sneakers and a baseball cap, dashes into the backseat of the SUV with the help of his handler.

Hours earlier, ABC announced Jimmy was suspended for comments he made on "Jimmy Kimmel Live" about the murder of Charlie Kirk.

During Monday's show, Jimmy said ... "We hit some new lows over the weekend with the MAGA gang desperately trying to characterize this kid who murdered Charlie Kirk as anything other than one of them and doing everything they can to score political points from it."

Nexstar Media Group — which owns a bunch of ABC affiliates — piled on, saying ... "Nexstar strongly objects to recent comments made by Mr. Kimmel concerning the killing of Charlie Kirk and will replace the show with other programming in its ABC-affiliated markets."

We're told Jimmy was in his TV studio when the bad news broke and he eventually left, ducking into the garage to make his getaway. Guillermo, Jimmy's sidekick, was also there and seen chatting with staffers after ABC's announcement.

5:18 PM PT -- President Trump just reacted to Kimmel being taken off the air ... congratulating ABC "for finally having the courage to do what had to be done."

Trump posted on Truth Social, "Great News for America: The ratings challenged Jimmy Kimmel Show is CANCELLED."

The Prez added ... "Kimmel has ZERO talent, and worse ratings than even Colbert, if that's possible."

Jimmy Kimmel is in timeout with ABC ... the network is suspending him ... and it's all over what he said about the alleged Charlie Kirk killer.

Before ABC announced the move, Nexstar Media Group issued a statement ... "Nexstar strongly objects to recent comments made by Mr. Kimmel concerning the killing of Charlie Kirk and will replace the show with other programming in its ABC-affiliated markets." Nexstar is a media company that owns 32 ABC affiliate stations across the country ... ABC has more than 200 affiliate stations in total in the U.S.

Jimmy Kimmel is in the crosshairs of law enforcement with federal investigators mulling whether to investigate the late-night comedy host for his comments on the Charlie Kirk assassination.

Brendan Carr -- the Federal Communications Commission Chairman -- went on "The Benny Show" podcast Wednesday and said the agency was contemplating launching the probe into Kimmel over his statement that Kirk's alleged killer was a MAGA supporter.

As you know, Tyler Robinson fatally shot Kirk during the Turning Point USA founder's event at Utah Valley University last Wednesday, according to police. State prosecutors charged Robinson with aggravated murder and 6 other felonies and are now seeking the death penalty.

Carr told podcast host Benny Johnson that Kimmel's behavior "appears to be some of the sickest conduct possible." He said the FCC sees certain avenues that can be taken to punish Kimmel -- including a possible suspension for his remark.

President Donald Trump and J.D. Vance are slated to deliver speeches at Sunday's Turning Point USA memorial for Charlie Kirk, along with other notable names from the administration.

Charlie's widow Erika is also set to speak at the Arizona event -- this will be her second time publicly addressing her husband's murder. She first gave a passionate speech about carrying on her husband's legacy last Friday, just 2 days after his horrific death.

White House Chief of Staff Susie Wiles, Cabinet Secretaries RFK Jr., Marco Rubio and Pete Hegseth, and Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard will also attend. Donald Trump Jr., Tucker Carlson, Stephen Miller and Sergio Gor will make their way to the State Farm Stadium in Glendale, Arizona to honor Charlie as well. More names were expected to be announced.

"South Park" isn't releasing a new episode tonight in the wake of the Charlie Kirk backlash ... and people are calling BS on the creators' excuse for the delay.

Here's the deal ... the cartoon was absolutely torn apart shortly after Kirk was fatally shot last week ... Trey Parker and Matt Stone were blamed for contributing to dangerous rhetoric after mocking Kirk on the show just weeks earlier. Important to note -- Kirk called it funny and said he was not offended.

In the 11th hour, Comedy Central announced Wednesday there wouldn't be a new episode this week ... 'cause the duo missed the production deadline -- an explanation some social media users called ridiculous.

Suspected Charlie Kirk shooter Tyler Robinson wore a strange outfit during his first court appearance Tuesday -- and we're told his smock was designed so he couldn't hang himself.

Robinson appeared virtually in a green suicide prevention smock from the Utah County Jail, where he's been locked up in the Special Housing Unit since his arrest last week, accused of fatally shooting Kirk, according to authorities.

During Tuesday's hearing, Robinson was seated in a room facing the camera, which showed him from his head to his torso dressed in the green smock, also referred to as anti-ligature clothing.

Tyler Robinson -- the 22-year-old Utah native charged with murdering conservative pundit Charlie Kirk -- just went in front of a judge for the first time ... and he was stone-faced.

Robinson appeared via video call for his first court hearing Tuesday in Utah ... staring blankly ahead as a judge rattled off the charges against him.

Earlier Tuesday, Robinson was officially charged with aggravated murder ... and prosecutors said they would seek the death penalty. When capital punishment was brought up in court, Robinson simply looked down.

Prosecutors in Utah just released a conversation police say alleged Charlie Kirk killer Tyler Robinson had with his lover/roommate after the fatal shooting ... and it includes a confession.

According to documents, Robinson texted his roommate shortly after the murder on September 10th to look for a note under a keyboard. The note stated, "I had the opportunity to take out Charlie Kirk and I'm going to take it."

After reading the note, the roommate texted Robinson, "You weren't the one who did it, right????" Robinson responded, "I am, I'm sorry."