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3:36 PM PT -- Utah's Department of Public Safety commissioner Beau Mason says there's an active investigation for the shooter, but minutes before he said that at the press conference, FBI director Kash Patel said on social media the shooter was in custody.

Utah governor Spencer Cox says this was a "political assassination" and there's a person of interest in custody ... seemingly backing up what Patel is saying.

Cox made it a point to say the death penalty is still on the table in Utah.

Authorities are sharing details on Charlie Kirk's fatal shooting in Utah ... and TMZ is streaming live.

The Utah Highway Patrol, Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Utah Department of Public Safety are holding a joint press conference right now ... giving updates and answering questions.

Charlie was shot in the neck during an event on campus Wednesday at Utah Valley University in Orem, Utah ... and video showed his body recoiling and blood gushing out.

The Utah Valley University men's soccer game scheduled for later Wednesday has been canceled ... after Charlie Kirk was shot on campus.

The school just announced the move ... explaining in a statement its tilt with UC Davis will not go forward "due to the active police situation" at the university.

The game "will not be made up," UVU officials announced.

Los Angeles authorities are inching closer to identifying the badly decomposed body found chopped up inside a Tesla registered to singer D4vd.

The LA County Medical Examiner issued an online report Tuesday night, listing the gender of the victim as a female who is about 5-foot-1 and 71 pounds. The M.E. says she has wavy black hair with a tattoo on her right index finger that reads, "Shhh..."

When her corpse was discovered, she was wearing a tube top and black leggings with two pieces of jewelry -- a metal stud earring and a metal chain bracelet in the shape of a "W."

Police in Texas can apparently turn a suspect into a human punching bag on camera and keep on working like nothing happened ... because that's what's playing out right now in El Paso.

Here's the deal ... officers in El Paso were caught on video beating the living daylights out of a man they arrested over the weekend, prompting a use of force review.

The El Paso Police Department tells TMZ ... no police officers have been placed on administrative leave in connection with this incident.

The show goes on for D4vd ... the singer just took the stage for a scheduled concert in Minnesota, one day after cops found a dismembered body in the trunk of his Tesla in Hollywood.

D4vd is performing right now at The Fillmore Minneapolis ... the latest stop on his world tour.

The concert is moving forward as a death investigation is underway in Los Angeles ... cops were called to a Hollywood impound Monday for a report of foul odor coming from a Tesla, and police found human remains.

D4vd was modeling hoodies, sweatpants and Crocs for Hollister ... until news broke that a dead body was found in his Tesla ... and now he's been sidelined as a Hollister model.

The Hollister website prominently featured D4vd Tuesday morning as a model for a brand new collab between Hollister and Crocs ... he was in photos and videos promoting the new clothing line ... but now he's been replaced by another model.

D4vd's removal follows headlines about a chopped up and decomposed body being found in a Tesla registered in his name that was sitting in a Hollywood tow yard.

The Tesla found in L.A. with human body parts that had been chopped up and left in the trunk is being investigated by LAPD's Robbery Homicide Division, and the L.A. County Coroner is trying to determine both cause of death and whether the victim is male or female.

The LAPD tells TMZ, the Tesla, owned by singer D4vd, was left on a public street for more than 72 hours. The L.A. Department of Transportation impounded the vehicle last Friday, and we're told it had not been reported stolen.

The car was taken to a police garage in Hollywood. The garage staff noticed a noxious smell on Monday, opened the trunk and found the remains in a bag.

D4vd -- a popular singer with millions of streams -- is alive and well after a chopped up and heavily decomposed body was found in a Tesla registered to him that was sitting inside a Hollywood tow yard ... we've confirmed the body isn't his, and he's OK.

Law enforcement sources tell TMZ ... police are the ones who informed D4vd his Tesla was in an impound with a dead body inside, and he had no idea there was anything untoward going on.

We're told D4vd is fully cooperating with police as the investigation moves forward.

Dog the Bounty Hunter's son, who works as a police officer, will be taking a brief break from the force ... he's been put on administrative leave following his involvement in a fatal crash.

Priceville Mayor Sam Heflin tells TMZ ... he can confirm that a Priceville PD officer named Garry Chapman has been placed on administrative leave with pay pending the outcome of an investigation -- standard procedure for a situation like this.

The mayor could NOT confirm if this Garry Chapman is the same as the son of Dog -- real name Duane Chapman -- who shares the same moniker. But sources familiar with the situation confirm that Garry is Dog's son.

The feds are going after the man accused of fatally stabbing Ukrainian refugee Iryna Zarutska on a North Carolina train ... because the suspect has just been charged with a federal crime.

President Trump's Justice Department announced Tuesday the suspect in the fatal Charlotte light rail stabbing, Decarlos Dejuan Brown Jr., is charged with one count of committing an act causing death on a mass transportation system.

Federal prosecutors say the fatal stabbing happened August 22 on the Lynx Blue Line light rail in Charlotte ... and video shows a man in a red hoodie unfolding a knife and stabbing a woman who sat down in front of him.

El Paso, Texas police used a suspect as a human punching bag, beating the living daylights out of him over the weekend ... and it was all caught on video.

Check it out ... several officers are seen taking the suspect into custody with one cop kneeing him in the face and then repeatedly punching him in the back while he's kneeling on the ground.

The clip jumps to the same officer hunching over the suspect whose still down on the ground ... the cop slams his fist into the back of the suspect before pulling out a taser and zapping him.

4:14 PM PT -- Raymond Cruz has been released from police custody on his own recognizance and is due back in court Oct. 1.

Tough break for Raymond Cruz -- the actor who brought fan-fav villain Tuco Salamanca to life -- 'cause cops hauled him in this morning on suspicion of misdemeanor battery.

Law enforcement sources tell TMZ ... someone called the police claiming Cruz assaulted their daughter -- allegedly blasting her with a garden hose.

A source familiar with the case tells TMZ ... Cruz was washing his car and asked the girl to move out of the way. When she didn't, she allegedly got sprayed and believed he did it on purpose.

Kelley Wolf got confronted by officers before deciding to check herself into rehab ... and it looks like it all has to do with an Airbnb stay gone wrong.

According to a police report -- obtained by TMZ -- deputies with the Summit County Sheriff's Office responded to a residence in Peoa, Utah, on Labor Day for a "keep the peace" call.

The report says the caller asked deputies to help remove a female tenant who they claimed had overstayed her time at the Airbnb.

Lola Doll -- a popular social media star -- is fighting for her life after being gunned down outside her home in South America.

According to the Guyana Police Force, the 33-year-old was ambushed Saturday around 11:30 PM while she was sitting in her car when a man on a motorcycle rolled up and opened fire, hitting her multiple times.

Police say she sustained gunshot wounds to her face, hands, right leg, and neck before being rushed to the hospital, where she remains in critical condition.

2:31 PM PT -- University of Kentucky's Public Relations and Strategic Communications Director Jay Blanton tells us Snelling "has withdrawn as a student and as a result is no longer on the team.”

Laken Snelling has dropped out of the University of Kentucky after she was charged in connection with an infant's death ... according to a local newspaper.

The 21-year-old -- who was a cheerleader at UK -- withdrew from the school, a spokesperson for the school told the Lexington Herald Leader.

No further information was provided ... though it's not exactly surprising given the criminal charges Snelling's facing.

Bill Maher says cops should be royally pissed off at Donald Trump for essentially telling them they do a crappy job, so they have to send in reinforcements.

The 'Real Time' host was on fire Friday night, calling out all the cops who largely support 47, telling them to open their eyes and see what Trump is really doing.

Bill says law enforcement -- 750,000 strong in the U.S. -- has been doing its job for years, and yes, there's a crime problem everywhere, but calling in the National Guard is in many ways disrespectful to police because Trump is kinda calling them incompetent.