A MAJOR American news outlet has issued a correction after making false claims about inscriptions on the bullets found near the site of Charlie Kirk's murder.
The Wall Street Journal posted an editor’s note on Twitter/X on Friday evening correcting an earlier article which claimed the alleged gunman, Tyler Robinson, had engraved “transgender ideology” on bullets recovered from Utah Valley University.
The information came from an internal law enforcement bulletin, which US Justice Department officials later warned “may not accurately reflect the messages on the ammunition”.
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The statement read: “Editor’s Note: An earlier version of this article detailed how an internal law enforcement bulletin said that ammunition recovered following the Charlie Kirk shooting was engraved with expressions of ‘transgender and anti-fascist ideology’.
“Justice Department officials later urged caution about the bulletin by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, saying it may not accurately reflect the messages on the ammunition, and the article was updated Thursday to reflect that.
“This editor’s note was appended on Friday, after Utah Gov. Spencer Cox said the engravings included one that said ‘Hey fascist!’ along with other messages and symbols.
“He gave no indication that the ammunition included any transgender references.”
— The Wall Street Journal (@WSJ) September 12, 2025
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