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The NBA has suspended an employee for 'violating multiple polices' after they celebrated Charlie Kirk's assassination on social media.
A league spokesperson told OutKick on Wednesday: 'The project employee has been suspended without pay for two weeks for violating multiple NBA policies.'
It's alleged the unnamed employee shared Facebook and Instagram stories mocking Kirk after he was shot dead in Utah on September 10.
The posts reportedly called Kirk a 'terrible person' and a 's***hole'.
According to OutKick, a screenshot of Kirk from the @RogueDNC Instagram account was accompanied by the caption, 'What is Charlie Kirk's legacy?'
The employee then followed up by commenting: 'Did absolutely nothing healthy for the world except spew dangerous rhetoric… There is no legacy… he was a terrible person (a s***hole).'
Another post read: 'Oh I also forgot to include "thoughts and prayers" LMAO.'
The employee's social media profile photo reportedly includes the NBA logo and their accounts say they work for NBA Entertainment.
The NBA has suspended an employee for celebrating Charlie Kirk's assassination
A league spokesperson said the employee has been suspended without pay for two weeks
In the aftermath of Kirk's assassination, the NFL's Carolina Panthers fired a junior employee over insensitive posts he made.
Charlie Rock - who worked as the Panthers' Football Communications Coordinator - was dismissed by the team over the alleged posts on Instagram.
Trump ally Kirk was shot and killed while speaking at a Q&A event for Turning Point USA - the conservative nonprofit organization he founded back in 2012 - at Utah Valley University, with his assassination sending shockwaves across the world.
Images circulated on social media appearing to show that Rock shared a video of Kirk saying 'it's worth it to have a cost of, unfortunately, some gun deaths every single year' in order to protect Second Amendment rights, before adding his own comment.
He allegedly wrote alongside it: 'Why are yall sad? Your man said it was worth it...'
Another screenshot also showed Rock's Instagram account allegedly posting the song 'Protect Ya Neck' by the Wu-Tang Clan after Kirk was fatally shot in the neck.
The Panthers said in a statement: 'The views expressed by our employees are their own and do not represent those of the Carolina Panthers. We do not condone violence of any kind.
'We are taking this matter very seriously and have accordingly addressed it with the individual.'
President Donald Trump on Tuesday posthumously awarded America's highest civilian honor to Kirk.
Charlie Rock - who worked as the Panthers' Football Communications Coordinator - was dismissed by the team after allegedly sharing the posts on Instagram
Trump ally Kirk was shot and killed while speaking at a Q&A event for Turning Point USA
Receiving the award on Kirk's behalf was his widow, Erika. Her voice cracking and often falling to a whisper as she wiped away tears, she talked about her late husband's life, political beliefs and legacy.
'Thank you, Mr. President, for honoring my husband, in such a profound and meaningful way. And thank you for making this event a priority,' she said.
'Your support of our family and the work that Charlie devoted his life to will be something I cherish forever.'
The ceremony coincided with what would have been Kirk´s 32nd birthday. It came about a month after the Turning Point USA founder was fatally shot while speaking to a crowd at Utah Valley University.
In a sign of Kirk's close ties to the administration, he was the first recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom in Trump´s second term.
The president also spoke at Kirk's funeral in September, calling him a 'great American hero' and 'martyr' for freedom, while Vice President JD Vance accompanied his body home to Arizona on Air Force Two along with Erika.
