After Charlie Kirk assassination, FBI advised ESPN star Pat McAfee about wearing a bulletproof vest
FBI advice after assassination
A source familiar with the situation told OutKick that the FBI advised McAfee to begin wearing a bulletproof vest. The advice came the week after Charlie Kirk’s assassination last year.
The report does not provide further details about the FBI’s communication or explain the specific safety concern behind it. It identifies McAfee as an ESPN commentator and College GameDay host.
McAfee raises campus concerns
Earlier this week, McAfee discussed whether he felt safe filming College GameDay at Utah Valley University. His remarks connected the question to a frightening incident at a college gathering in Utah.
On Monday’s show, he wondered whether the program should amplify reasons people might hate him at a university. He did not name Kirk in the remarks quoted in the report.
Program and setting
College GameDay is the ESPN program McAfee hosts, and the planned filming location was Utah Valley University. The report links his public safety concerns to the earlier FBI advice but does not say that the advice concerned the campus specifically.
McAfee’s comments came after Kirk’s assassination, which the report says took place the previous year. It gives no date for the assassination or the FBI’s warning beyond that timing.
Key points
- A source told OutKick that the FBI advised McAfee to wear a bulletproof vest.
- The advice came the week after Charlie Kirk’s assassination last year.
- McAfee later expressed safety concerns about filming College GameDay at Utah Valley University.
- The report does not explain the specific reason for the FBI’s advice.