A New York high school teacher has been placed on administrative leave pending an investigation after mocking the assassination of Turning Point USA co-founder Charlie Kirk, which sparked outrage among parents and the community.
In Facebook posts reviewed by Fox News Digital, Patrick Freivald, a physics and robotics teacher at Naples Central School District, claimed Kirk was “interrupted by a bullet to the neck” and sneered, “Good riddance to bad garbage.”
Freivald’s post mocked Kirk’s final moments in great detail. “Charlie Kirk, who said that gun violence is a price worth paying for his version of the 2nd Amendment, spent his last coherent moments baselessly blaming transgender people for gun violence and arguing for stripping them of exactly those rights.”
“The aspiring Goebbels was interrupted by a bullet to the neck which quickly cured him of HVLD, and shortly thereafter he became a good Nazi*,” the historian stated. “Good riddance to bad garbage.”
He included footnotes to clarify his wordplay: “high-velocity lead deficiency” and “*Because the only good Nazi….”
Naples Superintendent Kevin Swartz condemned the posts in an email to families obtained by Fox News Digital, writing, “Like so many of you, I was shocked and saddened to learn of the terrible tragedy that occurred yesterday in Utah, where Charlie Kirk was assassinated.” Last evening, the district discovered that an NCS employee had made several posts about the tragedy on a personal social media site.
“Since then, we’ve heard from many community members about their concerns and outrage over these posts. I want to be very clear: all of your voices have been heard.
Swartz confirmed in the email that “a formal investigation is underway” and that the employee had been placed on leave pending the outcome.
The teacher responded with additional posts. In one, he wrote, “No media has reported that Kirk took a dirt nap, but Cheeto Jesus did. Edit: Many sources have now confirmed this.”
He also posted a picture of himself wearing a shirt that read “IS HE DEAD YET?”
Freivald is not new to controversy. In August, the teacher and self-published horror novelist slammed critics, calling them “MAGA f—wads” and bragging about his job stability.
“I have tenure and seniority in the strongest union in the strongest union state in the country and they only have to put up with me for seven more years,” wrote the worker.
He went on to accuse Trump supporters of supporting “a fascist pedophile,” saying, “No room for fascists. There’s no breath. There’s no room. “Silence equals compliance.”
Outside of the classroom, Freivald promotes himself as a three-time Bram Stoker Award-nominated horror author and owns Frog’s Point Honey, which sells hot pepper-infused honey and maple syrup. On his author blog, he defended offensive writing, saying he was “pleased” when his work elicited “umbrage, offense, even outrage.”
His novels include “Twice Shy,” about a zombie-infected adolescent girl attempting to navigate high school, and “Murmur,” a dark fantasy about a violinist bound to a demon. Many of his more recent titles, including the short-story collection “In the Garden of Rusting Gods,” were published by Barking Deer Press, a small publisher that primarily handles his own work.
