A radio station in Las Vegas has fired an employee over comments made after the fatal shooting of activist Charlie Kirk on Wednesday.

The employee, Bobby Machado, worked as a behind-the-scenes producer for KKGK (1340 AM, Fox Sports Las Vegas) and KWWN (1100 AM, ESPN Las Vegas), two sports radio stations that are owned by Lotus Communications.

In a now-deleted post on X (formerly Twitter), Machado took issue with condolences expressed toward Kirk and his family. Kirk, a polarizing and often controversial conservative activist and podcaster, was fatally shot during a public appearance at a college in Utah on Wednesday.

“Good f–king riddance,” Machado wrote. “I’ve watched his show way too much — he’s a piece of human s–t, and I’m glad as f–k the world is without him. F–k him all the way to hell. Goodnight!”

The post was shared hundreds of times by X users who were critical of Machado. Eventually, he was linked to Lotus Communications, which placed him on leave Thursday afternoon while the broadcaster investigated the matter.

The situation ultimately reached the Vegas Golden Knights, the professional hockey team in Las Vegas, whose local games are broadcast by KKGK.

“We condemn in the strongest possible terms the abhorrent and deplorable comments made on social media by an employee of Lotus Broadcasting regarding Charlie Kirk,” the Vegas Golden Knights said in a statement. “This individual is not an employee of the Golden Knights and has never been an employee of the Golden Knights. Glorifying or excusing violence is vile, unacceptable, and will not be tolerated. We have demanded that Lotus immediately address this matter.”

By Thursday evening, Machado was out of a job.

“The employee has been terminated, and once again we do not tolerate hate or discrimination,” a spokesperson for Lotus Communications said in a statement. “These views do not reflect Lotus Stations or our partners.”

Lotus did not name Machado as the employee who was terminated. His name was provided to The Desk by a source familiar with the radio station’s investigation, who agreed to speak on background and on condition of anonymity. Machado has not addressed the matter as of Thursday evening, and his X account is no longer online.

Machado is not the only Lotus employee who drew criticism from social media users on Thursday: Graig Salerno, a local comedian who hosts several programs for Lotus’ radio stations in Las Vegas, was also scorned for a Facebook post in which he criticized people who expressed condolences toward Kirk.

“Sure are a bunch of ‘F your feelings’ losers telling others to keep it classy all of a sudden,” Salerno wrote. “Hope you posted about the school shootings today with just as much emotion as you did supporting a fascist, propaganda-spreading, evil liar.”

The school shooting referenced by Salerno took place at a high school in Denver, hours after Kirk was shot. The two incidents were not related.

It wasn’t clear if Lotus was investigating Salerno for his comments.

In the aftermath of Kirk’s shooting, several high-profile companies have cut ties with workers and business partners over remarks made about the conservative activist on social media and other places.

On Thursday, the Carolina Panthers football team fired a member of their external communications team, Charlie Rock, after he publicly questioned why people were sad about Kirk’s death. He also posted a clip that included the song “Protect Ya Neck” from the Wu-Tang Clan, according to Fox News Digital. Online videos show Kirk died from a single gunshot wound to the neck.

At least two schools — the University of Mississippi and Middle Tennessee State University — have also fired workers over social media posts about Kirk’s death, according to The Hill. A teacher in South Carolina was also fired after posting about Kirk on social media, and a paramedic with the Nashville Fire Department was suspended over numerous posts she made on social media, according to a local media report.

One of the most-high profile terminations came late Wednesday when cable news outlet MSNBC fired its political analyst Matthew Dowd over remarks he made during an interview immediately after news of Kirk’s shooting was made public.

In an exchange with the network’s anchor Katy Tur, Dowd wrongly speculated that one of Kirk’s supporters may have fired a gun in celebration, wounding the political activist. Dowd also questioned whether Kirk’s rhetoric — which was inflammatory at times — influenced someone to harm him.

“Hateful thoughts lead to hateful words, which then lead to hateful actions,” Dowd said. His comments were made before it was public knowledge that Kirk had not survived.

Before he was fired, Dowd wrote a statement on social media apologizing for his remarks.

“On an earlier appearance on MSNBC I was asked a question on the environment we are in. I apologize for my tone and words,” Dowd said. “Let me be clear, I in no way intended for my comments to blame Kirk for this horrendous attack. Let us all come together and condemn violence of any kind.”

Before his apology, Dowd shared a post made by another social media user that attempted to justify his remarks.

“What you just said regarding Kirk and hate filled speech is correct, Matthew,” the user, who identifies as Tamela Ehlinger, said in the post, adding: “This was only a matter of time.”

As of Thursday evening, the post from Ehlinger was still being shared on Dowd’s account.