Man Arrested After Assault at UT Tyler Turning Point Event
A man who was not a UT Tyler student was arrested after allegedly assaulting three people at a Turning Point USA campus event. Video reportedly showed him tearing down the group’s American flag and striking people with a cane before police intervened. Local reports identified the suspect as 19-year-old Ciro Stephen Tomlian and said he faces two counts of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon and one count of assault causing bodily injury. The university said it had criminally trespassed him and emphasized that free speech is protected but violence is not; Congressman Nathaniel Moran also condemned the alleged assault.







