Ex-Michigan prosecutor sparks outrage after blaming Charlie Kirk for his own killing

"I'm terribly sorry when anyone is shot," Siemon wrote on X. "But I'm sure he doesn't mind because he has said that shootings and gun deaths are a price he is willing to pay for nearly unfettered abilities to possess and use firearms. I support sensible firearm control, and perhaps he will too."

Siemon, who did not respond to a request for comment, appears to have deleted her account.

Siemon was elected in 2016 as the county's first female prosecutor and later was criticized over her soft-on-crime record as well as clashes with law enforcement and the judiciary. 

In 2019, she allowed Anthony McRae, later responsible for the 2023 Michigan State University mass shooting that left three dead and five injured, to plead a felony gun charge down to a misdemeanor. 

That decision meant McRae avoided jail time and kept his ability to purchase firearms.

In 2022, Ingham County Judge Rosemarie Aquilina rejected a plea deal Siemon struck for convicted murderer Kiernan Brown, accusing the prosecutor of "trying to be creative to get around the law" and publicly calling for her resignation.