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Police identify former student arrested for assaulting TPUSA in 'wizard outfit,' using 'prop cane'

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Piper, G. (2026, November 11). Police identify former student arrested for assaulting TPUSA in 'wizard outfit,' using 'prop cane'. Just The News. https://justthenews.com/nation/free-speech/police-identify-former-student-arrested-assaulting-tpusa-wizard-outfit-using?utm_source=justthenews.com&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=external-news-aggregators

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Just The News · collected 2026-11-11 · by Greg Piper

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Police have identified Ciro Stephen Tomlian, a former student of UT Tyler from Jacksonville, as the individual arrested for assaulting members of Turning Point USA at the university on Tuesday. Wearing a "wizard outfit," Tomlian used a "prop cane" to strike three people and tear down an American flag during TPUSA's event. He was charged with two counts of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon and one count of assault causing bodily injury, and booked into Smith County Jail after campus police intervened.
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Topics

American TPUSA Turning Point USA UT Tyler the University of Texas

Subjects

TPUSA ORG · 3× American NORP · 2× Ciro Stephen Tomlian PERSON · 2× Tomlian PERSON · 2× UT Tyler ORG · 2× Beverley Golden PERSON · 1× Jacksonville GPE · 1× Turning Point USA ORG · 1× Tyler GPE · 1× the University of Texas ORG · 1×

Narrative

Frontlines TPUSA video captured Tomlian striking people with the cane and swinging it at others, tearing down an American flag from the TPUSA "Pick Up the Mic" event and swinging it in the face of an organizer, and calling them "fascist pieces of s**t" before campus police arrested him.
framing: assertive · carried by 1 article(s) · first seen 2026-11-11
2026-11-11 · Just The News
Police identify former student arrested for assaulting TPUSA in 'wizard outfit,' using 'prop cane' · assertive framing

Claims (12 extracted, 2 hedged)

Police identify former student arrested for assaulting TPUSA in 'wizard outfit,' using 'prop cane' asserted
Police → identify → cane
Ciro Stephen Tomlian cursed at organizers, struck people with cane and tore down American flag, video shows. asserted
video → curse → flag
Police have identified the man dressed in a "wizard outfit" who was arrested Tuesday for using a "prop cane" to assault three members of Turning Point USA at the University of Texas in Tyler. asserted
who → identify → Tyler
Nineteen-year-old Ciro Stephen Tomlian of Jacksonville is a former UT Tyler student, according to Associate Vice President Beverley Golden, KTLV said. uncertain
KTLV → accord → Golden
He was charged with "two counts of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon and one count of assault [that] causes bodily injury." asserted
that → charge → injury
Frontlines TPUSA video captured Tomlian striking people with the cane and swinging it at others, tearing down an American flag from the TPUSA "Pick Up the Mic" event and swinging it in the face of an organizer, and calling them "fascist pieces of s**t" before campus police arrested him. asserted
police → capture → him
He was booked into Smith County Jail. asserted
He → book → Jail
UT Tyler President Julie Philley said Tomlian assaulted three people during the event, according to the Houston Chronicle. uncertain
Tomlian → say → Chronicle
Campus police criminally trespassed him from campus. asserted
police → trespass → campus
"The First Amendment protects your right to speak, even to protest," Texas GOP congressman Nathaniel Moran said, sharing the video and thanking police for quick action. asserted
Moran → protect → action
"It does not protect assaulting people you disagree with. asserted
you → protect → people
Violence has no place on any campus, and it doesn’t represent East Texas." asserted
it → have → Texas
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