The couple says those 33 hours before the alleged shooter was caught felt like an eternity.
He condemned Kirk's murder. "I didn't care for Charlie Kirk. I found him insufferable. But it's awful what happened to him. No one deserves that, regardless of political beliefs."
The couple says they're grateful the suspect is alive. "At least we're going to get some answers as to why he did it," Sariah says. Her husband, Case, agrees. "That way justice can be served according to the law," he says. "I know he's already a coward for committing this assassination. I am glad he didn't take another cowardly step and kill himself."
But Case Dearden is concerned things could escalate. "This is an incendiary event. People are going to try and take justice in their own hands, is what I'm afraid of. And I don't feel any safer that the man has been caught. People are pointing fingers in every direction even more now," he says.
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