# MICHAEL RUIZ: Texas police ID man charged with assault in UT Tyler Turning Point USA attack caught on video

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/michael-ruiz-texas-police-id-man-charged-with-assault-in-ut-tyler-turning-point-usa-attack-caught-on-video/
- Published: 2026-11-11T18:19:31+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-11T20:07:57+00:00
- Original publisher: Fox News (publisher lean: Right)
- Original article: https://www.foxnews.com/us/michael-ruiz-texas-police-id-man-charged-assault-ut-tyler-turning-point-usa-attack-caught-video
- Topics: World

## Key points

- Ciro Tomlian was arrested after an incident at a UT Tyler event.
- He faces three assault charges involving an alleged cane attack.
- The university says he was not a student and is barred from campus.

## Summary

Texas police have identified Ciro Tomlian as the man accused of assaulting three people at a Turning Point USA event at the University of Texas at Tyler. Video shows a man striking or attempting to strike people with a cane, and the incident matters amid other reported attacks on the conservative student group.

Tomlian, a former student who was not enrolled, faces two charges of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon and one of assault causing bodily injury. He remains in Smith County jail and has been barred from campus. UT Tyler President Julie V. Philley said campus police responded immediately and that violence would not be tolerated.

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