Greg Gutfeld and several Fox News personalities paid tribute to a longtime supporter after learning he had been killed in what authorities believe was a random stabbing attack in Round Rock, Texas.
Andrew James Wimsatt, 62, was fatally attacked in broad daylight on Labor Day while sitting near a park bench, according to authorities.
Benedict Ogbodiegwu Jr., 26, was arrested and charged with murder after surveillance footage allegedly captured him approaching Wimsatt from behind shortly before 11 a.m. and repeatedly stabbing him.
Investigators said Wimsatt tried to fight off his attacker but was unable to escape.
Authorities allege the assault continued after Wimsatt fell to the ground before the attacker fled the area. A woman discovered Wimsatt with severe neck injuries around 11:15 a.m. and contacted police.
Detectives later traced the suspected attacker using surveillance footage from the surrounding area.
Investigators said footage showed the suspect at a nearby McDonald’s wearing different clothing before entering a red SUV registered to his family.
When confronted with a still image from surveillance footage, Ogbodiegwu allegedly initially acknowledged that the person shown was him before denying that he had been at the park.
He also allegedly claimed to have a twin brother but could not provide investigators with the twin’s name.
Detectives later recovered a trash bag near his home containing clothing resembling what the suspect had been wearing in surveillance footage, along with a large knife.
Authorities said the blade tested presumptively positive for blood.
Investigators believe Wimsatt and Ogbodiegwu did not know one another and have described the killing as a random attack.
Wimsatt had reportedly returned from visiting his mother at a nursing home shortly before he was killed.
The case took on a more personal dimension for Gutfeld and other Fox News personalities because Wimsatt had spent years supporting them online.
Wimsatt was an accomplished civil engineer who earned three degrees from the University of Texas at Austin, but he was also known for creating and sharing clips of television appearances by commentators he followed, per Trending Politics.
Gutfeld remembered Wimsatt as “supremely gentle” and someone who was “willing to do just about anything for another person.”
Fox News contributor Tyrus, whose real name is George Timothy Murdoch, also paid tribute, describing Wimsatt as “always positive” and someone with a “monster laugh.”
Kat Timpf similarly remembered Wimsatt for his generosity and kindness.
“Andrew was a rare person: Genuinely kind just for the sake of it; it quite clearly never occurred to him to expect anything in return,” Timpf said.
Wimsatt reportedly created clips for Timpf’s online community and archived old television appearances for several media personalities without asking to be paid.
The killing has also brought renewed attention to Ogbodiegwu’s previous encounters with the criminal justice system.
He faced a felony theft charge in 2017 that was dismissed and was arrested on another theft charge in January 2026.
A court ordered a competency evaluation in that case, and he was later committed for restoration before the charge was ultimately dismissed, according to the report.
Ogbodiegwu was arrested again in May on an accusation of providing false identification to police. That charge was also dismissed.
He now faces a murder charge in connection with Wimsatt’s death.
For Gutfeld and the other personalities who had come to know Wimsatt through years of online interaction, his killing represented the sudden loss of someone they remembered as consistently generous, positive and willing to help others.
