Only the character was killed off IMO. There is no blood splatter on the backdrop behind him like there would be in a real shooting. That bullet would have traveled right through him. It looks like a Hollywood blood squib device was used based on the videos most of us here have watched. Charlie was losing debates to even potheads re: the genocide in Gaza. People just aren’t buying it any longer. Plus his usefulness is up as this was meant to further divide and get more red flag laws, gun legislation, more surveillance, yada yada. So mission success.