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Livethread: Charlie Kirk Shot (and killed) at Utah Event (apnews.com)
submitted 17 hours ago* (last edited 10 hours ago) by deforestgump@hexbear.net to c/chapotraphouse@hexbear.net
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Update: potential shooter in custody (https://x.com/justin_hicken/status/1965848958464569704)

Update 2: There is footage which shows Charlie Kirk taking what seems to be a fatal gunshot to the neck. I will not post it here.

Update 3: Hasan Piker watched the clip on stream and confirmed that Kirk took the fatal shot. Piker was visibly shaken as he was supposed to debate Kirk at Dartmouth University in 15 days.

Update 4: Kirk has been hospitalized (https://www.foxnews.com/us/charlie-kirk-shot-utah-event-hospitalized)

Update 3:17 ET: BBC is reporting that the gunman is NOT in custody (https://www.bbc.com/news/live/c206zm81z4gt?post=asset%3Ac035788b-e6fb-4fbc-9265-7d60e5e027af#post)

3:27 ET: BBC now reports from university security that gunman is in custody:

3:47 ET: CBS Reporter @JenniferJJacobs: "A Turning Point USA official says Charlie Kirk is at the hospital but "it doesn’t look good.” Confirmed Kirk was shot in the neck. @CBSNews" (https://x.com/JenniferJJacobs/status/1965863480499868145)

3:48 ET: AP Reports that Charlie Kirk is in critical condition. (https://apnews.com/live/utah-valley-university-charlie-kirk-shooting-updates#00000199-3528-de36-a9f9-777f0f350000)

3:55 ET: Kirk was in a debate at the "Prove Me Wrong Table" (https://www.nytimes.com/live/2025/09/10/us/charlie-kirk-shot-utah/37c9c0ac-f695-504a-8ff6-d9ab2a3078e1):

3:59 ET: Shot came from 200 yards away (https://www.bbc.com/news/live/c206zm81z4gt?post=asset%3Af64761ff-6c89-48a8-81b7-a975947a1f30#post)

4:04 ET: NYT: Old man in custody is NOT actually the shooter. The police have determined that a person who was taken into custody after the shooting was not actually the shooter, according to Scott Trotter, a university spokesman. The university had earlier said a suspect was in custody, and videos online showed an older man being detained by police officers. (https://www.nytimes.com/live/2025/09/10/us/charlie-kirk-shot-utah/4ad76cd0-57e9-5b4a-b7b8-acb2e2a58026)

4:15 ET: Desert News Reporter: Utah Speaker Mike Schultz confirms Charlie Kirk is dead. (https://x.com/BrighamTomco/status/1965871381419352506)

4:17 ET: Suspect not in custody, University says (https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/live-blog/live-updates-shooting-charlie-kirk-event-utah-rcna230437/rcrd88079?canonicalCard=true)

4:26 ET: Real America's Voice is reporting that Charlie Kirk has died (https://x.com/willsommer/status/1965873708163346786)

4:29 ET:

4:42 ET:

4:46 ET:

4:55 ET:

5:00 ET: BBC What we know, what we don't:

5:50 ET:

6:04 ET:

  • AP what the videos show:

  • BBC recants earlier reporting about where the shot took place:

6:10 ET: Video surfaces on twitter of what appears to be a shooter on the roof of a building (https://x.com/doug_zimmer1/status/1965866141970215038)

6:15 ET:

6:25 ET:

6:32 ET:

Press Conference:

  • Utah Gov Cox says a "person of interest" is in custody but speaks to 'whoever did this' (Press Conf).
  • That person isn't suspect 'Zynn'.
  • Person in custody being charged with Obstruction of Justice
  • Kirk killed with single shot:
  • That was a weird fucking press conference. [6:42 ET]

NBC News Summary of Press Conference:

I think that's all I got for now folks! Thanks for following. [6:50 ET]

9:17 ET: AP reports no one is currently in custody:

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[–] VHS@hexbear.net 15 points 9 hours ago* (last edited 7 hours ago) (1 children)

Pretty decent rundown from wikipedia:

  • Spread constant disinfo about COVID, vaccines, masks, and alternative medicine
  • Accused the West Point military academy of unfairly admitting a minority woman instead of him
  • Falsely claimed Trump won the 2020 election. TPUSA took part in the attempted coup (lol) on Jan. 6th 2021
  • Railed against MLK, the Civil Rights movement, and the 1964 Civil Rights act, accusing it of usurping the US constitution
  • Advocated for the integration of church and state, stated that the entire US population must be Christian
  • Enthusiastically spread baseless smears and hoaxes, including that Black pilots were unqualified and a cause of plane crashes
  • ...and denied that George Floyd was killed by Derek Chauvin, apparently he was talking about this today before getting killed

Not too much about foreign policy, although just a couple days ago he said he was "thrilled finally that we're using military force in our own hemisphere". He was active on Twitter and podcasting so I'm sure there's a lot more garbage that could be dug up. He was of course blaming mass shootings on transgender people at the very moment he was shot.

[–] VHS@hexbear.net 2 points 3 hours ago* (last edited 3 hours ago)

Misogyny bonus edition:

  • Tells women unprompted to "Submit to your husband!"
  • Discourages high school girls from pursuing a career but says they can go to college to find a husband.
  • Says pregnant women should be banned from visiting the US to avoid them having a US citizen child
  • Claims "The Jezebel spirit has infected an entire generation of young women." and "they have no interest in getting married or having children."

Racism:

  • States that the death toll of Texas flooding in summer 2025 "would have not have been so high if not for DEI."
  • Engaged in racially charged smears against his fellow far-rightist Candace Owens, falsely calling her family drug addicts on welfare.
  • Accuses Black representative Jasmine Crockett of "attempting to eliminate the white population".
  • Says that being "white helps you to be more of an American".
  • Fearmongers that "prowling Blacks go around for fun to go target white people"
  • Claims that Muslim citizens such as Ilhan Omar "are not actually Americans".

Fascism:

  • Called for military deployment in every major US city: "Bring in the tanks, roll in the military"
  • Takes credit for lobbying Trump to tariff Brazil over holding Bolsonaro accountable for his coup attempt.
  • Says that members of US congress should be prosecuted for entering an ICE facility
  • Suggests charging mayors with crimes who do not cooperate with Trump's DHS ~~secret police~~ "immigration enforcement".