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Livethread: Charlie Kirk Shot (and killed) at Utah Event (apnews.com)
submitted 18 hours ago* (last edited 11 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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[–] glimmer_twin@hexbear.net 14 points 10 hours ago* (last edited 10 hours ago) (1 children)

Not everyone on this website is a future guerrilla ready to die for the struggle

Pathetic false dichotomy. I know this is a thread about Charlie Kirk but let’s not resort to sophistry in his honour.

Even the posters you decry as libs are probably more radical than 99% of the American population.

Damning both the posters and the American population in one comment, bravo.

And I don’t decry them as libs. They are libs. If someone’s first thought is to express concern for Hasan Piker of all things, they still contain massive amounts of liberal particles.

[–] 9to5@hexbear.net 11 points 10 hours ago* (last edited 10 hours ago) (1 children)

So what are you (the vanguard of the masses) gonna do about it other than scold libs on a shitposting forum ? Wheres the protracted peoples war in Utah ?

Im not American but these are your people. Assuming you are from the US Thats basically the ressources you are working with.

[–] glimmer_twin@hexbear.net 11 points 10 hours ago* (last edited 10 hours ago) (2 children)

I am also not American.

Wheres the protracted peoples war in Utah ?

You really can’t resist the false dichotomy huh? There are a thousand steps between “my theory of change is a millionaire liberal streamer who advocates for entryism in the capitalist genocide party” and “I will commit to guerilla warfare”. Please come back when you have an actual argument and not sophistry.

By the way, constructing arguments using rhetorical tricks and no substance is also an indicator that you need liberal chemo, just sayin.

[–] purpleworm@hexbear.net 2 points 4 hours ago* (last edited 4 hours ago)

“my theory of change is a millionaire liberal streamer who advocates for entryism in the capitalist genocide party”

Noticeably not what our friend here said, even remotely. Them being too parasocial doesn't entitle you to make up absurd positions that they don't hold. There's no need to construct arguments using rhetorical tricks (or just flat lies).

By the way, constructing arguments using rhetorical tricks and no substance is also an indicator that you need liberal chemo, just sayin.

I agree.

[–] 9to5@hexbear.net 8 points 10 hours ago* (last edited 9 hours ago)

I dont know what dichotomy or sophistry mean.

Im not well read or well versed in the English language and its nuances. I did have an argument though, even if it didnt shine through. I agree with you that caring about Hasan is pretty liberal and meaningless in the real world, and of course hes not a vehicle for any meaningful change. But neither is Hexbear.

So what if people like Hasan? Maybe they even have a parasocial relationship. Yeah, tha’s pretty libbed up but wheres the problem? Are we pretending Hexbear has to uphold some political party line? We arent an organization or a movement. I dont take offense to you calling people liberals maybe Im a liberal, who cares. It just raises eyebrow when people act like Hexbear is more than a shitposting forum, more than just a place to hang out online.

Im the last person that will tell you im a principled leftist cause im not.