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:
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Suspect in custody released (https://www.bbc.com/news/live/c206zm81z4gt?post=asset%3A969f3817-1fa8-4e7d-9098-1ef173612f76#post)
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President Trump refer's to Kirk in past tense (https://x.com/diana_nerozzi/status/1965872770946158801)
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AP Person taken into custody after Charlie Kirk was shot in Utah is not believed to be shooting suspect, AP source says (https://apnews.com/live/utah-valley-university-charlie-kirk-shooting-updates#00000199-3551-dba2-a5f9-f77b4ae80000)
4:42 ET:
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Police officiers are going building to building and escorting people off campus, Utah Valley University said on social media. Roads to the campus are closed, the university said. (https://www.nytimes.com/live/2025/09/10/us/charlie-kirk-shot-utah/57042e4f-2c2d-5d74-95e0-dc3638acc3f0)
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Charlie Kirk fatally shot at Utah State Valley University (https://nypost.com/2025/09/10/us-news/charlie-kirk-possibly-targeted-in-shooting-at-utah-valley-university-event-during-his-american-comeback-tour/)
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President Trump confirms Charlie Kirk has died (https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/115181934991844419)
4:46 ET:
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Andrew Kolvet, Kirk’s spokesman, says Kirk is dead. (https://www.nytimes.com/live/2025/09/10/us/charlie-kirk-shot-utah/38de36db-1ded-5a7e-9ca9-3723b4efc275)
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AP calls it (https://apnews.com/live/utah-valley-university-charlie-kirk-shooting-updates#00000199-355b-defb-afb9-375b2f950000)
4:55 ET:
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Location of Shooting (https://apnews.com/live/utah-valley-university-charlie-kirk-shooting-updates#00000199-3561-d313-a9fb-3d7df54a0000)
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Five Sources report Kirk has died (https://www.bbc.com/news/live/c206zm81z4gt?post=asset%3A655e0719-5188-4759-ab2f-342ec5029e21#post)
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Authorities still in pursuit of shooter (https://apnews.com/live/utah-valley-university-charlie-kirk-shooting-updates#00000199-3562-df88-a3bd-35e605ad0000)
5:00 ET: BBC What we know, what we don't:
5:50 ET:
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Utah Valley University officials encouraged students who are still on campus, or who had taken shelter in university buildings after the shooting, to call for a police escort. “Police will come and escort you out of the building,” the university wrote on social media. (https://www.nytimes.com/live/2025/09/10/us/charlie-kirk-shot-utah/a51724ab-fdd1-5da2-83fe-4aeee8b67471)
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Trump lowers White House flag to flaccid (https://www.nytimes.com/live/2025/09/10/us/charlie-kirk-shot-utah/a51724ab-fdd1-5da2-83fe-4aeee8b67471)
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6:04 ET:
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AP what the videos show:
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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:
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Police Press Conference (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uQ_vb_olWQ4)
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InfoWar loser seem to think Israel was responsible (https://x.com/realchasegeiser/status/1965895909398720794)
6:25 ET:
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FBI Director says a suspect is in custody (https://x.com/FBIDirectorKash/status/1965903392934633587)
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RFKKK Jr. Pours one out (https://apnews.com/live/utah-valley-university-charlie-kirk-shooting-updates#00000199-35af-d49f-a99f-3fefa91e0000)
6:32 ET:
- Beau Mason, commissioner of the Utah Department of Public Safety, said he there is still an active investigation for the person of interest, who is still at large. That directly contradicts a social media post from the F.B.I. Director Kash Patel, who said a suspect “is now in custody.” (https://www.nytimes.com/live/2025/09/10/us/charlie-kirk-shot-utah/f73c07b1-38bb-505c-95be-2cc80897b4e6)
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:
I don't think we're going to hear the end of it specifically because he was very connected to the White House and also to conservative think tanks, both the one he ran and others, and also also frequently appeared on Fox, which means he was deeply tied to almost the entire conservative culture war apparatus. People still haven't completely let go of the Tesla vandalism and way more people hate Musk.
Remember Donald Trump getting shot? That was able to fall out of the popular consciousness. Charlie Kirk is a nobody in comparison
Trump got a little scratch. Kirk was a friend and agent of Trump and actually died.
High-velocity ear piercing
It did produce a trendy accessory for a little while, so you're not wrong.
The only way this stays in the media is if they find a way to blame it on a non-white or transsexual person. If it is just another right wing crash out it’ll fall away.