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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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[–] WhyEssEff@hexbear.net 27 points 22 hours ago* (last edited 22 hours ago)

Incoming legislation called the Charlie Kirk Act that will ban all guns for specifically minority groups, which will pass unanimously

[–] TerminalEncounter@hexbear.net 28 points 22 hours ago

Blue jean baby

[–] TheModerateTankie@hexbear.net 45 points 1 day ago

dead-motherfucker welcome home charlie

[–] ZWQbpkzl@hexbear.net 26 points 22 hours ago

I was hoping to attend a working group meeting today but now I'm afraid I'll keep grinning and giggling like an idiot.

[–] notmyoldaccount@hexbear.net 27 points 22 hours ago (2 children)

It feels like we're hitting some societal breaking point of the powerful never having to face the consequences of their actions

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[–] facow@hexbear.net 44 points 1 day ago

I've been having such a shitty month, nice to have something to cheer me up

[–] TheModerateTankie@hexbear.net 23 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

What are the odds it's a right wing crank pissed off about him saying he wouldn't talk about Epstein anymore?

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[–] Goblinmancer@hexbear.net 38 points 1 day ago (3 children)

Maybe the shooter wanted to repeat trump ear grazed moment but accidents happens smh.

[–] T34_69@hexbear.net 34 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

Really difficult to pull off with such a big head and such an optical-illusion-ass face

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[–] onoira@lemmy.dbzer0.com 45 points 1 day ago (1 children)

rip bozo. rest in piss.

this probably won't happen, but: i hope the hero gets away with it and isn't some fringe Libertarian.

[–] iByteABit@hexbear.net 39 points 1 day ago (4 children)

That would be cool, but I fear the storm coming after this

If the shooter was anything other than a straight white dude with center to right politics, there's going to be some mass propaganda and hate attacks coming

[–] Justice@lemmygrad.ml 37 points 1 day ago

If it makes you feel.... neither better nor worse... they were already planning anything that comes from this. It may speed things up a bit, but they always planned on further and more violent crackdowns.

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