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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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[–] Thordros@hexbear.net 54 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Guess he shoulda shrunk his neck instead of his face.

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[–] Sickos@hexbear.net 32 points 1 day ago
[–] RedDawn@hexbear.net 25 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (6 children)

Anybody have a good clip of Kirk talking about Palestine, for example, that I can point to when I tell people why I don’t give a shit that he got blasted?

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[–] CommunistCuddlefish@hexbear.net 14 points 23 hours ago

CRAB RAVE CRAB RAVE CRAB RAVE CRAB RAVE CRAB RAVE CRAB RAVE

[–] No_Bark@lemmy.dbzer0.com 41 points 1 day ago

I was having a crappy day, but this news really cheered me up.

RIP in piss bozo.

[–] AntiOutsideAktion@hexbear.net 26 points 1 day ago

First time in a while a headline made me shout out loud

[–] very_poggers_gay@hexbear.net 38 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

Hey Siri, play laughing to the bank by chief keef rip-bozo

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[–] kristina@hexbear.net 26 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

someone should get hasan to do us a shoutout or post our livethread links in his chat, they got 200k viewers rn catgirl-smug

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[–] glimmer_twin@hexbear.net 19 points 1 day ago
[–] Torenico@hexbear.net 25 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Excellent birthday gift!!!

Hope he had enough time to suffer

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[–] FactuallyUnscrupulou@hexbear.net 17 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I went to the bar at like 2 today and heard the news after I had a couple beers. Does that mean I pregamed the death of Kirk?

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[–] flango@lemmy.eco.br 12 points 23 hours ago

Wow, incredible coverage! Congrats

[–] newacctidk@hexbear.net 28 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I got a phone alert. WHAT THE FUCK?!?!? Did he forget his Kevlar diaper?

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