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Still investigating cause of death, but it appears to be some sort of puncture wound in the neck region

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[–] Wilco@lemmy.zip 11 points 2 days ago

There may have been a weapon "aimed" or "targeted" at the victim for the shooting to occur. The FBI is 60% certain that a random bullet did not magically manifest and hit the racist conservative idiot in the neck.

[–] Korhaka@sopuli.xyz 28 points 2 days ago

No fucking shit he was targeted. That is how you aim a gun.

[–] Blackmist@feddit.uk 29 points 2 days ago

Nah, stray bullet bro.

[–] Philharmonic3@lemmy.world 10 points 2 days ago

Whoa damn. Release the Epstein files.

[–] db2@lemmy.world 241 points 3 days ago (27 children)

Of course he was targeted. The shooter is likely dead by now. They probably called it Operation Watch Charlie or something.

He was killed as a distraction.

[–] Kyrgizion@lemmy.world 57 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Possible... but he had a lot of enemies, and there's more and more people with literally nothing left to lose in the USA every single day, so it was probably inevitable on a long enough timescale.

[–] SARGE@startrek.website 34 points 3 days ago (4 children)

Who would have thought that making millions of people's lives actively worse in an already not great time in the most widely-armed country in the world could have POSSIBLY led to current events???

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[–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 47 points 3 days ago (2 children)

He was killed as a distraction.

Susie Wiles: "Sir, they leaked the live copy of your letter to Jeffery Epstein. It's having absolutely no effect on your public approval and Congress seems incapable of doing anything to stall your accrual of executive level powers. What should we do?"

Trump: "I'm a great president, Susie. Some say I'm the greatest president who ever lived. That's why I make the big decisions. And I've been thinking about this for a long time. We've got to save the nation. We need to get stronger. Some people are saying we're not strong, but they're wrong, Susie. This is the best this country has ever been and it's only going to get better. Are you ready to make this country better, Susie? I don't think you're ready... you're nodding. Does that mean you're ready?"

Susie Wiles: "Yes, Mr. President. Anything for you, Mr. President."

Trump: "Go talk to Pete Hegseth. He'll tell you what to do."

Pete Hegseth, drunkenly: "Susthy, ith so good to thee you again. But I lothe to wath you leaf."

Susie Wiles: "The President said you would know what to do."

Pete: "Yeah, uh... kill the big head guy. You know the one. With the tiny face."

Susie: "Charlie Kirk"

Pete: loud burping noise

Susie: "Right away, Mr. War Fighter Commander Pete."

sounds of gunfire

Susie Wiles: "Mr. President! In a strange turn of fate, it appears someone else shot Charlie Kirk before we could get to him."

Trump: "All according to plan, Susie. I'm the smartest man who ever lived. You can thank me with a kiss. Get over here, sweetie."

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[–] postmateDumbass@lemmy.world 15 points 2 days ago

Why is no one questioning God's involvement?

[–] itisileclerk@lemmy.world 21 points 2 days ago (3 children)

I'm no expert, but if you hit someone, it means you targeted them.

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[–] Diplomjodler3@lemmy.world 153 points 3 days ago (3 children)

Next up: FBI confirms a firearm was used in the shooting.

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[–] pineapplelover@lemmy.dbzer0.com 36 points 2 days ago (4 children)

I think it was an accident. He dropped the rifle and it accidentally shot Kirk

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[–] hornedfiend@sopuli.xyz 13 points 2 days ago

Current FBI is like 5th graders playing FBi. It’s hilarious how bad it is.

[–] Ironfist79@lemmy.world 14 points 2 days ago

Of course he was targeted. The man dedicated his entire career to spreading misinformation and hatred. He reaped what he sowed.

[–] Treczoks@lemmy.world 25 points 2 days ago

It is amazing that Trump sacrifices his personal Joseph Göbbels just to distract from the Epstein files.

[–] Balaquina@lemmy.ca 122 points 3 days ago (1 children)

TIL that I could be in the FBI. Great detective work guys.

[–] AcidiclyBasicGlitch@sh.itjust.works 50 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

When you realize how low the bar is, you should never have imposter syndrome again. At this point the remaining federal government is only composed of Trump loyalists.

The claims of meritocracy replacing DEI are beyond ridiculous. How many campus shooters have ever just walked away like this? This was a high profile assassination. The fact that they still have not found the guy that did this, should let you know they either let this happen or they're now just completely incompetent. I'm leaning towards the former, but the latter is definitely a possibility.

Anybody can just be handed power and control under this administration, no matter how unqualified. That is how the right has been operating for the last 25+ years. Literally that is why people keep joining this grift. If you're willing to pledge loyalty, take advantage of people, and help destroy your own country, you can make bank.

The people that fund the right refuse to let a penny of their money go towards taxes to pay for public services, but they will literally throw absurd amounts of money at anything that promotes their agenda. They would pay somebody to publicly set their own money on fire, if it meant that person could convince a handful of people to keep voting Republican.

The really sad thing is, there is some truth to the left (or at least the Democratic party) becoming so comfortable being cemented in established norms and institutions, that they have managed to become exclusionary and made a big chunk of the U.S. feel alienated.

Like a lot of the institutions on the left have become what the Republican party was when the new right was first forming. Everybody "new" actually has connections to somebody already established in the party. They're usually somebody's kid, relative, or family friend, or they attended the same Ivy League and were recruited by somebody in the establishment.

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[–] lorski@sopuli.xyz 6 points 2 days ago

EPSTEIN FILES. NOW.

[–] icelimit@lemmy.ml 16 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Pretty sure the puncture wound was from a random meteorite falling from the sky.

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[–] Lushed_Lungfish@lemmy.ca 6 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Generally when someone is shot, they are indeed targeted. I know the concept of aiming is somewhat anathema to you Americans, but it is often much more effective than your usual approach to firearms.

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[–] Mulligrubs@lemmy.world 58 points 3 days ago (6 children)

Do you mean to say it wasn't a random bullet?

I never would have reached that conclusion on my own, thank you FBI, you are truly the world's greatest detectives. Thinking outside the box!

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[–] HazardousBanjo@lemmy.world 30 points 2 days ago (19 children)

FAR too many "coincidences" for this to not have been an inside job.

The weird pre-prepared AI video of Trump announcing his death

The plane randomly arriving and likely picking the shooter up

The shooter being clearly an expert marksman

The right all coordinating to declare a civil war within seconds of it happening

The FBI conveniently not being able to find the guy

Not 1 but 2 plants in the crowd to distract authorities

Etc etc etc.

Release the Epstein files you orange pedophile piece of shit.

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[–] GreenKnight23@lemmy.world 28 points 2 days ago
[–] JackbyDev@programming.dev 8 points 2 days ago

I thought it was gang violence.

[–] BetaBlake@lemmy.world 49 points 3 days ago (4 children)

I don't think he was shot, I think his neck just did that

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[–] EightBitBlood@lemmy.world 34 points 3 days ago (7 children)

The blood shooting from Mr. Kirks neck alone was not good enough evidence to determine if the shooter hit what he was targeting. Great work FBI. At this rate, you'll soon be able to confirm the shooter used a gun.

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[–] kerrigan778@lemmy.blahaj.zone 28 points 2 days ago

Wild, I was pretty sure his neck just did that.

[–] jaybone@lemmy.zip 46 points 3 days ago (4 children)

Now Trump is going to send the army to guard the streets of buttfuck nowhere Utah from all this violence, right? Right?

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[–] teletext@reddthat.com 55 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

No, that was random gang violence. Charly tried to sell crack on the wrong turf.

[–] Tiger666@lemmy.ca 7 points 2 days ago (3 children)
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[–] Washedupcynic@lemmy.ca 52 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (15 children)

Tinfoil hat time: Based on the close up of the shooting, it looks like he got shot right in the corrotid artery, which has a very high mortality rating. This wasn't a lucky shot, this was well aimed. If you look at the tape, it doesn't look like someone in the crowd had a gun, no one in the crowd was reacting before the shot occurred, and no one saw a gun pulled. In the crowd full of people, how to you avoid everyone else and make a kill shot like that? I legit believe this was a shot taken from far away and the person that took the shot had the ability to make a sniper shot like that, (some form of police/military training.) Then, before he's been officially pronounced dead, Trump posts "The Great, and even Legendary, Charlie Kirk, is dead. No one understood or had the Heart of the Youth in the United States of America better than Charlie. He was loved and admired by ALL, especially me, and now, he is no longer with us. Melania and my Sympathies go out to his beautiful wife Erika, and family. Charlie, we love you!" Trump wrote on his social media platform. If he hadn't officially been declared dead, why was Trump saying that Charlie Kirk was dead before it was official. Next Trump is blaming the left with no proof. I'm calling it, Trump had Kirk assassinated as a false flag operation, and this will be trump's reischtag fire. Buckle up. Edit: NYT is saying the shot came from a roof via a high power bolt action rifle, because the gun was found in the woods near the campus. Authorities also claim to have video footage of the suspect going to the roof of a campus building.

[–] frezik@lemmy.blahaj.zone 55 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (7 children)

The shooting spot was about 250 yards away. That's WWII sniping range, but not particularly far for modern precision rifles. According to Ryan Cleckner (US Army Ranger sniper), precision marksman training in the Army makes you use iron sights out to 600 yards. A good setup these days can hit a dinner plate (read: a human head) at 1000 yards, and that's not even pushing it.

They didn't have to hit him the neck. They just needed to hit the general head area. They got lucky hitting the artery dead on, but any head hit has a very high probability of death.

There are millions of bench rest shooters with a bolt action rifle who could make that shot.

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[–] tyler@programming.dev 43 points 3 days ago (1 children)

You don’t think that maybe trump just doesn’t wait for a news article to be posted? Maybe he got a call and since he’s incessantly posting tweets he did it before an editor could approve the news article change? There’s a lot more simple explanations.

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[–] fodor@lemmy.zip 19 points 2 days ago (6 children)

The "nearby woods" have been secured, lol. Yeah, you do that. Watch out for the deer and bears and shit.

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[–] yesman@lemmy.world 60 points 3 days ago (4 children)

Crazy times to live when you see the FBI go from Darth Vader to Dark Helmet.

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[–] finitebanjo@lemmy.world 27 points 3 days ago (7 children)

What was the theory before? Crime of passion, gun and run?

Like he just had a "say what again" moment to that bullshit Kirk was saying on stage?

[–] But_my_mom_says_im_cool@lemmy.world 24 points 3 days ago (2 children)

“Let me just clean my rifle on the roof of this school building, what could go… OH FUCK!”

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[–] Theprogressivist@lemmy.world 59 points 3 days ago
[–] huquad@lemmy.ml 48 points 3 days ago (3 children)

No this wasn't a school shooting! This was targeted. The horror!

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[–] PapaStevesy@lemmy.world 17 points 2 days ago (2 children)

So Trump's gonna send NG troops to Utah right? The crime in these red states is really out of control.

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