#CharlieKirk, #FarRight Activist, Fatally #Shot in Utah
Mr. Kirk, 31, a close ally of #Trump, was killed while speaking in front of a large crowd at #Utah Valley University. A university official said no suspect was in custody.
#law #GunControl #PoliticalViolence #extremism
https://www.nytimes.com/live/2025/09/10/us/charlie-kirk-shot-utah?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare
Law enforcement officials are still looking for the #shooter, said a university spox, Ellen Treanor: “There is no suspect in custody; it is an active investigation.” The campus was closed, & classes have been canceled.
Treanor said that #CharlieKirk, 31, was struck about 20 mins after he began speaking on the university’s campus in Orem, #Utah. She said an attacker had fired at Kirk from the Losee Center, a building more than 100 yards away.
Video posted on social media shows the moment #CharlieKirk was shot & the seconds leading to the incident. Kirk was being asked questions about #MassShootings in the #US.
“Do you know how many mass shooters there have been in America in the last 10 years?” a person asks. “Counting or not counting gang violence?” Kirk responds right before he is shot.
Speaker #MikeJohnson paused the #House in the middle of a series of votes to call for a moment of silence and prayer for #CharlieKirk.
Several Democrats objected, pointing out that the House had not given a #SchoolShooting in #Colorado earlier in the day the same treatment.
Also #Trump ordered all American flags to be lowered to half-staff until Sunday evening at 6PM in honor of Kirk, he didn’t mention the 3 students shot at Colorado #Evergreen HS.
#KashPatel, #Trump #FBI director, says on social media that the suspected #CharlieKirk shooter is in custody.
Utah law enforcement are currently holding a press conference, they say the suspect is still at large.
Pretty sure Patel is wrong.
Confirmed, even at 11:30PM MT suspect still at large.
Every “#left” politician & talking head has decried the fatal #shooting of #CharlieKirk, but the #RightWing peeps like #SteveBannon & #FoxNews‘ #JesseWaters are saying we are at WAR. Disgusting. They’re not calling for unity or an end to #PoliticalViolence. They are fanning the flames of #division & #hate.
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