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Whatever happened to the theory that it hit his body armor first and deflected up into his neck? I haven't looked into this in awhile, but recall seeing a video that looked like that is what happened. That would explain the loss in velocity.
He was not wearing body armor.
To cause a straight-on shot from a 30.06 or a 5.56 from 150 yards to deflect, at that extreme of an angle, into his neck, externally, he would have had to be wearing plate armor.
Plate armor carriers are quite bulky and noticable.
They would be obviously visible, under a form fitting T Shirt.
There are tons of pics and video of Kirk that day, bending in different directions... at no point does he appear to be wearing a plate carrier under his shirt.
Kevlar or a more flexible kind of armor would not have deflected such a straight-on shot, it would have 'caught' it, or just slowed it down and spread some of the impact energy over the rest of his chest, while ultimately failing to stop the bullet from penetrating into him... at the point of impact, which would have left him with a chest/waist entry wound, which does not match the autopsy at all.
Either a straight-on shot to kevlar or plate would have caused brusing and/or fractures to his chest, whether the scenario is deflection or penetration.
Those were not indicated by the autopsy.
If he had been wearing body armor, been shot from the front, and the bullet then ricocheted into his neck...
The shirt would have a hole or tear or at least abrasion damage of some kind where the initial impact happened.
It does not.
He had a backup lapel mic above his right pectoral, which was magnetically attached under his shirt, which then had a wire going across his chest, to a powerbank/transciever on his left side.
https://www.aap.com.au/factcheck/viral-conspiracy-theory-about-charlie-kirks-death-is-false/
The deformation of his shirt was a result of the impact of the round hitting him, causing him to jolt, which knocked off the lapel mic, which tugged on the wire under his shirt.
Kirk wearing the lapel mic at another event:
The visible backup lapel mic above his right pec, immediately prior to being shot: