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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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[–] sisatici@hexbear.net 38 points 1 week ago

Charlie kirk last words

[–] Flinch@hexbear.net 38 points 1 week ago (2 children)
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[–] Thordros@hexbear.net 38 points 1 week ago

hahahahahahahahaha

AHAHAHAHAHAH

[–] AOCapitulator@hexbear.net 38 points 1 week ago

Couldn't have happened to a man with a smaller face

[–] sawne128@hexbear.net 37 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Lived and died spreading hatred. The footage is sooo cathartic.

[–] Cat_Daddy@hexbear.net 32 points 1 week ago (1 children)
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[–] Goblinmancer@hexbear.net 36 points 1 week ago (3 children)

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

[–] T34_69@hexbear.net 33 points 1 week ago (1 children)

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

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[–] very_poggers_gay@hexbear.net 35 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

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

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[–] infuziSporg@hexbear.net 35 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Charlie Kirk died of a fentanyl overdose.

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[–] miz@hexbear.net 35 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

think about how happy Matt felt to see one more squib!

matt-jokerfied

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[–] Mardoniush@hexbear.net 34 points 1 week ago (3 children)

Once again asking everyone to not schedule fun forum events outside AU hours. Think about how left out Dort Owl must feel

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[–] bennieandthez@lemmygrad.ml 34 points 1 week ago (5 children)

okay its funny how unreliable the police is in the US.

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[–] abc@hexbear.net 33 points 1 week ago
[–] rafflesia@hexbear.net 32 points 1 week ago

what is believed to be a targeted attack

uh yeah, looks like the shooter was aiming for the neck!

[–] mx_oceanwater_they_them@hexbear.net 32 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (4 children)

https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/charlie-kirk-last-words/

Charlie Kirks last words:

ATTENDEE: Do you know how many transgender Americans have been mass shooters over the last 10 years?

KIRK: Too many. [Applause]

ATTENDEE: In America, it's five. Now, five is a lot, right, I'm going to give you — I'm going to give you some credit. Do you know how many mass shooters there have been in America over the last 10 years?

(the number is 2500)

KIRK: Counting or not counting gang violence?

(then he gets shot)

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[–] Bakzik@hexbear.net 32 points 1 week ago (4 children)

The argentinian libertarian propagandists and the callcenter/bots (both payed by the goverment), are shitting bricks on social media. And even more so now that Milei is coming off a midterm election loss, a corruption scandal, and a significant loss of popularity.

che-smile

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[–] T34_69@hexbear.net 32 points 1 week ago (3 children)

Holy shit, is that real? That's... A lot of blood, damn

[–] T34_69@hexbear.net 28 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Well I sure hope it's fatal. One Zionazi down crab-party

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[–] larrikin99@hexbear.net 31 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Authorities have announced they now believe Kirk was not victim of a political assassination, but instead a meticulously planned Columbo-esque murder by a wealthy, conceited socialite who stood to inherit Kirk's media empire, concocting an alibi that placed him far from the scene using a series of pre-arranged phone calls, meanwhile they donned the outfit of an ice cream vendor to commit the murder themselves. a raincoat clad detective is currently in the process of feigning to end a conversation with the suspect, before drawing them back in with "one more thing..."

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[–] Sickos@hexbear.net 31 points 1 week ago
[–] Catalyst_A@lemmygrad.ml 31 points 1 week ago (2 children)
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[–] Barabas@hexbear.net 31 points 1 week ago (7 children)

Oh, he died. Neat. He may not have agreed with your views but he will defend your right to guns to shoot him with until he is shot.

It is kind of funny how this will be entirely gone from the news cycle in a month. Nobody will care after that other than possibly the murder trial (if there is one), the only reason that the pharma boss getting shot stayed relevant for so long is because people are horny for Luigi Mangione.

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[–] CleverOleg@hexbear.net 31 points 1 week ago (6 children)

Selfishly, I kinda wish Kirk survived, but only because I really wanted to use this meme from when Trump go shot:

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[–] Coolkidbozzy@hexbear.net 30 points 1 week ago (5 children)
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[–] glimmer_twin@hexbear.net 29 points 1 week ago

Maybe his neck just did that

[–] 666@lemmygrad.ml 28 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (6 children)
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[–] bdonvr@thelemmy.club 28 points 1 week ago

My only regret is that they didn't go for someone more important.

[–] Wertheimer@hexbear.net 28 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Another right-wing podcaster has canceled a public event

spoiler

In the wake of the killing of conservative political commentator Charlie Kirk, who was fatally shot during a speaking event in Utah Wednesday, Gov. Gavin Newsom has rescheduled a political event to rally support for his redistricting effort. The FAFO50 event was postponed until next week, according to Newsom’s political spokesperson Nathan Click.

[–] Chana@hexbear.net 32 points 1 week ago

FAFO50

This cannot be a real timeline

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[–] RedWizard@hexbear.net 28 points 1 week ago

LOL, holy shit! charlie-kirk No info yet on his condition? inshallah inshallah inshallah

[–] RedWizard@hexbear.net 28 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (4 children)

You're doing gods work @deforestgump@hexbear.net.

So they have a person in custody, its just not that old man?

Also 200 yards, someone had been clocking in hours at the range.

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[–] Goblinmancer@hexbear.net 28 points 1 week ago (5 children)
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[–] Torenico@hexbear.net 28 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

he refused to take a vaccine shot

but he took a 5.56 shot right in the throat

what the fuck man? go to therapy or something bro

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