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Right-wing commentator Charlie Kirk was shot at an event at Utah Valley University on Wednesday.

Footage of the incident circulating online appears to show Kirk shot near his neck and bleeding profusely. A suspect is now reportedly in police custody.

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[–] jordanlund@lemmy.world 7 points 18 hours ago

FYI - links to the gore video will be removed if it is not properly marked as NSFW/NSFL.

Yes, it's bad. This is not like the Trump "maybe it was faked with razor blades" kind of thing.

[–] Bakkoda@sh.itjust.works 36 points 18 hours ago (1 children)
[–] Boddhisatva@lemmy.world 16 points 18 hours ago* (last edited 18 hours ago) (1 children)
[–] Bakkoda@sh.itjust.works 8 points 18 hours ago* (last edited 18 hours ago)

Donald Trump has also been quoted as saying get over it when it came to gun violence against school children so this is early get overable.

[–] Dotcom@lemmy.ml 31 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

Sending Oh nos and anyways

[–] Tolookah@discuss.tchncs.de 7 points 18 hours ago

Eating tots and taters.

[–] jordanlund@lemmy.world 16 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

My non-mod opinion on this:

Trump is posting Kirk is dead.

Not going to celebrate, just noting:

"I can't stand the word 'empathy', I think it's a made up New Age term." - Charlie Kirk

https://youtu.be/qO8GGZ418T8

[–] aramova@infosec.pub 2 points 15 hours ago

I think it's fair to call something a Schadenfreude moment if it is. To quote Kirk: Prove me wrong.

[–] Sunflier@lemmy.world 10 points 17 hours ago (2 children)
[–] whiwake@lemmy.cafe 3 points 17 hours ago

🎉🥳🎈🎊🎁🍾

[–] Railcar8095@piefed.social 1 points 17 hours ago

Conservative Activist Charlie Kirk Dead After Shooting: Live Updates

very ~~poor~~ good choice of words

[–] just_another_person@lemmy.world 10 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

Definitely dead. You can't walk away from that.

[–] jordanlund@lemmy.world 7 points 18 hours ago

It's super bad, but if James Brady could survive a headshot, anything is possible.

Be prepared for any early reports to be wrong/corrected.

We're already finding out the person in custody was not the shooter.

[–] Xulai@mander.xyz 7 points 17 hours ago
[–] ronigami@lemmy.world 8 points 18 hours ago

What could go wrong, supporting one of the greatest shitstains in recent history?

[–] floo@retrolemmy.com 3 points 18 hours ago
[–] Nastybutler@lemmy.world 2 points 16 hours ago* (last edited 16 hours ago)

Live by the gun, die by the gun

[–] Zedd_Prophecy@lemmy.world 1 points 16 hours ago

Ironic to a fault. His death was worth it to protect my god given right not to care.