Charlie Kirk Shot at Utah Valley University Event
time.com
Kirk, 31, was shot as he spoke to a crowd at a Turning Point USA event. He leaves behind a wife and two children.
  • jeffw@lemmy.worldOPM
    2606·
    3 months ago

    Please note that NSFW/NSFL videos must be labeled as such or they will be deleted

    Edit: also keep in mind that initial information in these situations can often be inaccurate. Trusted outlets have conflicting reports about whether a suspect has been detained.

    Edit 2: the campus has officially stated they release the initial subject. Donald Trump has stated Charlie Kirk is dead.

  • F/15/Cali@threads.net@sh.itjust.works
    695·
    3 months ago

    They detained this man in connection to the crime, however he has since been released. Which is incredibly peculiar considering he and I were watching the sopranos together at the time of the incident. I can’t remember who my sopranos buddy was at the time.

  • 1SimpleTailor@startrek.websiteEnglish
    1681·
    3 months ago

    There’s so many layers of irony to this event. You can’t make this shit up.

    A man, who made a career downplaying gun violence and advocating against empathy for its victims, was shot while giving a talk about his favorite topic under a tent that said “Prove me wrong”, on a college campus in a state that just lifted its ban on weapons on college campuses. His own quotes can be endlessly used to shut down any outrage at his ironic demise.

    Charlie Kirk’s final moments were spent being definitively and completely proven wrong.

    If this wasn’t going to used as an excuse to ban Trans people from owning firearms and for further violence against the opposition, it would be hilarious.

  • MangioneDontMiss@feddit.nlInterlingua
    273·
    3 months ago

    I get the strong feeling that this shooting was done by a professional.

    • 1 single shot from over two hundred yards away
    • shooter escapes like a ghost, and it doesn’t seem like the police have found any evidence he was even there.
    • a separate person seemingly providing a distraction so the shooter can get away and the police just let him go.

    Makes me wonder a few things

    • was this a false flag? (seems most likely) - especially when you consider the context of trump wanting to send military into US cities and the Republicans voting against releasing the epstein docs on the same day. This shooting was an absolutely fantastic distraction and could easily be used by trump to promote his usage of military against US cities.
    • was this sponsored by someone
    • was this another country?
    • if the shooter escaped so easily, how likely is it that he does this again somewhere else?
  • inclementimmigrant@lemmy.world
    8·
    3 months ago

    per AP:

    JUST IN: Person suspected in fatal shooting of Charlie Kirk now in custody, FBI director says

    Well this is going to be interesting all things Patel.

  • Stamets@lemmy.worldEnglish
    1922·
    3 months ago

    Okay. Let me try to make a comment here that won’t get obliterated as it’s going to be real, REAL hard to dance within the lines on this.

    1. Hokay… I obviously do not condone violence of any kind. But… literally no one can be surprised by this happening. Certainly not them. They’ve been pushing extremely violent rhetoric for years and Charlie Kirk is not exactly a subtle small face in all of that.

    2. Astounding accuracy. I mean it wasn’t like Kirk was moving around a whole lot in the situation but still.

    3. Huge crowd, or at least for what I would expect, but I’m surprised no one saw something.

    4. Angle of attack is kind of surprising as well. Kirk was sat fairly low down with a covering over the top. Relatively shallow angle from what I could see in order to be able to hit him. Shot seems to have come from his right.

    5. His right is exposed overall but does anyone know what’s actually to the left there?

    6. And lastly, I am wondering how this is going to impact Nazis like Kirk in general. Are they going to ramp it up or step it down? Also wonder how long before people start saying it was done by some trans antifa palestinian who came to Utah from NYC via LA.

  • shrugs@lemmy.world
    381·
    3 months ago

    https://archive.is/I9QpJ

    Turning Point USA CEO and co-founder Charlie Kirk said of gun deaths on April 5, 2023, “I think it’s worth it. I think it’s worth to have a cost of, unfortunately, some gun deaths every single year so that we can have the Second Amendment to protect our other God-given rights.”

    Play stupid games, win stupid prices…

  • FordBeeblebrox@lemmy.world
    221·
    3 months ago

    In other interesting SLC news, I hit every green light on the way to the grocery store this afternoon. Bought stuff to make chili.

    Good riddance to bad rubbish.