Fox is saying very few details at the moment, speaking about trans issues and mass shootings at a TPUSA event. Jason Chaffetz was there watching, and Sandra reports he heard the shot and saw Charlie fall back.
Oh, my Lord - there are already some graphic pictures - I won't put them up here.
Crowds scatter at a Turning Point USA event at Utah Valley University after someone started shooting a gun, apparently unconfirmed reports that Charlie Kirk was hit. Horrible, hoping for the best here pic.twitter.com/fuObQlxQ1i
They are going MAD with rage that we haven't given it to them - the retaliatory violence that they want - so this is only going to ratchet up because the Left and Progressives are INSANE.
I don't have any updates on Charlie's condition yet, other than it's critical and he's in the hospital.
Charlie on Ingraham Monday.
Why do you think men want children more than women? What’s behind this? https://t.co/k5rYzgTdjv
Top Democratic leaders have issued strong statements condemning political violence following the reported shooting of conservative activist Charlie Kirk at Utah Valley University. Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi, and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer each expressed support for Kirk and the UVU community while denouncing the attack.
Jeffries stated that "political violence is NEVER acceptable," offering prayers for Kirk and his family. Pelosi called the shooting "reprehensible" and urged Americans to hold the UVU community in their hearts. Schumer described the incident as "horrifying" and emphasized that such violence has no place in the country.
Aw, jeez. This just makes my heart sink when I read the description of the hit (at 15:43) combined with what I see in the still.
Emma Pitts and Eva Terry, reporters for Deseret News, have shared eyewitness accounts of the shooting of conservative activist Charlie Kirk at Utah Valley University on Wednesday. Speaking to CNN, Pitts said the gunshot came just minutes into Kirk's remarks. "Then you see Charlie go limp," she recalled. "His neck kind of turned, and we saw blood immediately."
Video footage from the event appears to show Kirk recoiling in his seat after being struck in the neck. Pitts added, "It felt like so much blood came out his neck immediately."
Terry described the pre-shooting atmosphere as "really happy, excited," with students eager to engage with Kirk. She said the shooting occurred just after a student asked Kirk a question about transgender shooters. "Before Charlie Kirk could pick up the mic again, that's when the shot happened," Terry said.
Greasy Gavin has chimed in almost immediately, too, but man, oh, MAN - is he catching HELL in the comments.
Like being caught as the arsonist who brings a bucket of water AFTER setting the fire
"We're going to punch these sons of b*tches in the mouth" -Gavin Newsom August 2025 https://t.co/rgIRvpgTux
Turning Point USA, the conservative youth organization founded by Charlie Kirk, confirmed in a statement to CNN that Kirk was shot during the organization’s campus tour stop on Wednesday.
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Crap. Another angle - John just sent this one, and in the irony of ironies, they were discussing mass shootings.
🚨 BREAKING: CHARLIE KIRK SHOT IN THE NECK AT UTAH EVENT!
SHOCKING attack at Utah Valley University! Shots fired during Charlie Kirk’s speech — organizer confirms he was HIT IN THE NECK while discussing trans mass shooters.
Charlie Kirk, the CEO and co-founder of the conservative youth organization Turning Point USA, was in critical condition at a Utah hospital Wednesday after being shot at a college event, a law enforcement official told The Associated Press. A suspect was in custody, the college said.
Videos posted to social media from Utah Valley University show Kirk speaking into a handheld microphone while sitting under a white tent emblazoned with the slogans “The American Comeback” and “Prove Me Wrong.” A single shot rings out and Kirk can be seen reaching up with his right hand as a large volume of blood gushes from the left side of his neck. Stunned spectators are heard gasping and screaming before people start to run away. The AP was able to confirm the videos were taken at Sorensen Center courtyard on the Utah Valley University campus.
Suspect not yet in custody, university says, despite earlier statement
From CNN's Elise Hammond
The suspect in the shooting of political activist Charlie Kirk is not yet in custody, according to a spokesperson from Utah Valley University, despite the school saying earlier police did have someone in custody.
Initially, the school said the suspect was in custody.
Kirk, who was invited by a student group, was speaking Wednesday afternoon when a shooter fired from a campus building about 200 yards from Kirk, a spokesperson told CNN.
Beege MORE:Okay, so in regards to the whackjob looking guy, the crowd jumped and then they frogmarched out to the cop cars. Fox has just reported they have confirmed HE IS NOT THE SHOOTER.
JUST IN: No suspect is in custody at this moment in the Charlie Kirk shooting, according to Utah Valley University spokesperson Eleanor Treanor.
The university says Kirk was shot from the university's Losee Center, 200 yards away.
..."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," the New York Times reported.
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