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What We Know About the Fatal Shooting of Charlie Kirk at Utah Valley
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/10/us/charlie-kirk-death-shooting-suspect.html
Mr. Kirk, 31, the founder of a right-wing youth activist group, was shot while speaking at the university on Wednesday.
Charlie Kirk was fatally shot on Wednesday while giving a speech at Utah Valley University in Orem, Utah.Credit…Kim Raff for The New York Times
Sept. 10, 2025
Charlie Kirk, a conservative political activist and a close ally of President Trump’s, was shot and killed on Wednesday afternoon at an event at Utah Valley University.
Mr. Kirk, who was 31, was on the university’s campus in Orem, Utah, for the first stop on his American Comeback Tour, in which he was set to visit campuses across the country to talk about conservative politics and engage in question-and-answer sessions.
Mr. Kirk was delivering remarks while sitting under a tent when he was struck in the neck. A person who had been taken into custody was released on Wednesday evening after being interrogated by law enforcement officials, the F.B.I. director, Kash Patel, wrote on social media. Officials said that the investigation was ongoing.
The attack was quickly condemned by Democrats and Republicans, and Mr. Trump ordered that American flags be lowered to half-staff until Sunday evening to honor Mr. Kirk.
Here’s what we know about the shooting.
What happened in the attack?
Mr. Kirk was about 20 minutes into speaking at the campus event when he was struck by a bullet, soon after noon local time, according to the university. Mr. Kirk had been seated under a tent with the slogan “The American Comeback.”
Blood spilled from Mr. Kirk’s neck as he fell from his chair, videos showed, and he was taken to a hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
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