Charlie Kirk was s;hot during his speaking at a Utah university
The final words of Charlie Kirk before he was sh:ot while he was speaking with audiences at a Utah university have been disclosed.
The Turning Point founder Charlie Kirk was shot and k:illed in a sh0cking incident that occurred at Utah Valley University on September 10.
President Donald Trump confirmed Kirk’s passing on social media at the time when it was unclear what Kirk’s condition was.
On Truth Social, he said: “The Great, and even Legendary, Charlie Kirk, is dead. No one understood or had the Heart of the Youth in the United States of America better than Charlie.
“He was loved and admired by ALL, especially me, and now, he is no longer with us. Melania and my Sympathies go out to his beautiful wife Erika, and family. Charlie, we love you!”
In the footage, the conservative commentator was discussing gun vi:olence only moments before he was sh0t.
One of the audience members during the rally stepped up in order to a microphone to debate him on the topic of mass shootings.
They asked: “Do you know many transgender Americans have been shooters over the last 10 years?”
This topic has become more prevalent following the Catholic Church shooting on August 27 in Minneapolis, where the suspect was identified as a transgender person.
Kirk replied ‘too many’ before the crowd roared.
The same audience member answered that the number was five and followed up by asking how many mass shooters there had been in America over the last 10 years.
Kirk’s final words were before being shot was his response to this question.
“Counting or not counting gang vio:le:nce?”, he said.
After that, a gun sho:t rang out in the crowd, with a bullet striking Kirk in the neck.
Following the sho:oting, authorities confirmed that they had a suspect in custody but did not reveal whether they believed this person to be the sho:oter.
According to the FBI, this person has since been released, .
FBI Director Kash Patel took to Twitter and said: “The subject in custody has been released after an interrogation by law enforcement. Our investigation continues and we will continue to release information in interest of transparency.”
Another person who was arrested has been released as officials said they have ‘no current ties’ to the sh:o:oting.
In a video that was shared on Truth Social, President Trump said he was ‘filled with grief and anger at the heinous assassination of Charlie Kirk’.
In the mean time, Utah Governor Spencer Cox called the shooting a ‘political a:ssas:sination’.
Investigators with the FBI and the Utah Department of Public Safety said: “The shooting is believed to be a targeted attack.
“The shooter is believed to have fired from the roof of a building down to the location of the public event in the student courtyard.
“Any additional clarifications cannot be provided to protect the integrity of our investigation.”
