{"id":7604,"date":"2025-09-10T16:05:45","date_gmt":"2025-09-10T20:05:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bluewire.news\/wordpress\/?p=7604"},"modified":"2025-09-10T16:56:40","modified_gmt":"2025-09-10T20:56:40","slug":"neofascist-organizer-charlie-kirk-shot-during-speech-on-utah-campus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bluewire.news\/wordpress\/2025\/09\/10\/neofascist-organizer-charlie-kirk-shot-during-speech-on-utah-campus\/","title":{"rendered":"Neofascist organizer and influencer Charlie Kirk dead after being shot during speech on Utah campus"},"content":{"rendered":"

UPDATE: We missed it. At about 4:13pm, Utah state Speaker Michael Schultz informed X user Brigham Tomco that Charlie Kirk had died.<\/p>\n

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Less than a half hour later, Donald Trump weighed in with a characteristically muddled post on his social media platform.<\/p>\n

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This followed reports from Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene that Kirk was still alive.<\/p>\n

Per multiple media sources, a suspect is not in custody, and the working theory is that Kirk was shot from a building about 200 yards away.<\/p>\n

4:34pm: AP reports Charlie Kirk is in critical condition.<\/a><\/p>\n

3:30pm: Alternet<\/a> has the details:<\/p>\n

Conservative commentator and Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk was reportedly shot near the neck during a live question-and-answer session at Utah Valley University (UVU) on Wednesday, according to multiple media sources.<\/p>\n

The event, part of Kirk\u2019s \u201cAmerican Comeback Tour,\u201d took place under a tent on the school’s Orem, Utah campus. Witnesses say shots were fired during the student Q&A, and video footage circulating online appears to show Kirk being struck and clutching his neck.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

More at the link<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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