Charlie Kirk shot at Utah event (edited to update suspect is not in custody)

[Nevilledog]

Last edited Wed Sep 10, 2025, 09:15 PM - Edit history (1)

https://www.deseret.com/utah/2025/09/10/charlie-kirk-shot/

This is a breaking news story and will be updated.

Charlie Kirk was shot at an event at Utah Valley University in Orem, Utah on Wednesday.

Bystanders report seeing Kirk shot near his neck during a Q&A with students.

A suspect is in custody, according to a UVU alert sent to students. The campus is on lockdown.

[newdeal2]

1. Geez

I’ll await to hear about the suspect but it’s going to get pretty nasty.

[demmiblue]

2. Video (graphic):

BREAKING

There are reports that there has been a shooting at a Charlie Kirk/Turning Point USA event in Utah.

It appears that Kirk may have been shot in the neck.

— Yashar Ali 🐘 (@yasharali.bsky.social) 2025-09-10T18:46:26.088Z

[Maru Kitteh]

16. 2 shots? Looks like he had some decorticate posturing after the hit.

Bye Charles.

To be clear: Violence is bad. Republicans and misgynist white nationalist Christians should stop fomenting it. Also, he was surrounded by ‘good’ white MEN with guns. Huh. How ‘bout that?

[Warpy]

100. Decorticate is survivable

although he's going to have a long recovery ahead of him

Decerebrate is the one you don't want to see, although I've seen people who came in posturing recoverr from that, also.

It depends on how fast emergency care was given.

I never had much use for Kirk, he's like Jordan Peterson and a few others, all complaints and finger pointing, no solutions, no compassion. His following came from alienated people who hadn't learned to get off their diffs an do something about things they didn't like.

I take no pleasure in his FAFO about guns. If debate is going to be reduced to shooting an opponent, I"m glad I'm old and my time is limited.

[Maru Kitteh]

104. Yeah, you are correct but he's dead.

I saw a second video much closer and it was clearly not survivable.

[Warpy]

111. Well, that sucks

It looks like MAGA finally got its martyr.

[Srkdqltr]

3. Thats not good.

[Torchlight]

4. I hope the weapons's okay and every uses the correct nomenclature for it

Oh, and thought and prayers too, Mr. kirk. I hope your Prove Me Wrong tour gets better!


(yeah... sarcasm from top top bottom)

[ImNotGod]

5. Another staged attempt like tRump? ( no pun intended). nt

[newdeal2]

7. I am worried about that too

Also proves that a good guy with a gun can’t stop everyone.

[Silent Type]

9. Take a look at the video above if you have any doubts. Detest the MFer, but this gets us nowhere.

[ImNotGod]

10. To be frank I don't give a rats ass about him or his cult idiots, they reap what they sow. nt

[Silent Type]

21. Sounds a little too MAGA to me, but carry on.

[get the red out]

34. Guns

We can't talk about the the fact that the right won't address the gun issue in the country, though even they can suffer because of it too?

[Silent Type]

44. I'd be fine bashing guns and those that need them. That is not what is happening here.

[Polly Hennessey]

64. I'm not feeling too much sympathy either.

Charlie Kirk spews lies like a swarm of flies. I do, however, hope he recovers without too much after damage. The world we live in , oh my.

[angrychair]

95. My opinion

Is that violence only begats violence.
Kirk has done his fair share of promoting hate and violence against others. I have zero doubt that his constant rhetoric against marginalized people is responsible for the deaths of innocent people. Therefore, I do not take any pleasure in this horrible incident, I am just not surprised by it.

[ImNotGod]

114. Oh, I will carry on and anyone that doesn't like my posts can put me on ignore as I do with them. nt

[still-prayin4rain]

67. He said everybody else who has been murdered with guns is worth it.

https://www.newsweek.com/charlie-kirk-says-gun-deaths-worth-it-2nd-amendment-1793113

"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. That is a prudent deal. It is rational. Nobody talks like this. They live in a complete alternate universe."

[calimary]

92. How do you feel NOW, Charlie?

That “God-given right” almost sent YOU to the undertaker. Still feel the same now?

[ForgedCrank]

108. I don't

think people quite understand just how far this is going to set us back.
The majority of people here are mocking a guy who was assassinated. The entire country can see this gruesome video and it is not going to end well for us, especially when the words written in places like this are read by outsiders. The look is disgusting, and that is a seriously sized understatement.

[Sequoia]

52. Distraction from the Predator Files

[Hieronymus Phact]

99. Please let it go

Nobody 'staged' a shot at trump, intending to miss so closely that it grazed him but killed someone behind him, just to make a publicity stunt.
Not credible.

Please leave the conspiracies to the Q nutters.

[ImNotGod]

115. if anyone doesn't like what I post they can put me on ignore, like I do to them. Have a nice day. nt

[Hieronymus Phact]

120. the point is spreading conspiraciy theories is unhealthy and degrades the forum.

it's not all about you.

[uponit7771]

101. Wouldn't put it past him

[Cha]

112. No.

[ImNotGod]

116. If not I blame bigballs. nt

[Daveigh]

6. Absolutely awful

My thoughts are with everyone—Utah Valley University students/witnesses certainly included.

[sarisataka]

8. I do not support violence

and I will not deviate even when the victim is despicable.

[senseandsensibility]

11. Ew...Katy Tur weighed in

and said he was the only young politician that was really connecting with young people and then corrected herself that he wasn't a politician, but she is so tone deaf to my ears anyway. She comes across a gushing in the weirdest situations.

[sprinkleeninow]

106. If he was a proper *man*, husband and father, gifted with family,

he shouldn't have put himself in such a position to receive what just befell him.

[Greg_In_SF]

12. Expect violent

retaliation.

This will not end well for us.

[SouthernCal_Dem]

15. What do you mean by "us"...?

We didn't do shit.

[Greg_In_SF]

31. If you can't understand

the very simple point I'm making, then I can't help you.

[senseandsensibility]

36. I agree. Dems bear no responsibility

for this. We also don't know what the "motive" was here. Very easily could be warring factions of maga culminating in violence. There's a lot of conflict between them lately. All Dems will and should condemn the violence but it is in no way their fault.

[herding cats]

35. Fact is it's quite possibly someone who disagrees with Kirk's of demanding the Epstein files release

The GOP is truly that fractured at the moment.

[senseandsensibility]

46. Exactly

That's what I thought too, but I wasn't sure that was his position since I don't follow these RW "influencers" closely.

[herding cats]

51. His Epstein files stance was two-fold.

First he was all in in changing the subject and moving on. Then he got a lot of backlash from his MAGA supporters, especially the youth, and flipped back to released the files.

So, I definitely seems it could be an angry follower.

[haele]

59. All the conservatives at work are already saying it's Democrats.

Or Gays, or DEI.

[superpatriotman]

75. Alleged shooter is an older white guy

So. I suppose they could be any, all, some or none of those groups.

Link to tweet

[badhair77]

13. This just makes him a martyr and a

hero. The cult will love him even more, like when trump was the victim. This doesn’t help our side. Damn.

[Johonny]

14. In Trump America, none of us are safe

And no fucking way is this good. What a fucking shit show this country has become.

[Daveigh]

17. Agreed. The world has gone mad

Coming on the heels of news of the NC knife attack … it’s all deeply disturbing. Take care of each other, friends.

[EdmondDantes_]

18. Regardless of my feelings on Kirk, this isn't okay

Not just because it will likely play up a sense of victimhood among conservatives, but this sort of violence itself is bad. Kirk is allowed to say whatever hurtful stupid things he wants without someone trying to kill him.

[tintinvotes]

19. MN

I think Tim Walz should come out and say he and MN know exactly how this feels and the political rhetoric from the Pres and Republicans needs to be toned down. Declaring war on Chicago and the rest of the Democratic cities They brought this violence on, I'm not surprised they are reaping what they sow.

[RockRaven]

20. Charlie Kirk's response to mass shootings was to say that gun deaths were

worth it to have/keep the 2nd Am.

"You will never live in a society when you have an armed citizenry and you won't have a single gun death," Kirk said at a Turning Point USA Faith event on Wednesday, as reported by Media Matters for America. "That is nonsense. It's drivel. But I am—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. That is a prudent deal. It is rational. Nobody talks like this. They live in a complete alternate universe."

https://www.newsweek.com/charlie-kirk-says-gun-deaths-worth-it-2nd-amendment-1793113

Sowing, reaping, etc.

[Xavier Breath]

23. Quite ironic then if he were to end up making a contribution to the cause.

[StarryNite]

68. Yeah, kinda like he took one for the team.

[Volaris]

110. The real irony will be if trump starts confiscating guns..

They HAD ALL the guns, AND the 2nd amendment, and didn't do shit with EITHER when the dictator ended up being one of them.

Gun control via legislation is not tyranny it's the democratic process WORKING, and yes that means someone's gonna get out voted.

If the death of ONE of their own is what FINALLY gets this done, then so be it.

Also, there WILL be blowback. If the shooter was one ioata to the left of Hitler, trumps gonna use this to further putting armed troops in our cities cause librul crimz.

ALSO Also, dems UNIVERSAL RESPONSE to this needs to be 'well guys, do you want thoughts and prayers or do you want to fix the problem...which would you prefer, go ahead YOU TELL US.'

[malaise]

33. That simple n/t

[UpInArms]

73. Alrighty then

[Celerity]

22. Charlie Kirk: It's worth the cost of, unfortunately, some gun deaths every year so that we can have the 2nd Amendment

https://www.mediamatters.org/charlie-kirk/charlie-kirk-its-worth-have-cost-unfortunately-some-gun-deaths-every-single-year-so-we

[Maru Kitteh]

24. excellent. he got his wish.

It’s what he wanted.

[Vinca]

37. You first, Charlie.

[Sogo]

69. That made me LOL!

nt

[Johnny2X2X]

25. He a liar whose lies have killed people

Political violence is wrong though and it's what Trump wants, if this was that.

[malaise]

40. In his world it's ok when the victims are school children

or elected Dems.
Meh!

[DET]

26. Awful

The only one I have sympathy for is his daughter, who was apparently at the event. No child should have to see that, no matter how awful the parent.

[edhopper]

27. Farts and Beers

[Fullduplexxx]

28. Oh well thoughts and prayers

[Ocelot II]

29. Shooting people, even awful people, is never a good thing.

That said - live by the sword, die by the sword. Charlie is on record as saying a few gun deaths are worth it to preserve the "freedom" of the Second Amendment. Ya think your own ass is worth it, Charlie?

[Initech]

48. The thing is, when you base your entire life around sowing hate and division in the world...

And attaching yourself to one of the absolute worst human beings alive (Donald Trump), you can definitely expect to attract some of the worst people alive to your cause.

[BlueTsunami2018]

30. That's too bad.

Anyway, homemade Margherita pizza tonight. Yummy. 😋

[fujiyamasan]

56. Nice! You have a pizza oven? Do you make everything from scratch?

[BlueTsunami2018]

91. I have a pizza stone for my Weber grill.

My wife makes the dough, I make the sauce. I am using store bought mozzarella though. Didn’t have time to make that. The basil is grown in my backyard.

So good.

[fujiyamasan]

96. Great been wanting to do the same!

I have a Weber that’s out of commission. Need to get it fixed.

[EnergizedLib]

32. The one who said gun deaths were worth it so we could have a Second Amendment?

Karma.

Remember, before you feel bad about someone shooting Charlie Kirk, Charlie Kirk wouldn’t care if it was you. If you were the one trump shot on Fifth Avenue, Charlie Kirk would defend trump.

[BlueWaveNeverEnd]

54. Kirk coined "your body my choice"

[LoveSucky]

38. Shooter had white fatigue

[Takket]

41. i will be curious as the coming days unfold...

to see how the coverage of this compares to the assassination of the Minnesota Democrats that was out of the news cycle just a few days after it happened.

[Melon]

42. Horrible. At the end of the day we have free speech

Nobody deserves to die for advocating their position, whether we agree or not. This will only ad fuel to the fire and ultimately strengthen Kirk’s message and force it to be heard by more.

[mainer]

43. suspect is "an older man" -- I wonder what that means

With such a huge crowd, I'm surprised they caught the guy.

[newdeal2]

45. There is a video on X of the alleged shooter

He is being handcuffed on the ground. Old white male with glasses and balding. Doesn’t fit their usual narrative but I’ll be curious to hear more.

[mainer]

49. I just saw the video. A Larry David- looking guy.

Not at all what I expected.

[FloridaBlues]

85. With the mountain of lies Kirk has said through the years perhaps something happened

To a family member of the shooter because of Kirk’s words. Never know what motivates someone to go and take revenge.

[Silent Type]

47. Guess it means he's not the typical gun-humping incel.

[bluestarone]

50. Well, like you said Charles.

You guess people gotta die. So be it!!

[eShirl]

53. just saw video of the seconds before and after; absolutely horrific

holy crap

[blogslug]

55. It's the guns

It's the guns. It's the guns. It's the guns.

[Shellback Squid]

57. saw the video on X, very graphic, the immediate amount of blood loss looked like it's terminal

blood was gushing from the left side of his neck, it almost looked fake, no one deserves this

[malaise]

82. That is not what he said. n/t

[Shellback Squid]

84. I don't think you meant this for me

[IcyPeas]

58. Extreme graphic clip. He was gushing blood

I fucking hate this.

Link to tweet

?t=zerwn7_05MvNrfSmkghJbQ&s=19

[demmiblue]

61. OMG!

[BlueWaveNeverEnd]

63. Plus 1!!

[Johnny2X2X]

62. That's awful

He could still survive if someone with a towel was there a few seconds after this. But it's going to be a huge loss of blood unless he got medical attention almost immediately.

[BlueWaveNeverEnd]

66. He was still alive when medical attn got to him

[Johnny2X2X]

70. Reminds me of a hickey goalie in the 80s

Clint Malarchuk who caught an errant skate to the jugular. Blood sprayed out onto the ice 10 feet as he collapsed, but a trainer was there with a towel immediately and he recovered.

[WhiskeyGrinder]

117. It wasn't the towel that saved him.

It was Pizzutelli reaching into the wound and pinching the artery while kneeing on Malarchuk's shoulder blade to slow his heart and induce semi-consciousness.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

77. Hand pressure works too. Might even be better than a towel. A tshirt will sub for a towel too. . . nt

[Maru Kitteh]

65. Oh JESUS. He's GONE.

Yeah. NO WAY to survive that.

[edbermac]

71. I loathe the guy, but this is sickening.

I don’t pray, but I hope he survives. And if he dies, I just know every MAGA nut job is going to declare open season on people they don’t like.

[hadEnuf]

107. We are going to have to face off with these MAGA nutjobs sooner or later anyway.

Open season works both ways.

[Abolishinist]

76. Oh my.

THAT's a whole lot of blood. I don't see how anyone could survive that.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

79. I'm seeing report say blood is AI. I haven't looked and I'm not going to. I'll let written postings sort it out. . nt

[totodeinhere]

60. First the shooting in Minnesota and now this.

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Political violence in this country has got to stop.

[Vinca]

72. Wonder who the shooter is. You all know the "libtards" will be blamed.

[Deep State Witch]

78. Blaming it on the "Radical Left"

In 5.. 4... 3... 2... 1....

[yliza]

93. Elon Musk is already blaming the left

He’s calling Democrats the “party of murder”.
https://www.mediaite.com/media/elon-musk-calls-the-left-the-party-of-murder-after-charlie-kirk-shooting/

[Deep State Witch]

94. Says the Man

Who eliminated USAID.

[Jilly_in_VA]

80. The man himself said

“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. That is a prudent deal. It is rational."

I guess it came back to bite him in the neck.

That's called karma.

I am neither rejoicing nor pointing fingers. It is merely an observation.

[indusurb]

81. I don't condone the shooting

But frankly, in this time and place, it is to be expected. As are many more. We're living in a behavioral sink, with an extra large helping of guns thrown in for good measure.

[Sogo]

83. It's about time the National Guard was called to Orem, and such other violent, red cities and campuses....

nt.

[mzmolly]

86. Thoughts and prayers

Eom

[markodochartaigh]

87. Difficult to tell if it was the carotid or jugular or both.

The corporation that I was working for very briefly tried to use surgical glue as an alternative to staples/sutures for carotid endarterectomies. It lead to really horrifying scenes when the glue failed.

Edit: The only way that I would like Charlie Kirk less is if he was a martyr.

[bucolic_frolic]

89. Time to invade Utah

The whole state is unsafe.

[purr-rat beauty]

90. Well...

Gun violence does not solve shit no matter who is pulling the trigger. This is not acceptable and should not be how political discourse is handled. It appears sadly, that Kirk did not have much concern for the lives of children lost from guns though. I do not wish this upon anyone but it was his belief that gun deaths are unfortunately necessary in the preservation of our God Given Rights. Irony is dead.

[mokeyz]

97. He Died

tRump announced his death on unTruth Social

[Abolishinist]

98. He's in a better place now.

[Klarkashton]

102. The shooter has ruined his life for that bastard.

Very sad.

[OrlandoDem2]

103. I'd like to offer thoughts and prayers.

[Hassler]

105. Turns out the shooter is not in custody

[pfitz59]

109. Latest reports say Kirk is dead

and suspect not in custody. I expect this to dominate the news.

[SunSeeker]

113. Please update your headline. Not ID'd, nor arrested, nor has the weapon been recovered.

https://www.wcnc.com/article/news/nation-world/who-shot-charlie-kirk-what-we-know-about-suspect/507-fb880826-d419-49c0-8ca4-df339aaad933

[Nevilledog]

118. I updated. I was the first to post this event and that was the info at the time.

[mucholderthandirt]

119. I'm having a senior moment. Who is Charlie Kirk and why should I care if he's dead?

LOL

This thread was too long to read. My brain won't handle it. I won't even see this post and any replies, so don't feel bad. I'm just being a shit asking like this, because I hate MAGA.