Conservative Activist Charlie Kirk Reportedly Shot at Utah Valley University Event (ground.news)

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Edit: he dead

Haven't seen this posted on Lemmy yet

NBC link: https://ground.news/article/charlie-kirk-shot-at-utah-event

Check darkdemize's comment below for a video: https://lemmy.world/comment/19313696

Closer video... NSFL https://lemmy.world/comment/19313963

Charlie Kirk was shot in the neck during an event at Utah Valley University, according to eyewitness accounts and reports from Deseret News.

A suspect has been apprehended, and a shelter-in-place order was issued for the campus, as confirmed by UVU campus police and a UVU alert sent to students.

Witnesses reported seeing blood after the shooting, and Kirk was rushed to a local hospital.

U.S. Senator Mike Lee stated he is closely monitoring the situation and called for prayers for Kirk and the attendees.

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[-] ALLGLORYTOHYPNOTOAD@lemmy.world -2 points 1 day ago

Shot, not killed. Likely another Trump “assassination” attempt to get more crackdowns going. The right loves to stage violence as a means to an end.

[-] you_are_dust@lemmy.world 7 points 1 day ago

This wasn't a trump situation where he got nicked by a piece of something that broke and hit him in the ear. Would be insane if Charlie Kirk agreed to that. It was brutal.

[-] ALLGLORYTOHYPNOTOAD@lemmy.world 7 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Oh, once I watch the video, I realized I was definitely wrong. Why I posted it below. It sucks that they are so dishonest on the right that my initial reaction was immediately that this was staged.

[-] you_are_dust@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago

My bad. I wasn't paying attention to usernames and didn't realize you were replying to your own comment. At least the response from the right is consistent with every other shooting. The response has been thoughts and prayers.

[-] ALLGLORYTOHYPNOTOAD@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago

Sadly, this will be used as more justification for Trump to send military into US cities.

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