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Charlie Kirk shot dead at Utah campus event; manhunt for shooter underway —
Kirk was speaking in front of a large crowd at Utah Valley University on Wednesday when he was fatally shot.
A manhunt was
underway on Thursday for the person who fatally shot Charlie Kirk, a
prominent conservative activist and ally to President Trump, while he
was speaking at a campus event in Utah.
Kirk, 31, was
addressing the open-air crowd with some 3,000 people at Utah Valley
University when a single shot rang out, striking the Turning Point USA
cofounder in the neck. Within hours, Trump announced Kirk's death on
Truth Social.
The hunt for
Kirk’s killer took several twists and turns in the hours following the
shooting. Initially, the university said a suspect was in custody, but
that person was let go after being charged with obstruction of justice.
Later, officials said a second suspect was taken into custody, but that
person was also released.
Trump on Charlie Kirk: Was Loved and Admired By All
President
Donald Trump said that no one touched the hearts of American youth more
than Charlie Kirk, 31, the co-founder and CEO of Turning Point USA who
was shot dead Wednesday at an event in Utah.
"The Great, and even Legendary, Charlie Kirk, is dead," Trump wrote on
Truth Social. "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!"
Bystanders saw Kirk, 31, get shot near his neck during a Q&A with
students at Utah Valley University in Orem, Utah. A video captured at
the event showed Kirk bleeding heavily from an apparent gunshot wound
near his neck.
Charlie Kirk assassination "had professional hallmarks": Security experts
The shooting of Charlie Kirk in Utah had the hallmarks of a professional assassination, according to several security experts.
The prominent
conservative activist, who was 31, was struck in the neck by a single
gunshot as he delivered a speech to a large crowd on campus at Utah
Valley University in Orem on Wednesday. He collapsed and was rushed to
a local hospital where he was pronounced dead.
Analysts point
to the firing of a single shot and a preestablished escape route as
evidence that the shooting had been carefully planned.
TMZ addresses "tone deaf laughter" heard during Charlie Kirk death coverage
TMZ has
disputed accusations that its newsroom erupted in laughter in response
to the news of conservative commentator Charlie Kirk being shot.
The outlet on
Wednesday said that while reporters were covering the news on a
livestream, others who were heard cheering in the background were
watching a car chase.
"We want to make it clear...they were not cheering in response to the assassination," TMZ's statement read.
"Nevertheless
... watching a car chase at that moment was tone deaf, and the sounds
of laughter at that crucial moment were totally out of line."
In a separate video "Addressing tone deaf laughter" posted on X, TMZ "apologized for the way it sounded."
Unearthed Emails Blow Hole In Fauci’s Claim That He Never Asked Staff To Delete Emails
Former White
House Medical Advisor Anthony Fauci directed other federal officials to
delete his emails, new documents indicate, contradicting his sworn
testimony to Congress that he never instructed staff to evade federal
recordkeeping law.
“Please delete
this e-mail after you read it,” Fauci wrote to National Institutes of
Health Director Francis Collins when both men were still federal
officials on Feb. 2, 2020, documents show. Longtime Fauci foil Sen.
Rand Paul of Kentucky published the emails on X Wednesday morning.
The Senate
Committee on Homeland Security & Governmental Affairs, which Paul
chairs, has been investigating the origins of COVID for years.
The former
White House adviser wrote this directive in an exchange involving
Collins and then-Wellcome Trust Director Jeremy Farrar, the emails
show. The public health officials — who altogether oversaw billions in
biomedical research funding — were seeking to manage and contain public
discussion about the potential origins of COVID-19 by involving the
World Health Organization (WHO), other previously published emails
demonstrate.
Trump, Netanyahu Clash in Fiery Call on Qatar Strike
President
Donald Trump clashed with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in
a heated phone call after Israel launched a surprise strike on Hamas
political leaders in Qatar, blindsiding Washington and angering a key
U.S. ally mediating Gaza ceasefire talks, The Wall Street Journal
reported.
Trump expressed
frustration Tuesday during a tense call with Israeli Prime Minister
Benjamin Netanyahu after learning that Israel had struck Hamas
representatives in Doha without advance notice, according to senior
U.S. officials.
Trump told
Netanyahu the move was unwise and said he was angered that the United
States learned of the attack from the Pentagon as it was happening,
rather than from Israel. The strike hit the territory of Qatar, a U.S.
ally that has been central to negotiations aimed at halting the war in
Gaza.
Ukraine Warns Russia Sows US Discord Amid WWIII Threat
As NATO
convenes under Article 4 following drone strikes in Poland, Ukrainian
officials are warning Russia is intensifying propaganda campaigns
designed to fracture Western societies and sow chaos, if not a U.S.
civil war.
Ukrainian
intelligence reports contend the Kremlin's ultimate aim is to push the
United States toward internal conflict while destabilizing Poland and
its neighbors, raising fears of escalation toward a broader war.
According to an
excerpt from a public Telegram board, Ukrainian Center for Countering
Disinformation chief Andriy Kovalenko said "The Russians significantly
intensified information operations in the United States and Poland
against the backdrop of two events: the murder of Charlie Kirk and the
drone strikes in Poland."
On 9/11, honor all we lost— and carry it forward for future generations
At some point
in every year’s 9/11 ceremonies, it feels to some of us like it all
just happened yesterday — then we realize some of those reading the
names are the grandchildren of those lost that horrible morning.
And ever more of us are those grandchildren, or are at least young enough that 9/11 isn’t memory, but history.
On this 24th
anniversary, the generation now entering adulthood at best can join us
in reflecting on a day that changed America’s very DNA, in grieving and
in honoring the heroes.
Most of Gen Z wasn’t yet born.
Charlie Kirk’s assassination is latest evidence that US is suffering an epidemic of leftist violence
We are suffering through an epidemic of leftist violence.
The ruthless
assassination of conservative youth leader Charlie Kirk, 31, at a
crowded campus event in Utah on Wednesday is the latest manifestation
of the hateful rhetoric aimed at President Trump and his MAGA movement.
It’s a sad
irony that Kirk’s shockingly public murder happened the day before the
trial begins of Ryan Routh, one of the alleged assassins who tried to
rub out Trump during the 2024 campaign.
Prescient as
always, Kirk understood the consequences of the escalating violent
rhetoric of the left, as he and Trump kept winning the hearts and minds
of a new generation, especially young men, with logic and common sense.
