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Charlie Kirk’s Final Words Before Assassination In Front Of 3,000 Attendees Come With Grim Irony
In a moment haunted with grim irony, Charlie Kirk was talking about shootings in the US when he became the victim of one.
The popular conservative activist was shot in front of 3,000 horrified attendees by a rooftop sniper at the Utah Valley University.
Charlie even shared an eerie post on social media hours before he was violently slain at the age of 31.
Highlights
- Charlie Kirk was talking about shootings in the US when he became the victim of one.
- The conservative activist was shot in front of 3,000 horrified attendees by a rooftop sniper at the Utah Valley University.
- Charlie shared an eerie post on social media hours before his violent slaying at the age of 31.
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In a moment of grim irony, Charlie Kirk’s final words were about shootings in the US
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Trigger warning: this article contains graphic details that may be distressing to some.
The harrowing incident unfolded shortly after 12 p.m. on Wednesday, September 10.
Charlie had just kick-started his “The American Comeback Tour,” and he was conducting his very first stop at Utah Valley University.
The event saw the conservative pundit inviting attendees to debate with him during his signature “Prove Me Wrong” segment.
Image credits: Charlie Kirk/YouTube
The Turning Point USA co-founder was answering questions about mass shootings in the US when the sniper targeted him with his long black firearm.
“Do you know how many transgender Americans have been mass shooters over the last 10 years?” an attendee asked Charlie.
“Too many,” he responded.
The Turning Point USA co-founder was in the middle of his signature “Prove Me Wrong” segment when a bullet tore through his neck
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“Do you know how many mass shooters there have been in America over the last 10 years?” the activist was asked, to which he replied: “Counting or not counting gang violence?”
Within seconds, a bullet ripped through Charlie’s neck and sent attendees running for cover. Blood gushed out of his wound as the political commentator collapsed from his chair.
Charlie fell to the ground before his security team rushed him to a hospital. His passing was confirmed shortly after.
Image credits: Rebecca Noble/Getty Images
“I saw a bunch of blood come out of Charlie,” Justin Hickens, who was standing about 20 yards away, told NBC News.
“I saw his body kind of kick back and go limp, and everybody dropped to the ground,” he added.
A shadowy figure, believed to be the assailant, was captured running across the roof of a campus building moments after the assassination.
“There’s somebody on the roof right there,” one clip captured someone in the crowd saying. “He just ran from over there, ran in, now he’s right there.”
“I saw his body kind of kick back and go limp, and everybody dropped to the ground,” a witness said
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Charlie had shared an eerie post on social media hours before his passing.
The conservative activist addressed the brutal stabbing of Iryna Zarutska, a 23-year-old Ukrainian refugee who was fatally stabbed on a train last month, in his last post.
Image credits: WBTV News
Charlie’s last post highlighted concerns about the criminal justice system, especially when it came to repeat offenders like DeCarlos Brown Jr., who is facing charges for Iryna’s stabbing.
“If we want things to change, it’s 100% necessary to politicize the senseless m****r of Iryna Zarutska because it was politics that allowed a savage monster with 14 priors to be free on the streets to k*** her,” he wrote on X.
Charlie’s last post hours before his assassination was about the stabbing of Iryna Zarutska
Image credits: charliekirk11
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Meanwhile, his wife Erika Kirk had shared a bible verse ahead of her husband’s passing.
“God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble,” she wrote on X, quoting Psalm 46:1.
Charlie is survived by his wife and their two kids, a 3-year-old daughter and a 16-month-old son.
He was not only a close ally of the US president but was also one of the most high-profile conservative activists with a massive fan-following online.
Image credits: Trent Nelson/The Salt Lake Tribune/Getty Images
The activist has strongly advocated for the preservation of Second Amendment rights in the US, which relates to the right to keep and bear firearms.
Back in 2023, he said it was “worth it” to lose a few innocent victims to shootings as long as Second Amendment rights were preserved.
“It’s worth it to have a cost of, unfortunately, some g** d**ths every single year, so that we can have the Second Amendment to protect our other God-given rights…That is a prudent deal,” he said while speaking at the Salt Lake City campus of Awaken Church on April 5, 2023.
The person behind Charlie’s assassination still remains at large.
The anti-abortion campaigner said it was “worth it” to lose a few innocent victims to shootings every year
Image credits: Charlie Kirk/YouTube
The sniper “is believed to have fired from the roof of a building down to the location of the public event in the student courtyard,” officials said.
Police interrogated two suspects but eventually released both of them from custody.
The first suspect was identified as 71-year-old George Zinn, and the second was Zachariah Qureshi. Cops found no connection between them and the shooting.
“There is no current ties to the shooting with either of these individuals,” the FBI and Utah Department of Public Safety said in a joint statement.
“There is an ongoing investigation and manhunt,” the statement added.
“He got what he fought for,” one commented online
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Enlee Jones 4 months ago
"Why has he not been bailed out? By the way, if some amazing patriot out there in San Francisco or the Bay Area wants to really be a midterm hero, someone should go and bail this guy out,..." Charlie Kirk when Nancy Pelosi's husband was attacked with a hammer. *** “Death penalties should be public, should be quick, it should be televised. I think at a certain age, its an initiation...What age should you start to see public executions?” - Charlie Kirk on the death penality. *** I'm showing Kirk the same amount of empathy he showed everyone else, which is none.
Tamra 4 months ago
He wouldn't want you to show empathy. Charlie Kirk: "I can't stand the word empathy, actually. I think empathy is a made-up, new-age term that does a lot of damage". So yeah, no empathy for this guy. For any conservative pandas out there who want to pearl clutch over people not gnashing their teeth about this shooting - don't. He said, himself, that yearly shooting deaths were acceptable in order to protect the 2A. He lived by the sword and died by it.
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zovjraar me 4 months ago
based on his comments, he was ok with being shot and killed. there was also another school shooting yesterday, with 3 kids killed, but of course, no one is talking about that. i guess Charlie Kirk is more important than those kids.
Jayne Turner 4 months ago
Absolutely. Children's lives are less than a gun supporters. Disgusting.
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nottheactualphoto 4 months ago
1. "Prove me wrong." No, that isn't how it works. You're making a claim, so you need to prove yourself right. 2. “Do you know how many transgender Americans have been mass shooters over the last 10 years?” Without doing any research, I'm going to say "zero." 3. "[Kirk] said it was “worth it” to lose a few innocent victims to shootings every year." By that logic, it's worth it to lose a few Kirk-alikes every year.
Karl 4 months ago
Well, I was no fan of the guy and the nonsense he spouted on many subjects. Given his stance on gun ownership and lack of compassion for victims of school shootings, all I can offer is the standard NRA line of "Thoughts & Prayers" - because that will really make a difference...
Lavendar rose 4 months ago
He believed people should die for the right to keep the 2nd amendment, he didn't believe in empathy. He died by the words he spoke and he wouldnt want us to empathize because to him it isn't a real, feeling. 🤷🏻♀️
JayWantsACat 4 months ago
I'm not sad this a*****e died but I'm not celebrating the way it happened. This is not the way. I hate Trump with every fiber of my being but he was still a duly elected official and nobody should be okay with him being assassinated. That's the not the way. And was much as the world is better off without a POS like Kirk in it, this is not the way. We shouldn't celebrate nor even condone the even murder of a hate speech spewing garbage person. We need to fight words and laws with words and laws, not by violence.
roddy 4 months ago
Tolerance towards those you vehemently agree with is what makes civilization work. Otherwise nobody is safe, we all have an opinion someone somewhere disagrees with.
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Scott Rackley 4 months ago
He profited off of pain and fear. I'm afraid he got a prudent deal.
Zara VP 4 months ago (edited)
No matter what you think of his views, it is never okay to take pleasure in someone being murder3d for having an opinion. We live in a country where people should be able to speak their minds without fearing for their lives—to have open dialogue, to have your views challenged, to form critical thoughts, to question your assumptions, to listen to perspectives that make you uncomfortable, and to grow from hearing ideas different from your own. Those cheering right now… the ones “happy” or “okay” with Charlie being murder3d… are the same ones who preach “love everyone” and “end world violence.” Do you see the contradiction? Tolerance, peace, and love shouldn’t have conditions—they shouldn’t disappear the moment they are tested in real life. You can hate someone without taking joy in their death and suffering. If we fail to recognize this, we are failing ourselves and others, showing that the ideals we claim to hold are far weaker than we like to pretend.
Astrid 4 months ago (edited)
Can't believe you got down voted. And to the person who said Empathy doesn't exist and it's a new age term, and got over 20 up votes..... this is why the USA is like it is. No Empathy, all self and always out for blood. Executions are abhorrent and the person suggesting kids should watch, that is truly disgusting. Let the down votes begin!
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Zero Costa 4 months ago
yeaaaa I doubt he's going to be up in Jesus's arms. I think he's going to the other place, the hot one
dan s 4 months ago
My friend who's part of the Church of Satan has it on good authority that Charlie is now in the second day of a thousand year gang-r*** by a thousand demons, cumming fire ants and razor blades into his hate-filled nether regions. Ouch, that hurts! Then things REALLY get ugly.
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Enlee Jones 4 months ago
"Why has he not been bailed out? By the way, if some amazing patriot out there in San Francisco or the Bay Area wants to really be a midterm hero, someone should go and bail this guy out,..." Charlie Kirk when Nancy Pelosi's husband was attacked with a hammer. *** “Death penalties should be public, should be quick, it should be televised. I think at a certain age, its an initiation...What age should you start to see public executions?” - Charlie Kirk on the death penality. *** I'm showing Kirk the same amount of empathy he showed everyone else, which is none.
Tamra 4 months ago
He wouldn't want you to show empathy. Charlie Kirk: "I can't stand the word empathy, actually. I think empathy is a made-up, new-age term that does a lot of damage". So yeah, no empathy for this guy. For any conservative pandas out there who want to pearl clutch over people not gnashing their teeth about this shooting - don't. He said, himself, that yearly shooting deaths were acceptable in order to protect the 2A. He lived by the sword and died by it.
Load More Replies... zovjraar me 4 months ago
based on his comments, he was ok with being shot and killed. there was also another school shooting yesterday, with 3 kids killed, but of course, no one is talking about that. i guess Charlie Kirk is more important than those kids.
Jayne Turner 4 months ago
Absolutely. Children's lives are less than a gun supporters. Disgusting.
Load More Replies... nottheactualphoto 4 months ago
1. "Prove me wrong." No, that isn't how it works. You're making a claim, so you need to prove yourself right. 2. “Do you know how many transgender Americans have been mass shooters over the last 10 years?” Without doing any research, I'm going to say "zero." 3. "[Kirk] said it was “worth it” to lose a few innocent victims to shootings every year." By that logic, it's worth it to lose a few Kirk-alikes every year.
Karl 4 months ago
Well, I was no fan of the guy and the nonsense he spouted on many subjects. Given his stance on gun ownership and lack of compassion for victims of school shootings, all I can offer is the standard NRA line of "Thoughts & Prayers" - because that will really make a difference...
Lavendar rose 4 months ago
He believed people should die for the right to keep the 2nd amendment, he didn't believe in empathy. He died by the words he spoke and he wouldnt want us to empathize because to him it isn't a real, feeling. 🤷🏻♀️
JayWantsACat 4 months ago
I'm not sad this a*****e died but I'm not celebrating the way it happened. This is not the way. I hate Trump with every fiber of my being but he was still a duly elected official and nobody should be okay with him being assassinated. That's the not the way. And was much as the world is better off without a POS like Kirk in it, this is not the way. We shouldn't celebrate nor even condone the even murder of a hate speech spewing garbage person. We need to fight words and laws with words and laws, not by violence.
roddy 4 months ago
Tolerance towards those you vehemently agree with is what makes civilization work. Otherwise nobody is safe, we all have an opinion someone somewhere disagrees with.
Load More Replies... Scott Rackley 4 months ago
He profited off of pain and fear. I'm afraid he got a prudent deal.
Zara VP 4 months ago (edited)
No matter what you think of his views, it is never okay to take pleasure in someone being murder3d for having an opinion. We live in a country where people should be able to speak their minds without fearing for their lives—to have open dialogue, to have your views challenged, to form critical thoughts, to question your assumptions, to listen to perspectives that make you uncomfortable, and to grow from hearing ideas different from your own. Those cheering right now… the ones “happy” or “okay” with Charlie being murder3d… are the same ones who preach “love everyone” and “end world violence.” Do you see the contradiction? Tolerance, peace, and love shouldn’t have conditions—they shouldn’t disappear the moment they are tested in real life. You can hate someone without taking joy in their death and suffering. If we fail to recognize this, we are failing ourselves and others, showing that the ideals we claim to hold are far weaker than we like to pretend.
Astrid 4 months ago (edited)
Can't believe you got down voted. And to the person who said Empathy doesn't exist and it's a new age term, and got over 20 up votes..... this is why the USA is like it is. No Empathy, all self and always out for blood. Executions are abhorrent and the person suggesting kids should watch, that is truly disgusting. Let the down votes begin!
Load More Replies... Zero Costa 4 months ago
yeaaaa I doubt he's going to be up in Jesus's arms. I think he's going to the other place, the hot one
dan s 4 months ago
My friend who's part of the Church of Satan has it on good authority that Charlie is now in the second day of a thousand year gang-r*** by a thousand demons, cumming fire ants and razor blades into his hate-filled nether regions. Ouch, that hurts! Then things REALLY get ugly.
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