Charlie Kerk, Trump's ally, was shot in a university event in Utah

 

• The campus is closed until September 15th
• Posted at 03:57
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• On September 15, 2025, the Utah Valley University website has been published on the campus of the campus until September 15. The investigation is still ongoing. For more, please visit https://www.uvu.info/
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• Utah University said that its campus in Urim, Utah, will remain closed throughout the weekend in the wake of the deadly shooting there earlier in the day.
• The campus of West Virginia University will be closed from September 14 to 14. All classrooms (attendance or virtual), university campus activities, and administrative operations will be suspended during this period. Please plan accordingly and make any necessary adjustments to your study tables.
• The university's website is now full of red alert, noting students to close the campus from September 11 to September 14.
• On behalf of the University of Utah Valley, we are shocked and deeply saddened by the death of Charlie Kerk, our university deprived guest. We extend our deepest condolences to his family, according to a statement issued by the university.
• The latest wave of political violence in America - without end on the horizon
• Politicians have come out of all spectra to condemn the killing of Charlie Kerk - the latest in a series of violent attacks against political leaders.
• But if the modern history pattern continues in the same way, any unified front will end, and soon.
• And on social media, despite the current lack of details and the development of the situation, there are angry fingers indicating the victims and calling for revenge, as well as tasteless celebrations of Kirk's death.
• There are familiar patterns after such events. Party militants rush to blame their opponents, rejecting the idea that their party is responsible for other violence.
• Conspiracy theories are routinely fabricated to explain the horrific bangs or mass fire accidents.
• Despite repeated calls after these events to alleviate the speech - including after the assassination attempt by Donald Trump last year, and the killing of the largest democratic legislator in Minnesota in June - political leaders, including the same president, have never failed to re -raise the temperature to what it was again.
• The United States is not on the verge of comprehensive political violence or civil war, as some of the most pessimistic predictors say.
• But there is no coherent effort by the majority of Americans who reject political violence to avoid extremist extremists, regardless of their political position.
• And if this last historical pattern continues, the coming days will not be full of calm meditation or serious discussions on how to preserve peace - but with angry words, calls for revenge, and eventually more violence.
• The reactions of the former US presidents to the death of Kirk
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• George WW Bush speaks and turns his hands on the platform while standing in front of the national flags
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• The former US presidents offered their condolences to the Kirk family and expressed their condemnation of the violence surrounding his death.
• "Today, a young man was killed in cold blood while expressing his political views," George W. Bush, the forty -third president of the country, said in a statement to the BBC.
• This happened on a university campus, where the open exchange of opposition ideas should be sacred. The public square of violence and hatred must be cleared. Members of other political parties are not our enemies; They are our citizens. May God have mercy on Charlie Kerk and his family, and God guided America to urbanization.
• In an article on X, former US President Bill Clinton said he "feels sad and angry because Charlie Kerk was killed."
• And I hope we are all deep meditating and double our efforts to participate in the discussion enthusiastically, but in peace. Hillary and I pray for Erika and their two young children and their family.
• "They will pray for the Charlie family tonight.".
• "We do not yet know what prompted the person who shot Charlie Kerk and kissed him, but this type of despicable violence has no place in our democracy," he wrote.
• The forty -sixth President Joe Biden wrote on X: "There is no place for this type of violence in our country. It must end now. I and I am praying for the Charlie Kerk family and his loved ones."
• The FBI director Patel says that the "topic" was released from the reservation
• The FBI director, Cash Patel, announced that one of the "persons" who were previously arrested in the case of shooting Charlie Kerk had been released.
• "The detained person was released after being interrogated by law enforcement authorities," and he wrote on X. "Our investigations are continuing and we will continue to publish information in order to ensure transparency."
• There was a confusion about who was arrested exactly.
• Earlier, Patel and the governor of Uta Spencer Cox said that the suspect was being detention - although another official, Bo Masson, said that the suspect was still exalted.
• Social media users claim that the video shows the shooter on the campus surface
• BBC Verifai examined a video posted on social media, which people claim may show "absolute shooter" on the roof of a building at UVU University (UVU), where Charlie Kerk was shot dead.
• At a press conference this evening, law enforcement officials said they were studying university surveillance cameras and believed that the suspect was "wearing dark clothes" and that the bullet "came from a roof."
• "This video has just been sent from UVU ... It seems that the shooter was on the roof," a video shows the university building bigger with what appears to be a dark shape on the surface.
• We enlarged the image but the quality is very poor so that we cannot determine what it is.
• We have used the features of the building shown to locate its location at the Losee Center - a building at the University of Utah Valley, which the university spokesman was reported as a place from which the bullet was launched.
• We appreciate that this was about 150 yards from the place where Kirk was sitting when he was shot.
• The video was posted on X after the shooting. We cannot check the time of filming, and we have asked the person who posted more details.
• We have searched for previous versions of the online shots before today, but we were unable to find any of them.
• Kirk's death represents a dramatic escalation in the escalating political violence in the United States
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• The killing of Charlie Kerk is an intense escalation of escalating political violence throughout the country in recent years. The shooting comes a few months after a home gunman stormed two Democrats from Minnesota and their wife, killing one of them and wounding the other.
• Between 2016 and 2025, 25 attacks and threats were targeted by elected officials, political candidates, judges and governmental employees with partisan motives, according to the Center for International Strategic Studies. For comparison, only two of this type were reported during the previous two decades.
• The increasing partisan attacks included various ideologies, but it did not reduce the severity of political discourse. Security has also become a major concern for the elected officials.
• In July 2024, President Donald Trump was subjected to an assassination attempt during one of his campaign gatherings. Just two months later, the Republican candidate at the time was at the time to try a second assassination. The accused is tried by this attempt in Florida this week.
• Recently, Trump has ended the protection of the secret service of former president, Kamala Harris, after former President Joe Biden was secretly guarded. This step has sparked security concerns between Harris employees, as it is scheduled to appear in front of crowds on her promotional tour.
• "We must speak morally. The attack on Charlie Kirk is terrible, and this increasing type of unbridled violence in our society cannot be allowed," said Josh Shapiro, the governor of Pennsylvania, a democratic who was attacked and burned in April.
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• Other leaders of the world also expressed their condolences
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• Italian Prime Minister Giojia Miloni
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• In addition to Care Starmer, other leaders of the world offered their condolences.
• The Italian Prime Minister, Gerujia Meloni: "A heinous murder, a deserted wound in the history of democracy and everyone who believes in freedom. I extend my deepest condolences to his family, loved ones and conservative American society.
• Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu: “He was a brave friend of Israel, fought lies and courageously defended the Christian Jewish civilization. I only spoke to him two weeks ago and called him to visit Israel. Unfortunately, this visit will not take place. We have lost a wonderful person.”
• Argentine President Javier Milli: "I extend my deepest condolences to the Charlie Kerk family and all the youth of the world who admired and listened to it. He was a great publisher of freedom ideas and fierce defenders from the West."
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• We must be free in public discussion without fear - Starmer
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• British Prime Minister Kiir Starmer
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• British Prime Minister Kiir Starmer offered his condolences.
• “This evening I express my condolences to the loved ones of Charlie Kerk. It is sad that a young family of a father and husband will be deprived.
• "We must all be free to discuss openly and freely without fear - there can be no justification for political violence," he says.
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• The event was attended by about 3000 people
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We have a final information that we would like to present to you from the press conference that we just held

• The head of the police at the University of Utah Valley, Jeff Long, was asked about security on campus.
• He says it was an open -air place. There were six officers working to organize the event, attended by about 3000 people.
• Kirk indicated that the event he was speaking was surrounded by buildings.
• Long says the officers are training to prevent such incidents, but "unfortunately,".
• With this, the press conference ended. Follow us for more updates.
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• What did we learn from the authorities?
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• The FBI investigators and Public Safety Administration in Utah State just concluded their press conference, the first since Charlie Kirk was shot dead. Moments before the conference, the FBI director, Cash Patel, announced the arrest of a suspect.

Here is what officials on the ground in Utah said

• Kirk was transferred to the hospital by his own guard, where he died.
• One person was immediately arrested after the shooting, but he was released after the officials decided that he was not involved in the attack - although he would remain accused of hampering justice.
• Then the officials contradicted the briefing with each other about whether the suspected shooter was already in detention, as the police said that an active search is ongoing
• The ruler Cox, who said he spoke recently with Patel, said that the suspect was being detention
• The attacker surveillance cameras, who were seen wearing fully black clothes, may have been fired, and may have been shot from above campus surface
• Utah Spencer Cox's governor called on the Americans to stop each other's "hatred", describing Kirk's death as a "political assassination".
• The university police chief said that there are six officers working in securing the event, and there were about 3,000 people present.
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• Perhaps the suspect was shot from the roof of the building - law enforcement
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• Po Masson of the Public Safety Department of Utah said that the suspect in the shooting was wearing completely dark clothes and might have shot from the roof of the building.
• He said that the authorities have footage of the suspect's surveillance cameras, but he did not provide another description of the shape of the person who appeared in the shots.
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• The United States is a "broken" nation, says Cox
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• "Our nation is broken," says Cox in an emotional tone.
• It refers to other political assassinations and attempts that have occurred in recent months, starting with the shooting last June to a democracy member in the House of Representatives in Minnesota and her husband, in addition to the injury of another member of the Legislative Council and his wife, the attempt to attack the governor of Pennsylvania Democratic State Josh Shapiro, and the assassination attempts by Donald Trump during the presidential campaign last year.
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• The governor calls for ending political hatred
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• Uta State Governor Spencer Cox
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• Uta state governor condemns anyone "celebrates, even if a little" is a little death.
• On Kirk, he says: "I do not care about what his political orientations are. What concerns me is that he was American."
• Cox notes that America celebrates the 250th anniversary of its founding next year, and that citizens need to ask themselves: "Is this everything? Is this what the past 250 years have achieved for us?"
• He continued, "I pray to God not to be the case," calling on the Americans to stop the "hatred" of each other, regaining other incidents that occurred recently from political violence in the United States.
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• The person concerned with detention - the governor
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• Cox said that Kirk was primarily the father of two young children.
• He says he was also involved in politics, and for this reason he was present on campus.
• Cox says that the campus historically was a place to formulate and discuss ideas, and this is what Kirk does - it goes to the campus and publicly discusses the people who disagree with it politically.
• Then the ruler says that one of the persons concerned is in detention and that there is no other suspect, which is contradictory to what the Public Safety Administration in Utah Bou Masson said a few minutes ago.
• "At this stage, there is no information that makes us believe that there is a second person involved," Cox said.
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• Utah Governor: The shooting was a "political assassination"
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• Utaya Spencer Cox's governor said he was in contact with President Donald Trump and FBI director Cash Patel.
• "This is a dark day for our state, it is a tragic day for our nation," he said, describing the shooting as a "political assassination."
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• "The University of Utah University is a place for open and respected discussion" - university spokesman
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• A spokesman for the Utah Valley University
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• A spokesman for the University of Utah Valley, where Kerk was giving his speech when he was shot, said that they were shocked and sad "due to the tragic death" of Kerk.
• The spokesman said that Kirk received an invitation to deliver a speech on the campus.
• He says the campus is a place to discuss openness and respect. "Any attempt to violate these rights has no place here."
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• The Federal Bureau undertakes to allocate "full resources"
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• The FBI's Undersecretary participates in the investigation leadership
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• The FBI's Undersecretary of the Federal Bureau participating in the investigation leadership from the Salt Lake City office is now speaking.
• "On behalf of the FBI, we express our sincere condolences to the family and friends of Charlie Kerk," he said.
• He pledged that the FBI will allocate "all its resources", including "tactical and intelligence operational investigations."
• He added that the investigators are working on "creating a hotline through digital media" to collect information from the public.
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• The shooting was believed to be a "targeted attack"
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• Bo Mason
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• Mason says one bullet was fired and there was only one victim: Charlie Kerk.
• He said that the suspect in the shooting was still free.
• Moments ago, the FBI director, Cash Patel, posted on social media that one of those involved in the shooting was arrested.
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• One of the suspects was arrested earlier, then he was released
• Mayison says shortly after the shooting, the authorities detained a suspect, but that person was released after that.
• This person has been booked on charges of obstructing justice.
• Mason said the authorities are still being an active investigation into one of the persons concerned.
• As a reminder, the FBI director, Cash Patel, posted on social media that one of the "involved" had been arrested in the shooting incident. It was not yet clear whether this person was the person concerned that Mason referred to.