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Charlie Kirk, 31, died Wednesday September 10th, after a fatal shooting at a speaking event at Utah Valley University. Here’s what we know.

Kirk’s death has sparked a global swirl of outrage and condemnation, with varied explanation and pushback. Gov. Cox of Utah called it a ‘political assassination’ in his press conference, and what may be our first material evidence seems to point towards him being correct.

UPDATES ON THE SHOOTER

Frustration has continued to mount as legions of Kirk’s supporters seek answers as to the shooters identity and motive. In a Thursday morning press conference, authorities confirmed that they “have good video of this individual,” but “are not going to be releasing that at this time.” If they can not track the killer, they continued, footage will be released to the media to help identify and find the suspect. They described the individual as “college aged.”

UPDATE 10:08 p.m.

Video of the shooter, via FBI:

 

 

In the press conference, the Governor of Utah made clear that the death penalty will be pursued, and affidavits are being pursued to that effect.

 

UPDATE 8:40 p.m. EST

At 8:05 p.m., Utah’s Department of Public Safety released more images of their person of interest:

 

UPDATE 7:08 p.m. EST

Local news reports that law enforcement has the name of the person of interest. 

This was retracted by KUTV, the local Utah news source.

UPDATE 6:59 p.m. EST

TMZ claims to have video of the person of interest, which they’ve posted on X. TMZ states the video was taken mere minutes before the FBI claims they had arrived on campus. The individual does not appear to be carrying a rifle matching reported descriptions of the weapon used, and the FBI has not publicly confirmed the individual below is their current person of interest.

 

UPDATE: 12:01 p.m. EST

At 11:58 p.m. EST, the X account for the FBI in Salt Lake shared a visual of a person of interest with a request for information:

 

WEAPON IDENTIFIED?

Per a scoop from Steven Crowder, the weapon used in the killing may have been identified. Crowder quotes an ATF communication as saying:

“On September 10, 2025, at approximately 12:24PM, Conservative political influencer Charlie Kirk was shot and killed at the Utah Valley University in Orem, UT. Mr. Kirk was speaking at the University as part of the American Comeback Tour. Multiple SLC I and III agents responded immediately. The suspect fired one shot from an elevated position on a rooftop in an adjacent building on the campus and surveillance video shows the suspect, jumping off and fleeing the area on foot. ATF and other law-enforcement located an older model imported Mauser .30-06 caliber bolt action rifle wrapped in a towel in a wooded area near the campus. The location of the firearm appears to match the suspects route of travel. The spent cartridge was still chambered in addition to three unspent rounds at the top fed magazine. All cartridges have engraved wording on them, expressing transgender and anti-fascist ideology. An emergency trace has been submitted an ATF SLC is working leads generated by the trace. The firearm and ammunition have been taken by the FBI for DNA analysis and fingerprint impressions. Upon completion of forensics, the firearm will be disassembled for additional importer information. Multiple people of interest having contacted or detained because of eyewitness testimony and review of video footage. The primary suspect is yet to be identified. ATF is assisting the investigation with multiple other federal, state, and local partners and the case is co-led by the FBI and Utah SBI.”

Emphasis added by Revolver.

UPDATE: 12:22 p.m. EST: A Wall Street Journal article was claimed to have “confirmed” the engravings, but the article did not appear to confirm that this was any additional confirmation beyond the information beyond Crowder’s X post. These details have not, as of this update, been confirmed publicly by any associated law enforcement body.

UPDATE 5:29 p.m.

Crowder reports being subpoenaed for his report

 

CNN indicates that the markings may have been misinterpreted:

Two law enforcement sources told CNN that agents quickly ran an initial search on one of the markings, including a series of arrows, which analysts initially interpreted to be a connection to the transgender community. That information remains unverified and is still being investigated.

 

MEDIA

Update 12:34 p.m. EST: According to the New York Post, Comedy Central has pulled a South Park episode seeming mocking Kirk:

The Paramount Skydance-owned network quietly removed the rerun of the episode “Got a Nut” from its cable lineup Wednesday night, just hours after Kirk, 31, was shot and killed while speaking at Utah Valley University.

Instead of airing Season 27, Episode 2 — in which Eric Cartman adopts Kirk’s mannerisms and appearance for a satirical college debate podcast — Comedy Central slotted in Episode 1 from the same season.

PUBLIC

Some left wingers have been extremely open about their personal animus toward Kirk. While comments such as these have not historically drawn much personal consequence versus right wingers, this may also be changing, at least for Kirk’s death.

Here’s the firing of the Assistant Dean of Students at Middle Tennessee State University:

9/10:

SHOOTER

In the chaos of the event and surrounding frantic social media activity, confusion arose as to the identity of the shooter. An individual arrested at the event was and described in social media posts as the shooter, but shortly after, this was corrected. At 6:22 p.m., FBI Kash Patel director posted on X that a subject related to the shooting was in custody. At a press conference around the same time, Utah Governor Spencer Cox said that a “person of interest” was in custody but would not confirm if the person in custody was the shooter. At 7:59 p.m. Eastern, Patel posted that the ‘subject in custody has been released after an interrogation by law enforcement.’

By all public accounts, the shooter appears to still be at large.

 

Visuals of the alleged shooter:

 

 

 

Correction: the previous version of this live blog stated that Patel ‘indicated’ the shooter was in custody. The 7:59 p.m. post on X seems to clarify that he was a referring to a ‘subject’ and not necessarily the shooter.

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MOTIVE

Without an identified shooter, having a clear motive is difficult to confirm. Law Enforcement has drawn criticism for withholding evidence from the public that may indicate motive in other killings and attempts with political salience, but Governor Cox was clear in his press conference: ‘I want to be very clear that this is a political assassination…’

 

PUBLIC RESPONSE

The administration has been quick, emphatic, and forceful in its responses of support for Kirk and his family:

Some republicans have also pointed the finger at Democrats, including Congresswoman Nancy Mace (SC-R): ‘Democrats own what happened today…’

At least one high-level Democrat rejected the criticism. Here’s Senator Warren:

MEDIA RESPONSE

Critics of Kirk have varied in their responses. Amongst Legacy Media, MSNBC has apologized for some of its coverage:

Jezebel attached the below Editor’s Note to the top of a post from two days ago: We Paid Some Etsy Witches to Curse Charlie Kirk

Editor’s Note: This story was published on September 8. Jezebel condemns the shooting of Charlie Kirk in the strongest possible terms. We do not endorse, encourage, or excuse political violence of any kind.

 

This blog will update with more information as it is gathered and confirmed.

 

 

 

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