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Charlie Kirk Shooting Full Press Conference With Utah Public Safety

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Kirk was speaking at the Utah Valley University in Orem, Utah, at the time of his death. Utah Republican Gov. Spencer Cox delivers an update on the assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk, who died at the age of 31, and their search for the assassin or assassins. Kirk was speaking at Utah Valley University in Orem, Utah, at the time of his death. Misty Severi is a news reporter for Just The News. You can follow her on X for more coverage.

OREM — The Utah Department of Public Safety and the FBI are conducting a joint investigation into the killing of conservative activist and Turning Point USA co-founder Charlie Kirk. Kirk was shot in the neck on Wednesday afternoon while speaking to students at Utah Valley University. Multiple videos posted on social media show Kirk was sitting under a tent in the courtyard, answering questions from the crowd, when he was shot. He died later at Timpanogos Hospital. As of Thursday evening, public safety officials were still looking for the gunman. In an evening press briefing, they shared new surveillance video of the suspected gunman running across the roof of a building, then jumping off and running away from the UVU campus.

Watch the latest press briefing in its entirety here: Law enforcement authorities have held two previous press conferences to update the public on their investigation. You can watch those updates below. Officials in Utah are holding a press conference on the charges being filed against Tyler Robinson, the suspect in the Charlie Kirk shooting. Sep 10, 2025, 4:42 PM | Updated: 5:06 pm Utah Governor Spencer Cox speaks about the fatal shooting of political commentor Charlie Kirk at Vallejo Auditorium, at the Keller Building at Utah Valley University. Read more: https://ksltv.com/local-news/political-activist-charlie-kirk-shot-at-uvu-during-prove-me-wrong-tour/818002/ Socials for KSL TV: Tweets by KSL5TV https://www.facebook.com/ksltv https://www.instagram.com/kslnews/ Socials for KSL NewsRadio: Tweets by kslnewsradio https://www.facebook.com/KSLNewsradio/ https://www.instagram.com/ksl_newsradio/ Officials are set to address the media after conservative media personality Charlie Kirk... President Donald Trump confirmed the news of Kirk's death, writing in a Truth Social post that "no one understood or had the Heart of the Youth in the United States of America better than...

Kirk, 31, was shot in the neck while hosting the first "Prove Me Wrong" table, a series of live debates held at schools and universities across the country, at Utah Valley University. Kirk's series of national campus tours, where members of the audience got the chance to debate Kirk and his team in a public setting, were dubbed "The American Comeback Tour." The event began around... local time on Sept. 10. The university said campus is closed and classes are canceled until further notice. The details surrounding the shooting were not immediately available, but authorities have urged students and faculty to leave the area immediately and follow police instruction.

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10. The university said campus is closed and classes are canceled until further notice. The details surrounding the shooting were not immediately available, but authorities have urged students and faculty to leave the area immediately and follow police instruction. Utah's governor Spencer Cox says they have a suspect in the Charlie Kirk shooting in custody. Cox identified the suspect as Tyler Robinson and presented the evidence investigators have uncovered at a press conference. © 2025 Cable News Network.

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Media AdvisoryUpdate: Charlie Kirk Shooting at UVU Orem, Utah — At approximately 12:20 pm MST, Political Influencer Charlie Kirk was speaking at a student-sponsored event with Turning Point USA. Charlie was shot during the event at Utah Valley University (UVU), after which he was taken to Timpanogos Regional Hospital and hours later pronounced dead. This shooting is still an active investigation. The Utah Department of Public Safety (DPS) and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) are co-leading this incident in unison with the Utah County Attorney’s office, the Utah County Sheriff’s office, and the local... We initially took in George Zinn as a suspect.

He was later released and charged with obstruction by UVU police. A second suspect, Zachariah Qureshi, was taken into custody and released after interrogation with law enforcement. There are no current ties to the shooting with either of these individuals. There is an ongoing investigation and manhunt for the shooter. The FBI has created a digital media tip line for information regarding this shooting at fbi.gov/UtahValleyShooting. We ask the public to please provide any information they may have to this tip line.

An in-depth look at photos, videos and the context of what happened. Shortly before Kirk's event began, the alleged shooter used campus stairwells to access the top of the Losee Center, which hosts most UVU administrative offices. Officials released initial images of the suspected shooter, who they had not yet identified, in a black T-shirt, blue jeans, gray hat and black sunglasses. The UVU event was Kirk's first stop on his “American Comeback Tour.” It was hosted by Turning Point USA, a nonprofit organization founded by Kirk in 2012 which aims to “organize students to promote... Kirk was answering a Utah student's question when a gunshot rang out. The question centered on gun violence, asking Kirk if he knew "how many transgender Americans have been mass shooters over the last 10 years?”

Swarms of attendees bolted from the area, some wading through water in a campus fountain as they sought shelter. UVU student Brynlee Holms said she was in the back of the crowd when the “super loud” gunshot “echoed through the whole place.” They “fled everywhere,” she said, “all different directions.” “And then I... “I got trampled actually a little bit. Luckily, someone was kind enough to help me back up, but we all just ran, I didn’t even know where I was going.”

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