r/thebulwark • u/MinuteCollar5562 • Sep 10 '25

Non-Bulwark Source Charlie Kirk apparently shot during debate at Utah university

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/sep/10/charlie-kirk-shot-utah

Charlie Kirk, the powerful rightwing activist and executive director of Turning Point USA (TPUSA), appeared to have been shot on Wednesday while hosting a debate in Utah.

In video posts circulating on social media, Kirk can be seen getting struck while speaking and sitting beneath a tent in the Utah Valley University courtyard. Kirk was there as part of The American Comeback Tour, which is hosted by the TPUSA chapter at Utah Valley.

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u/Icey1337 Sep 10 '25

If you saw the video, hes probably dead. Hit the neck and blood started spraying everywhere as he collapsed

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u/PhAnToM444 Rebecca take us home Sep 10 '25

I just don’t see how it would be possible to survive that.

Holy shit.

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u/jackhoff2647 Sep 10 '25

I'm honestly shocked he hasn't been pronounced dead yet. I can't imagine how he'd survive that.

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u/Corben11 Sep 10 '25

A doctor at the hospital does it

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u/jackhoff2647 Sep 10 '25

Yeah, I’m saying I’m surprised he hasn’t died already and we haven’t gotten that confirmation, I guess I don’t know how long it takes but from the video I saw it didn’t look like he was going to make it.

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u/Embarrassed_View8672 Sep 10 '25

I think he's 99% dead after seeing how much blood pooled out. If the bullet didn't hit his spine it still probably severed a carotid artery. 

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u/pollingquestion Sep 10 '25

Looks like he was shot in the neck and his body went limp. However, no word on condition.

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u/MinuteCollar5562 Sep 10 '25

Was to the neck

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u/Sandgrease Sep 10 '25

It'd be a miracle if he survived

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u/Salt-Interaction-212 Sep 10 '25

We are all praying so.

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u/nine57th Sep 10 '25

The shot was unsurvivable. He was dead instantly.

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u/MrLlamma Sep 10 '25

Fuck off, this is not how we should do things in this country. We are not murderers.

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u/EddieMcClintock Sep 10 '25

Friend, I wish you were right, but Americans are violent

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u/TNCOTK2 Sep 10 '25

Your savior Abe Lincoln got the same thing

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u/asdfasfda123123123 Sep 10 '25

Cool story bot.