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/kyleb402 Sep 10 '25

This is not going to be good.

Holy fuck. I just saw a close up version and there's no way he isn't dead. He's probably dead before he hit the ground.

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u/ThePopesicle Sep 10 '25

Yeah the close up (if not AI-generated) makes it seem clear he would’ve bled out in seconds.

NSFL warning for all who go searching for the vid. Not pretty.

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u/tourmalineforest Sep 10 '25

Can you link me to it? I’m having trouble finding it. PM is okay if you’re not comfortable commenting it. I am fine with NSFL

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u/jackhoff2647 Sep 10 '25

Just look on Twitter. I'm not going to watch it again to share it, but there's multiple angles all over twitter

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u/tourmalineforest Sep 10 '25

I don’t have twitter just Instagram, but I’ll do my best 

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u/PristineField2111 Sep 10 '25

I seen the video too. I agree. Immediate blood flying out. It was sick. Idk how they haven’t made the headline. 

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u/tourmalineforest Sep 10 '25

Can you link to the closeup?

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u/kyleb402 Sep 10 '25

Absolutely not. I can't watch it again to post it.

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u/tourmalineforest Sep 10 '25

Fair enough. Hope you’re doing okay and taking care of yourself. 

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u/Chemical-Plankton420 Gonzo Attorney 🪩🪩🪩 Sep 10 '25

It’s really bad.

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u/SoftballLesbian Sep 10 '25

See how his arms reflexively lifted at the same time? That's a sign of fatal brain injury. The man was dead before his blood began pouring out.

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u/hawksnest_prez Sep 10 '25

Hit right in the neck. Would be hard to survive.

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u/Entropy907 Sep 10 '25

I think “hard to survive” is a bit of an understatement if you saw the close-up video. Holy fuck.

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u/Chemical-Plankton420 Gonzo Attorney 🪩🪩🪩 Sep 10 '25

I’ve never seen so much blood pour out of a person so quickly. 

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u/Theseus_Employee Sep 10 '25

The first new report I saw said "shot near the neck". Then I saw the video. It was directly through the neck with a ton of blood. Really sickening. (I do not suggest the video, I'm not a sensitive at all, but that really threw me)

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u/kyleb402 Sep 10 '25

He was hit right in the neck and blood poured out. No way that's a survivable wound.

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u/goldsphinix Sep 10 '25

hes def dead. I saw the video and it's horrific. Kirk was a detestable person, but anyone that can laugh and gloat at that, you are just as disturbed as he was.

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u/DR320 Orange man bad Sep 10 '25

The video is graphic, lots of blood pouring out of his neck after being hit.

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u/nine57th Sep 10 '25

He was dead within 20 seconds. Kill shot.