# Trump ally and conservative pundit Charlie Kirk shot at Utah event \[now reported deceased, same date 10SEP2025\] **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Tags:** trump\ **Created:** [September 10, 2025, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-ally-and-conservative-pundit-charlie-kirk-shot-at-utah-event-now-reported-deceased-same-date-10sep2025/1022916 "2025-09-10T19:04:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2025, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-ally-and-conservative-pundit-charlie-kirk-shot-at-utah-event-now-reported-deceased-same-date-10sep2025/1022916/1 "2025-09-10T19:04:29Z")
Charlie Kirk, Trump ally and head of Turning Point USA, was shot in the neck today at an event in Utah he was hosting. > **[Charlie Kirk shot during event at Utah university](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/sep/10/charlie-kirk-shot-utah)** > > Trump ally and Turning Point USA executive director can be seen in video getting struck but condition is unknown ---
**Author:** ![Love\_Rhombus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/love_rhombus/32/10694_2.png) [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2025, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-ally-and-conservative-pundit-charlie-kirk-shot-at-utah-event-now-reported-deceased-same-date-10sep2025/1022916/2 "2025-09-10T19:08:09Z")
Would to be wrong of me to offer thoughts and prayers? ---
**Author:** ![crowmanyclouds](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crowmanyclouds/32/19884_2.png) [@crowmanyclouds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crowmanyclouds)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2025, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-ally-and-conservative-pundit-charlie-kirk-shot-at-utah-event-now-reported-deceased-same-date-10sep2025/1022916/3 "2025-09-10T19:09:00Z")
That tiny face saved him. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2025, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-ally-and-conservative-pundit-charlie-kirk-shot-at-utah-event-now-reported-deceased-same-date-10sep2025/1022916/4 "2025-09-10T19:12:22Z")
How about casting spells and chanting? ---
**Author:** ![ricepad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b38774/32.png) [@ricepad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ricepad)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2025, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-ally-and-conservative-pundit-charlie-kirk-shot-at-utah-event-now-reported-deceased-same-date-10sep2025/1022916/5 "2025-09-10T19:15:26Z")
> [@Love\_Rhombus](#): > > Would to be wrong of me to offer thoughts and prayers? Sure, why not? I have my own thoughts and prayers about it/him. I suspect they’re not all that different than yours might be. For starters, I _thought_ I might care, and I _pray_ that it hurts. A lot. And that’s just for starters. ---
**Author:** ![mozchron](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c2a13f/32.png) [@mozchron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mozchron)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2025, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-ally-and-conservative-pundit-charlie-kirk-shot-at-utah-event-now-reported-deceased-same-date-10sep2025/1022916/6 "2025-09-10T19:19:55Z")
I’ve seen the video. That dood is dead dead dead. He’s good with it though > **[Charlie Kirk says gun deaths "unfortunately" worth it to ...](https://www.newsweek.com/charlie-kirk-says-gun-deaths-worth-it-2nd-amendment-1793113)** > > The conservative founder of Turning Point USA made the comments following a mass shooting in Nashville last week that resulted in six deaths. ---
**Author:** ![Fugazi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/f08c70/32.png) [@Fugazi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fugazi)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2025, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-ally-and-conservative-pundit-charlie-kirk-shot-at-utah-event-now-reported-deceased-same-date-10sep2025/1022916/7 "2025-09-10T19:25:42Z")
> [@Love\_Rhombus](#): > > Would to be wrong of me to offer thoughts and prayers? As long as you don’t suggest gun control might be in order. ---
**Author:** ![Odesio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/odesio/32/20003_2.png) [@Odesio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Odesio)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2025, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-ally-and-conservative-pundit-charlie-kirk-shot-at-utah-event-now-reported-deceased-same-date-10sep2025/1022916/8 "2025-09-10T19:26:54Z")
> [@Love\_Rhombus](#): > > Would to be wrong of me to offer thoughts and prayers? That’s what I offered when my MAGA family informed me of the shooting. I explained that it’s difficult for me to have sympathy for such an unlikable prick. Like I didn’t have any desire for Kirk to be harmed, but now that he has…. How am I supposed to feel about a conspiracy theorist who has contributed to the rise of authoritarianism? ---
**Author:** ![Saint\_Cad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saint_cad/32/18907_2.png) [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2025, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-ally-and-conservative-pundit-charlie-kirk-shot-at-utah-event-now-reported-deceased-same-date-10sep2025/1022916/9 "2025-09-10T19:27:09Z")
I love the Charlie Kirk short videos because they find the most woke progressive on a college campus who has less logical argument skills than a comatose wombat and they take the position “Men should be entitled to free abortions.” to argue with him. I know they’re cherry-picked to make the left look like idiots but goddamn they’re funny. ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2025, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-ally-and-conservative-pundit-charlie-kirk-shot-at-utah-event-now-reported-deceased-same-date-10sep2025/1022916/10 "2025-09-10T19:29:34Z")
Well, if you had “Charlie Kirk” in the “Who’s the American [Horst Wessel](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horst_Wessel)?” pool, come pick up your prize, a year’s supply of martial law. ---
**Author:** ![Maserschmidt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maserschmidt/32/18829_2.png) [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2025, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-ally-and-conservative-pundit-charlie-kirk-shot-at-utah-event-now-reported-deceased-same-date-10sep2025/1022916/11 "2025-09-10T19:29:40Z")
Bizarrely, shooting Charlie Kirk is one of those rare things you can do that make you a vastly worse person than Charlie Kirk. ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2025, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-ally-and-conservative-pundit-charlie-kirk-shot-at-utah-event-now-reported-deceased-same-date-10sep2025/1022916/12 "2025-09-10T19:33:32Z")
Anyone feel like opening a Pit thread so we can offer our…_condolences? thoughts? prayers?_ …with the full emotional punch they deserve? Or maybe ask to have this one moved? ---
**Author:** ![ricepad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b38774/32.png) [@ricepad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ricepad)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2025, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-ally-and-conservative-pundit-charlie-kirk-shot-at-utah-event-now-reported-deceased-same-date-10sep2025/1022916/13 "2025-09-10T19:35:40Z")
Crap. Without looking to check, I assumed this was posted in the Pit, and it’s too late to edit. Apologies, and mods please delete. ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2025, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-ally-and-conservative-pundit-charlie-kirk-shot-at-utah-event-now-reported-deceased-same-date-10sep2025/1022916/14 "2025-09-10T19:36:07Z")
If animated gifs weren’t pretty distracting, here is where I would post a low-resolution cartoon of a dancing banana. ---
**Author:** ![Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/q.q.switcheroo/32/5713_2.png) [@Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.Q.Switcheroo)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2025, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-ally-and-conservative-pundit-charlie-kirk-shot-at-utah-event-now-reported-deceased-same-date-10sep2025/1022916/15 "2025-09-10T19:40:32Z")
> [@SunUp](#): > > Well, if you had “Charlie Kirk” in the “Who’s the American [Horst Wessel](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horst_Wessel)?” pool, come pick up your prize, a year’s supply of martial law. I will be neither standing nor removing my hat during performances of the Charlie Kirk-Lied. ---
**Author:** ![griffin1977](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/977dab/32.png) [@griffin1977](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/griffin1977)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2025, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-ally-and-conservative-pundit-charlie-kirk-shot-at-utah-event-now-reported-deceased-same-date-10sep2025/1022916/16 "2025-09-10T19:40:56Z")
> [@SunUp](#): > > if you had “Charlie Kirk” in the “Who’s the American [Horst Wessel](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horst_Wessel)?” pool, come pick up your prize, a year’s supply of martial law. Yeah, this. Get used to seeing Charlie Kirk as glorious christ-like martyr for the Maga cause, as that’s all we are going to be seeing for the foreseeable future. ---
**Author:** ![GIGObuster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gigobuster/32/421_2.png) [@GIGObuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GIGObuster)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2025, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-ally-and-conservative-pundit-charlie-kirk-shot-at-utah-event-now-reported-deceased-same-date-10sep2025/1022916/17 "2025-09-10T19:40:56Z")
> [@Saint\_Cad](#): > > I love the Charlie Kirk short videos because they find the most woke progressive on a college campus who has less logical argument skills than a comatose wombat and they take the position “Men should be entitled to free abortions.” to argue with him. > I know they’re cherry-picked to make the left look like idiots but goddamn they’re funny. Well, I guess it is funny but for other reasons. Really, “Woke” is a good example of how the right turned good slogans into slurs with the objective to silence others. ---
**Author:** ![ShadowFacts](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shadowfacts/32/2934_2.png) [@ShadowFacts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShadowFacts)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2025, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-ally-and-conservative-pundit-charlie-kirk-shot-at-utah-event-now-reported-deceased-same-date-10sep2025/1022916/18 "2025-09-10T19:45:14Z")
> [@ekedolphin](#): > > Charlie Kirk, Trump ally and head of Turning Point USA, was shot in the neck today at an event in Utah he was hosting. I mean, you reap what you sow. What else is there to say? ---
**Author:** ![TroutMan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troutman/32/6721_2.png) [@TroutMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TroutMan)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2025, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-ally-and-conservative-pundit-charlie-kirk-shot-at-utah-event-now-reported-deceased-same-date-10sep2025/1022916/19 "2025-09-10T19:47:32Z")
He was supposedly shot from a building 200 yards away. I don’t think that’s a difficult distance for someone who knows what they’re doing, but it’s not some hack picking up a gun for their first time, right? ---
**Author:** ![Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/q.q.switcheroo/32/5713_2.png) [@Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.Q.Switcheroo)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2025, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-ally-and-conservative-pundit-charlie-kirk-shot-at-utah-event-now-reported-deceased-same-date-10sep2025/1022916/20 "2025-09-10T19:49:17Z")
Took me a moment to realize the site was returning an error message when I tried pulling up the story on [nbcnews.com](http://nbcnews.com): > Kirk, the right-wing activist and founder of Turning Point USA, was giving a presentation at Utah Valley University. Something went wrong! [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-ally-and-conservative-pundit-charlie-kirk-shot-at-utah-event-now-reported-deceased-same-date-10sep2025/1022916.md?page=2)