Charlie Kirk Shot and Killed at Utah Valley University During American Comeback Tour Event

[00:04] JUST A FEW

[00:08] for our state. It's a tragic day for our nation. I want to make this clear that this is a

[00:10] for our nation. I want to make this clear that this is a political assassination.

[00:11] this clear that this is a political assassination.

[00:16] political assassination.

[00:20] something like this. Horrible, of course, and really sad for his family.

[00:21] of course, and really sad for his family.

[00:22] his family.

[00:26] to his wife. Prayers to his kids. You know, it's sad that it has to happen. You just hope

[00:27] kids. You know, it's sad that it has to happen. You just hope that people can find a way to

[00:30] has to happen. You just hope that people can find a way to love others.

[00:31] that people can find a way to love others.

[00:32] love others.

[00:35] in the moment. you always think its never going to happen to me until it does

[00:35] its never going to happen to me until it does

[00:36] until it does

[00:39] we believe this is a targeted attack towards one individual. This is a tragic moment in our

[00:41] attack towards one individual. This is a tragic moment in our state and in our country.

[00:46] This is a tragic moment in our state and in our country. A TRAGEDY UNFOLDING RIGHT

[00:50] state and in our country. A TRAGEDY UNFOLDING RIGHT HERE IN UTAH..

[00:50] A TRAGEDY UNFOLDING RIGHT HERE IN UTAH.. POLITICAL ACTIVIST CHARLIE

[00:52] HERE IN UTAH.. POLITICAL ACTIVIST CHARLIE KIRK WAS SHOT AND KILLED.. AT AN

[00:53] POLITICAL ACTIVIST CHARLIE KIRK WAS SHOT AND KILLED.. AT AN EVENT AT UTAH VALLEY UNIVERSITY.

[00:55] KIRK WAS SHOT AND KILLED.. AT AN EVENT AT UTAH VALLEY UNIVERSITY. AS THE INVESTIGATION

[00:57] EVENT AT UTAH VALLEY UNIVERSITY. AS THE INVESTIGATION CONTINUES.. WE HAVE TEAM

[00:59] AS THE INVESTIGATION CONTINUES.. WE HAVE TEAM COVERAGE THIS MORNING.. AS

[01:00] CONTINUES.. WE HAVE TEAM COVERAGE THIS MORNING.. AS OFFICIALS PIECE TOGETHER WHAT

[01:02] COVERAGE THIS MORNING.. AS OFFICIALS PIECE TOGETHER WHAT HAPPENED DURING WEDNESDAY'S

[01:03] OFFICIALS PIECE TOGETHER WHAT HAPPENED DURING WEDNESDAY'S SHOOTING.

[01:03] HAPPENED DURING WEDNESDAY'S SHOOTING. NEWS SPECIALIST LORI

[01:04] SHOOTING. NEWS SPECIALIST LORI PRICHARD IS LIVE FROM U-V-U'S

[01:06] NEWS SPECIALIST LORI PRICHARD IS LIVE FROM U-V-U'S CAMPUS..WITH MORE.

[01:07] PRICHARD IS LIVE FROM U-V-U'S CAMPUS..WITH MORE. JUST UNBELIEVABLE WHAT

[01:12] CAMPUS..WITH MORE. JUST UNBELIEVABLE WHAT HAPPENED HERE ON CAMPUS..

[01:15] JUST UNBELIEVABLE WHAT HAPPENED HERE ON CAMPUS..

[01:17] HAPPENED HERE ON CAMPUS..

[01:32] RIGHT NOW INVESTIGATORS STILL SEARCHING FOR THE KILLER.

[01:33] RIGHT NOW INVESTIGATORS STILL SEARCHING FOR THE KILLER. HERE'S WHAT WE KNOW THIS

[01:36] STILL SEARCHING FOR THE KILLER. HERE'S WHAT WE KNOW THIS MORNING..

[01:36] HERE'S WHAT WE KNOW THIS MORNING.. THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE

[01:37] MORNING.. THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE ATTENDING CAMPUS TO SEE CHARLIE

[01:39] THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE ATTENDING CAMPUS TO SEE CHARLIE KIRK FOR THE FIRST STOP ON HIS

[01:42] ATTENDING CAMPUS TO SEE CHARLIE KIRK FOR THE FIRST STOP ON HIS 'AMERICAN COMEBACK TOUR,' WHEN

[01:45] KIRK FOR THE FIRST STOP ON HIS 'AMERICAN COMEBACK TOUR,' WHEN SUDDENLY AT 12:20 ONE GUN SHOT

[01:48] 'AMERICAN COMEBACK TOUR,' WHEN SUDDENLY AT 12:20 ONE GUN SHOT RANG OUT..

[01:49] SUDDENLY AT 12:20 ONE GUN SHOT RANG OUT.. THE BULLET HITS KIRK IN THE

[01:51] RANG OUT.. THE BULLET HITS KIRK IN THE NECK.. AND HE FALLS TO THE

[01:56] THE BULLET HITS KIRK IN THE NECK.. AND HE FALLS TO THE GROUND..

[01:57] NECK.. AND HE FALLS TO THE GROUND.. HE IS LATER PRONOUNCED DEAD

[02:00] GROUND.. HE IS LATER PRONOUNCED DEAD AT THE HOSPITAL.

[02:01] HE IS LATER PRONOUNCED DEAD AT THE HOSPITAL. SOON AFTER THE SHOOTING.. A

[02:14] AT THE HOSPITAL. SOON AFTER THE SHOOTING.. A PERSON OF INTEREST WAS TAKEN

[02:14] SOON AFTER THE SHOOTING.. A PERSON OF INTEREST WAS TAKEN INTO CUSTODY.. SEEN ON A WIDELY

[02:16] PERSON OF INTEREST WAS TAKEN INTO CUSTODY.. SEEN ON A WIDELY SHARED VIDEO IN HANDCUFFS.

[02:17] INTO CUSTODY.. SEEN ON A WIDELY SHARED VIDEO IN HANDCUFFS. HE WAS LATER FOUND NOT TO

[02:18] SHARED VIDEO IN HANDCUFFS. HE WAS LATER FOUND NOT TO BE INVOLVED IN THE SHOOTING

[02:19] HE WAS LATER FOUND NOT TO BE INVOLVED IN THE SHOOTING NOT LONG AFTER.. THE FBI

[02:20] BE INVOLVED IN THE SHOOTING NOT LONG AFTER.. THE FBI TOOK A *SECOND PERSON OF

[02:21] NOT LONG AFTER.. THE FBI TOOK A *SECOND PERSON OF INTEREST IN FOR QUESTIONING.

[02:22] TOOK A *SECOND PERSON OF INTEREST IN FOR QUESTIONING. THE FBI DIRECTOR THEN

[02:24] INTEREST IN FOR QUESTIONING. THE FBI DIRECTOR THEN TAKING TO SOCIAL MEDIA SAYING

[02:28] THE FBI DIRECTOR THEN TAKING TO SOCIAL MEDIA SAYING THAT SECOND PERSON OF INTEREST

[02:32] TAKING TO SOCIAL MEDIA SAYING THAT SECOND PERSON OF INTEREST WAS CLEARED AND RELEASED.

[02:33] THAT SECOND PERSON OF INTEREST WAS CLEARED AND RELEASED. THE SHOOTER WAS BELIEVED TO

[02:36] WAS CLEARED AND RELEASED. THE SHOOTER WAS BELIEVED TO BE IN ALL BLACK AND SHOT FROM

[02:38] THE SHOOTER WAS BELIEVED TO BE IN ALL BLACK AND SHOT FROM THE ROOF.

[02:40] BE IN ALL BLACK AND SHOT FROM THE ROOF. WE HAVE SEEN HUNDREDS OF

[02:44] THE ROOF. WE HAVE SEEN HUNDREDS OF VIEWER VIDEOS IN THE AFTERMATH

[02:46] WE HAVE SEEN HUNDREDS OF VIEWER VIDEOS IN THE AFTERMATH OF THE DEADLY SHOOTING.

[02:48] VIEWER VIDEOS IN THE AFTERMATH OF THE DEADLY SHOOTING. TWO STAND OUT.. AS

[02:50] OF THE DEADLY SHOOTING. TWO STAND OUT.. AS INVESTIGATORS TRY TO SORT

[02:52] TWO STAND OUT.. AS INVESTIGATORS TRY TO SORT THROUGH HOW THIS SHOOTING

[02:54] INVESTIGATORS TRY TO SORT THROUGH HOW THIS SHOOTING HAPPENED AND WHO IS RESPONSIBLE.

[02:56] THROUGH HOW THIS SHOOTING HAPPENED AND WHO IS RESPONSIBLE. FIRST.. IN THE SECONDS

[02:58] HAPPENED AND WHO IS RESPONSIBLE. FIRST.. IN THE SECONDS AFTER THE SHOT WAS FIRED, ONE OF

[03:02] FIRST.. IN THE SECONDS AFTER THE SHOT WAS FIRED, ONE OF THE VIDEOS CAPTURES A PERSON

[03:11] AFTER THE SHOT WAS FIRED, ONE OF THE VIDEOS CAPTURES A PERSON RUNNING ACROSS A ROOF ON TOP OF

[03:12] THE VIDEOS CAPTURES A PERSON RUNNING ACROSS A ROOF ON TOP OF THE LOSEE BUILDING.

[03:13] RUNNING ACROSS A ROOF ON TOP OF THE LOSEE BUILDING. YOU SEE THAT PERSON

[03:15] THE LOSEE BUILDING. YOU SEE THAT PERSON SPOTLIGHTED HERE.

[03:16] YOU SEE THAT PERSON SPOTLIGHTED HERE. INVESTIGATORS TELLING US

[03:18] SPOTLIGHTED HERE. INVESTIGATORS TELLING US ITS LIKELY THE SHOT WAS TAKEN

[03:20] INVESTIGATORS TELLING US ITS LIKELY THE SHOT WAS TAKEN FROM THE ROOF OF A NEARBY

[03:22] ITS LIKELY THE SHOT WAS TAKEN FROM THE ROOF OF A NEARBY BUILDING.

[03:22] FROM THE ROOF OF A NEARBY BUILDING. AND THEN THERE'S THIS.

[03:24] BUILDING. AND THEN THERE'S THIS.

[03:27] AND THEN THERE'S THIS.

[03:34] there. He ran from.. right there ...where's my finger... and now he's right there..

[03:37] ...where's my finger... and now he's right there.. A UVU STUDENT SHARED THIS

[03:43] he's right there.. A UVU STUDENT SHARED THIS VIDEO WITH US THAT MAY GIVE A

[03:45] A UVU STUDENT SHARED THIS VIDEO WITH US THAT MAY GIVE A DIFFERENT VANTAGE POINT TO A

[03:46] VIDEO WITH US THAT MAY GIVE A DIFFERENT VANTAGE POINT TO A PERSON ON THE ROOF -- HE ALSO

[03:48] DIFFERENT VANTAGE POINT TO A PERSON ON THE ROOF -- HE ALSO MENTIONS SEEING THAT INDIVIDUAL

[03:49] PERSON ON THE ROOF -- HE ALSO MENTIONS SEEING THAT INDIVIDUAL RUN ACROSS THE ROOF.

[03:51] MENTIONS SEEING THAT INDIVIDUAL RUN ACROSS THE ROOF. ANOTHER VIEWER SENT US THIS

[03:53] RUN ACROSS THE ROOF. ANOTHER VIEWER SENT US THIS IMAGE -- OF A PERSON STANDING IN

[03:55] ANOTHER VIEWER SENT US THIS IMAGE -- OF A PERSON STANDING IN THE EXACT SAME POSITION.

[03:56] IMAGE -- OF A PERSON STANDING IN THE EXACT SAME POSITION. WE KNOW INVESTIGATORS ARE

[03:58] THE EXACT SAME POSITION. WE KNOW INVESTIGATORS ARE LOOKING AT SECURITY CAMERA VIDEO

[04:00] WE KNOW INVESTIGATORS ARE LOOKING AT SECURITY CAMERA VIDEO FROM THE UNIVERSITY -- BUT ADMIT

[04:02] LOOKING AT SECURITY CAMERA VIDEO FROM THE UNIVERSITY -- BUT ADMIT IT DOESN'T PAINT A COMPLETE

[04:04] FROM THE UNIVERSITY -- BUT ADMIT IT DOESN'T PAINT A COMPLETE PICTURE -- JUST SOMEONE DRESSED

[04:06] IT DOESN'T PAINT A COMPLETE PICTURE -- JUST SOMEONE DRESSED IN DARK CLOTHING.

[04:07] PICTURE -- JUST SOMEONE DRESSED IN DARK CLOTHING. CHARLIE KIRK'S BODY HAS

[04:10] IN DARK CLOTHING. CHARLIE KIRK'S BODY HAS BEEN TAKEN TO THE MEDICAL

[04:12] CHARLIE KIRK'S BODY HAS BEEN TAKEN TO THE MEDICAL EXAMINER'S OFFICE.

[04:13] BEEN TAKEN TO THE MEDICAL EXAMINER'S OFFICE. NEWS SPECIALIST BRIAN

[04:14] EXAMINER'S OFFICE. NEWS SPECIALIST BRIAN CARLSON JOINS US LIVE FROM THE

[04:16] NEWS SPECIALIST BRIAN CARLSON JOINS US LIVE FROM THE THERE THIS MORNING WITH

[04:17] CARLSON JOINS US LIVE FROM THE THERE THIS MORNING WITH REACTIONS FROM UTAHNS THAT SAW

[04:19] THERE THIS MORNING WITH REACTIONS FROM UTAHNS THAT SAW THIS HORRIFIC ACT.

[04:20] REACTIONS FROM UTAHNS THAT SAW THIS HORRIFIC ACT. SOME ARE IN DISBELIEF. OTHERS

[04:43] THIS HORRIFIC ACT. SOME ARE IN DISBELIEF. OTHERS STILL COMING OFF FIGHT OR FLIGHT

[04:45] SOME ARE IN DISBELIEF. OTHERS STILL COMING OFF FIGHT OR FLIGHT MODE OF HAVING TO RUN FOR THEIR

[04:47] STILL COMING OFF FIGHT OR FLIGHT MODE OF HAVING TO RUN FOR THEIR LIVES.

[04:47] MODE OF HAVING TO RUN FOR THEIR LIVES. MANY ARE MOURNING KIRK AND THE

[04:49] LIVES. MANY ARE MOURNING KIRK AND THE SHEER TRAGEDY OF HIS DEATH. SOME

[04:51] MANY ARE MOURNING KIRK AND THE SHEER TRAGEDY OF HIS DEATH. SOME EVEN LINED THE MOTORCADE THAT

[04:54] SHEER TRAGEDY OF HIS DEATH. SOME EVEN LINED THE MOTORCADE THAT TOOK HIS BODY FROM THE HOSPITAL

[04:55] EVEN LINED THE MOTORCADE THAT TOOK HIS BODY FROM THE HOSPITAL HERE TO THE MEDICAL EXAMINER'S

[04:58] TOOK HIS BODY FROM THE HOSPITAL HERE TO THE MEDICAL EXAMINER'S OFFICE.

[04:58] HERE TO THE MEDICAL EXAMINER'S OFFICE. KSL SPOKE TO DOZENS OF THE MANY

[05:01] OFFICE. KSL SPOKE TO DOZENS OF THE MANY WITNESSES WHO SAW THE SHOOTING.

[05:03] KSL SPOKE TO DOZENS OF THE MANY WITNESSES WHO SAW THE SHOOTING. SOME AS CLOSE AT 10 TO 15 FEET

[05:06] WITNESSES WHO SAW THE SHOOTING. SOME AS CLOSE AT 10 TO 15 FEET AWAY FROM KIRK WHEN HE WAS SHOT.

[05:08] SOME AS CLOSE AT 10 TO 15 FEET AWAY FROM KIRK WHEN HE WAS SHOT. MANY DESCRIBE HEARING THE SHOT,

[05:11] AWAY FROM KIRK WHEN HE WAS SHOT. MANY DESCRIBE HEARING THE SHOT, SEEING THE BLOOD AND KIRK SLUMP

[05:13] MANY DESCRIBE HEARING THE SHOT, SEEING THE BLOOD AND KIRK SLUMP OVER, AND SIMPLY THE PANIC OF

[05:15] SEEING THE BLOOD AND KIRK SLUMP OVER, AND SIMPLY THE PANIC OF WHAT THEY WITNESSED, AND WHERE

[05:17] OVER, AND SIMPLY THE PANIC OF WHAT THEY WITNESSED, AND WHERE THE SHOOTING WAS COMING FROM.

[05:20] WHAT THEY WITNESSED, AND WHERE THE SHOOTING WAS COMING FROM.

[05:23] THE SHOOTING WAS COMING FROM.

[05:28] moment not knowing what's going on. Everyone is around and it's like where are they? 14:48:32

[05:30] on. Everyone is around and it's like where are they? 14:48:32 ((BUTT))

[05:31] like where are they? 14:48:32 ((BUTT))

[05:32] ((BUTT))

[05:33] freeze. Because I have to save my life. ((butt))

[05:34] my life. ((butt))

[05:35] ((butt))

[05:38] class. Someone heard just a stampede of people running down the hallway.

[05:39] stampede of people running down the hallway. DURING THE PANIC IMMEDIATELY

[05:44] the hallway. DURING THE PANIC IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE SHOOTING, ONE WITNESS

[05:45] DURING THE PANIC IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE SHOOTING, ONE WITNESS SAYS HE DOVE INTO ONE OF THE

[05:47] AFTER THE SHOOTING, ONE WITNESS SAYS HE DOVE INTO ONE OF THE NEARBY FOUNTAINS TO PROTECT

[05:49] SAYS HE DOVE INTO ONE OF THE NEARBY FOUNTAINS TO PROTECT HIMSELF, NOT KNOWING HOW MANY

[05:50] NEARBY FOUNTAINS TO PROTECT HIMSELF, NOT KNOWING HOW MANY MORE SHOTS WOULD FOLLOW.

[05:50] HIMSELF, NOT KNOWING HOW MANY MORE SHOTS WOULD FOLLOW. COMING UP NEXT HALF HOUR... I'LL

[05:53] MORE SHOTS WOULD FOLLOW. COMING UP NEXT HALF HOUR... I'LL LET YOU FROM THAT WITNESS WHO

[05:55] COMING UP NEXT HALF HOUR... I'LL LET YOU FROM THAT WITNESS WHO WAS AS CLOSE AS YOU CAN IMAGINE,

[05:56] LET YOU FROM THAT WITNESS WHO WAS AS CLOSE AS YOU CAN IMAGINE, AND THE EMOTIONS HE'S DEALING

[05:57] WAS AS CLOSE AS YOU CAN IMAGINE, AND THE EMOTIONS HE'S DEALING WITH SEEING IT FIRSTHAND.

[05:58] AND THE EMOTIONS HE'S DEALING WITH SEEING IT FIRSTHAND. BACK TO YOU.

[06:02] WITH SEEING IT FIRSTHAND. BACK TO YOU. THANKS BRIAN..

[06:06] BACK TO YOU. THANKS BRIAN.. WE SPOKE WITH FORMER POLICE

[06:18] THANKS BRIAN.. WE SPOKE WITH FORMER POLICE CHIEF CHRIS BERTRAM... WHO TELLS

[06:21] WE SPOKE WITH FORMER POLICE CHIEF CHRIS BERTRAM... WHO TELLS US EVENTS LIKE THIS HAVE HOURS

[06:24] CHIEF CHRIS BERTRAM... WHO TELLS US EVENTS LIKE THIS HAVE HOURS OF PLANNING, RESOURCES, AND

[06:27] US EVENTS LIKE THIS HAVE HOURS OF PLANNING, RESOURCES, AND MONEY.. TO MAKE SURE IT'S SAFE

[06:29] OF PLANNING, RESOURCES, AND MONEY.. TO MAKE SURE IT'S SAFE FOR EVERYONE.

[06:30] MONEY.. TO MAKE SURE IT'S SAFE FOR EVERYONE. HE SAYS EVEN WITH ALL THE

[06:38] FOR EVERYONE. HE SAYS EVEN WITH ALL THE PLANNING, OUTDOOR VENUES CAN BE

[06:40] HE SAYS EVEN WITH ALL THE PLANNING, OUTDOOR VENUES CAN BE DIFFICULT, ESPECIALLY WHEN IT

[06:43] PLANNING, OUTDOOR VENUES CAN BE DIFFICULT, ESPECIALLY WHEN IT COMES TO GUN LAWS AT A PUBLIC

[06:46] DIFFICULT, ESPECIALLY WHEN IT COMES TO GUN LAWS AT A PUBLIC UNIVERSITY.

[06:47] COMES TO GUN LAWS AT A PUBLIC UNIVERSITY. HE SAYS STATE AND FEDERAL

[06:51] UNIVERSITY. HE SAYS STATE AND FEDERAL OFFICIALS WILL NEXT BE LOOKING

[06:52] HE SAYS STATE AND FEDERAL OFFICIALS WILL NEXT BE LOOKING IN TO HOW THE SHOOTER WAS ABLE

[06:53] OFFICIALS WILL NEXT BE LOOKING IN TO HOW THE SHOOTER WAS ABLE TO PULL THIS OFF.

[06:54] IN TO HOW THE SHOOTER WAS ABLE TO PULL THIS OFF.

[06:57] TO PULL THIS OFF.

[06:59] investigation that is going to impact all of utah. i imagine that this is going to be

[07:01] impact all of utah. i imagine that this is going to be methodical, all these agencies

[07:05] that this is going to be methodical, all these agencies involved to determine what the

[07:08] methodical, all these agencies involved to determine what the motive was

[07:16] involved to determine what the motive was BERTRAM SAYS AS THE

[07:22] motive was BERTRAM SAYS AS THE INVESTIGATION CONTINUES, IT MAY

[07:26] BERTRAM SAYS AS THE INVESTIGATION CONTINUES, IT MAY TAKE DAYS BEFORE WE START TO GET

[07:30] INVESTIGATION CONTINUES, IT MAY TAKE DAYS BEFORE WE START TO GET ANSWERS.

[07:50] TAKE DAYS BEFORE WE START TO GET ANSWERS. LORI THANKS..

[07:52] ANSWERS. LORI THANKS.. WE WILL CHECK BACK IN WITH

[07:54] LORI THANKS.. WE WILL CHECK BACK IN WITH YOU IN JUST A FEW MINUTES.