{"id":5100,"date":"2025-09-13T15:11:41","date_gmt":"2025-09-13T15:11:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsinbr.com\/?p=5100"},"modified":"2025-09-13T15:11:41","modified_gmt":"2025-09-13T15:11:41","slug":"what-we-know-about-charlie-kirks-shooting-his-last-words-suspects-photos-and-more-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsinbr.com\/?p=5100","title":{"rendered":"What We Know About Charlie Kirk&#8217;s Shooting: His Last Words, Suspect&#8217;s Photos, and More"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Charlie Kirk, 31, founder of Turning Point USA (TPUSA), was fatally shot during a speaking event at Utah Valley University (UVU) on September 10, 2025.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The shooting occurred around 12:20 p.m. as Kirk addressed a large crowd. Witnesses reported a single shot from a nearby building. Security rushed Kirk away, and campus police later confirmed a suspect had initially been detained but released.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>TPUSA announced Kirk\u2019s death later that afternoon, calling it a devastating loss. The FBI launched a manhunt, with experts suggesting the shooter was skilled and planned the attack carefully.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>President Donald Trump condemned the assassination as a \u201cdark moment\u201d in U.S. history, ordered flags at half-staff, and offered condolences to Kirk\u2019s wife, Erika, and family. Vice President JD Vance echoed Trump\u2019s tribute, praising Kirk\u2019s influence on young Americans.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Charlie Kirk, 31, founder of Turning Point USA (TPUSA), was fatally shot during a speaking event at Utah Valley University (UVU) on September 10, 2025. The shooting&#8230; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":5101,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5100","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"views":179,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsinbr.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5100","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsinbr.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsinbr.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsinbr.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsinbr.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5100"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/newsinbr.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5100\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5102,"href":"https:\/\/newsinbr.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5100\/revisions\/5102"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsinbr.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/5101"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsinbr.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5100"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsinbr.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5100"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsinbr.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5100"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}