Still investigating cause of death, but it appears to be some sort of puncture wound in the neck region
Oh? Like maybe the hate finally needed to break free of his hotdog skin?
THIS JUST IN: FBI suspects Kirk was likely targeted, more info to come
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selkiesidhe@sh.itjust.works 16 minutes ago
Mulligrubs@lemmy.world 2 hours ago
Do you mean to say it wasn’t a random bullet?
I never would have reached that conclusion on my own, thank you FBI, you are truly the world’s greatest detectives. Thinking outside the box!
T00l_shed@lemmy.world 41 minutes ago
His neck actually just did that by itself
sunbrrnslapper@lemmy.world 1 hour ago
I feel like there are parts of the country where it does need to be clarified. Utah may be one of them. 😉
db2@lemmy.world 7 hours ago
Of course he was targeted. The shooter is likely dead by now. They probably called it Operation Watch Charlie or something.
He was killed as a distraction.
Kyrgizion@lemmy.world 6 hours ago
Possible… but he had a lot of enemies, and there’s more and more people with literally nothing left to lose in the USA every single day, so it was probably inevitable on a long enough timescale.
SARGE@startrek.website 5 hours ago
Who would have thought that making millions of people’s lives actively worse in an already not great time in the most widely-armed country in the world could have POSSIBLY led to current events???
UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 6 hours ago
He was killed as a distraction.
Susie Wiles: “Sir, they leaked the live copy of your letter to Jeffery Epstein. It’s having absolutely no effect on your public approval and Congress seems incapable of doing anything to stall your accrual of executive level powers. What should we do?”
Trump: “I’m a great president, Susie. Some say I’m the greatest president who ever lived. That’s why I make the big decisions. And I’ve been thinking about this for a long time. We’ve got to save the nation. We need to get stronger. Some people are saying we’re not strong, but they’re wrong, Susie. This is the best this country has ever been and it’s only going to get better. Are you ready to make this country better, Susie? I don’t think you’re ready… you’re nodding. Does that mean you’re ready?”
Susie Wiles: “Yes, Mr. President. Anything for you, Mr. President.”
Trump: “Go talk to Pete Hegseth. He’ll tell you what to do.”
Pete Hegseth, drunkenly: “Susthy, ith so good to thee you again. But I lothe to wath you leaf.”
Susie Wiles: “The President said you would know what to do.”
Pete: “Yeah, uh… kill the big head guy. You know the one. With the tiny face.”
Susie: “Charlie Kirk”
Pete: loud burping noise
Susie: “Right away, Mr. War Fighter Commander Pete.”
sounds of gunfire
Susie Wiles: “Mr. President! In a strange turn of fate, it appears someone else shot Charlie Kirk before we could get to him.”
Trump: “All according to plan, Susie. I’m the smartest man who ever lived. You can thank me with a kiss. Get over here, sweetie.”
WhyIHateTheInternet@lemmy.world 3 hours ago
Susie: you can grab me by the pussy. I’ll just let you do it.
Carmakazi@lemmy.world 7 hours ago
I swear you people would watch World War III kick off, vomiting your own digestive system out from acute radiation sickness, and still be saying “This is just a distraction from Epstein!”
More than one thing can happen on planet Earth. It doesn’t all have to tie back to Trump and Epstein.
Ioughttamow@fedia.io 7 hours ago
Hey man, we’re giving him the care and consideration he gave to sandy hook
snooggums@piefed.world 7 hours ago
That's what someone who wants to distract from Epstein would say!
NoneOfUrBusiness@fedia.io 7 hours ago
takeda@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 hours ago
The World War 3 has already has started, just many are refusing to acknowledge it. If Ukraine won’t stop Russia it will continue to the rest of the Europe. We already North Korea fighting within Europe.
Going back to trump, he is all about himself and no empathy towards others. He is willing to get Ukrainians and Palestinians killed in exchange for whatever putin and bibi are giving him. He had no problem of having two politicians assassinated to just distract from No King protests.
So yeah, I wouldn’t put past him to use him for political gain, like excuse to deploy military in Utah or some other goal he wants to achieve.
Wasn’t Kirk on the release Epstein files bandwagon anyway? That sounds like something that would let you fall out of favor.
We are no longer in the first term where there were people that would say “no” to him.
DmMacniel@feddit.org 6 hours ago
I swear you people would watch World War III kick off
uuh… Oooh yeah (most, mostly right wingers) Americans always consider themselves as the only nation on this country. Yeah go ahead, do it.
MNByChoice@midwest.social 1 hour ago
What was the timing of the US Senate vote to not release the Epstein Files?
takeda@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 hours ago
Will this be excuse to send military to Utah or is he planning something else?
UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 6 hours ago
The bullet was fired from Chicago.
Keeponstalin@lemmy.world 3 hours ago
He’s planning on going after all political dissenters from what he said when he addressed the nation yesterday
blarghly@lemmy.world 3 hours ago
Trump sending the military to Orem would be really friggin weird. Unless he’s sending a brigade of recruiters.
BetaBlake@lemmy.world 3 hours ago
I don’t think he was shot, I think his neck just did that
apftwb@lemmy.world 2 hours ago
A truck backfired happened to back fire at the same time.
ivanafterall@lemmy.world 2 hours ago
The bullshit could no longer be contained.
rumba@lemmy.zip 2 hours ago
"Grunthos was reported to have been “disappointed” by the poem’s reception, and was about to embark on a reading of his 12-book epic entitled “My Favourite Bathtime Gurgles” when his own major intestine, in a desperate attempt to save humanity, leapt straight up through his neck and throttled his brain. " --Douglas Adams HHGTTG
jaybone@lemmy.zip 2 hours ago
Now Trump is going to send the army to guard the streets of buttfuck nowhere Utah from all this violence, right? Right?
slate@sh.itjust.works 2 hours ago
Oh don’t worry, they’ll institute police checkpoints everywhere across the country for “safety” and “national security”. Worked great for Ireland!
BetaBlake@lemmy.world 2 hours ago
Everyone knows the shooter was from Chicago, so this still counts as Chicago crime
/s
Diplomjodler3@lemmy.world 6 hours ago
Next up: FBI confirms a firearm was used in the shooting.
ininewcrow@lemmy.ca 6 hours ago
Ongoing: FBI suspect that political landscape might be toxic
ivanafterall@lemmy.world 2 hours ago
BREAKING: FBI Increasingly Suspects Murder As Cause of Death in Kirk Shooting
But_my_mom_says_im_cool@lemmy.world 2 hours ago
Can we stark calling the shooter Mario? I wish he had a better escape plan like a janitor outfit and beard
Balaquina@lemmy.ca 7 hours ago
TIL that I could be in the FBI. Great detective work guys.
AcidiclyBasicGlitch@sh.itjust.works 7 hours ago
When you realize how low the bar is, you should never have imposter syndrome again.
Literally that is why people keep joining this grift. If you’re willing to pledge loyalty, take advantage of people, and help destroy your own country, you can make bank.
The people that fund the right refuse to let a penny of their money go towards taxes to pay for public services, but they will literally throw absurd amounts of money at anything that promotes their agenda.
RFKJrsBrainworm@sh.itjust.works 4 hours ago
I read a really interesting article years ago that spoke about that happening on Communist China back in Mao’s time. Essentially all the folks who were competent retired/replaced by folks with connections to the party not the role. Thus corruption infiltrated.
I can’t find the article and I don’t remember the professor’s name who wrote it but I remember thinking it was odd that a Chinese professor was writing about the government and letting it be published. I think he may have gotten in trouble after the fact or something else.
Washedupcynic@lemmy.ca 5 hours ago
Tinfoil hat time: Based on the close up of the shooting, it looks like he got shot right in the corrotid artery, which has a very high mortality rating. This wasn’t a lucky shot, this was well aimed. If you look at the tape, it doesn’t look like someone in the crowd had a gun, no one in the crowd was reacting before the shot occurred, and no one saw a gun pulled. In the crowd full of people, how to you avoid everyone else and make a kill shot like that. I legit believe this was a shot taken from far away with the ability to make a sniper shot like that. Then, before he’s been officially pronounced dead, Trump posts “The Great, and even Legendary, Charlie Kirk, is dead. No one understood or had the Heart of the Youth in the United States of America better than Charlie. He was loved and admired by ALL, especially me, and now, he is no longer with us. Melania and my Sympathies go out to his beautiful wife Erika, and family. Charlie, we love you!” Trump wrote on his social media platform. If he hasn’t officially been declared dead, why is Trump saying that Charlie Kirk is dead. Next Trump is blaming the left with no proof. I’m calling it, Trump had Kirk assassinated as a false flag operation, and this will be trump’s reischtag fire. Buckle up.
tyler@programming.dev 4 hours ago
You don’t think that maybe trump just doesn’t wait for a news article to be posted? Maybe he got a call and since he’s incessantly posting tweets he did it before an editor could approve the news article change? There’s a lot more simple explanations.
Washedupcynic@lemmy.ca 3 hours ago
Yes, this is also highly likely, which is why I started my post with “tin foil hat time.” Even if that’s the case, even if the govt had 0 involvement in his death, I still think this incident will be used as a means for trump to further solidify power.
frezik@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 hours ago
The shooting spot was about 250 yards away. That’s WWII sniping range, but not particularly far for modern precision rifles. According to Ryan Cleckner (US Army Ranger sniper), precision marksman training in the Army still uses iron sights out to 600 yards. A good setup these days can hit a dinner plate (read: a human head) at 1000 yards, and that’s not even pushing it.
They didn’t have to hit him the neck. They just needed to hit is general head area. They got lucky hitting the artery dead on, but any head hit has a very high probability of death.
There are millions of bench rest shooters with a bolt action rifle who could make that shot.
The_v@lemmy.world 4 hours ago
If you have a regular 30.06 bullet with a rifle sighted in at 200 yards, it will hit around 5" lower than you aim at 250 yards depending on the gun and conditions.
If you have it sighted in at 300 yards and aim for center mass right the bullet will hit around 5" above where they are aiming.
In both conditions the bullet hits the neck area.
couldhavebeenyou@lemmy.zip 4 hours ago
Whoever did it, at least we know (s)he had to be part of a well regulated militia
morphballganon@mtgzone.com 4 hours ago
Shooter was probably aiming for head and the bullet lost a few inches of altitude in the air
shalafi@lemmy.world 2 hours ago
There is video of a person dressed in black skedaddling back over the rooftop, clearly the shooter. No sane shooter is aiming for the neck, hell no. Pretty sure it was a chest shot that tumbled around his ribcage and exited his neck. Weird shit happens when a teeny projectile hits meat and bone at 3,400FPS.
python@lemmy.world 2 hours ago
Based on the close up of the shooting, it looks like he got shot right in the corrotid artery,
There are two carotid arteries. Based on the footage, it looks to me like only his left carotid artery got hit. It would make sense because bullets make a way bigger hole when exiting than they do when entering.
I don’t think anyone, no matter how skilled they are, would be aiming to do that. It’s way more likely to be a failed headshot or shot to the torso.AA5B@lemmy.world 4 hours ago
false flag operation
Claims like this give both too much credit for action and too little to strategy.
- there’s no reason to believe this specific action was a false flag operation when in the current environment it’s simple to believe a radicalized individual
- isn’t that one of the benefits of the continuous hatred, outrage, divisiveness, chaos? There’s always going to be stuff like this happening, so you always have an event to capitalize on without the risk of doing it yourself
Talaraine@fedia.io 17 minutes ago
I dunno, this happening right around the same time the Senate voted YET AGAIN against the release of the Epstein files may be a thing
Vupware@lemmy.zip 4 hours ago
Ockham’s Razor
abbiistabbii@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 hours ago
On the day before 9/11 of all days.
teletext@reddthat.com 5 hours ago
Nah, that was random gang violence. Charly tried to sell crack on the wrong turf.
Theprogressivist@lemmy.world 7 hours ago
yesman@lemmy.world 7 hours ago
Crazy times to live when you see the FBI go from Darth Vader to Dark Helmet.
ininewcrow@lemmy.ca 6 hours ago
Holding press conferences with the visor down … sounding loud, hollow and important … every once in a while opening the visor to show an idiot trying to clarify what they said.
DmMacniel@feddit.org 6 hours ago
They went right over his Helmet!
RFKJrsBrainworm@sh.itjust.works 4 hours ago
Their counting on AI to do the Darth Vader shit for Darth Helmet… we’re fucked
CobblerScholar@lemmy.world 6 hours ago
Right? Won’t be able to have a serious movie about the FBI for the next 30 years
huquad@lemmy.ml 7 hours ago
No this wasn’t a school shooting! This was targeted. The horror!
UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 5 hours ago
After a day of rigorous forensics, we have concluded that Charlie Kirk’s neck didn’t just do that on its own.
DmMacniel@feddit.org 6 hours ago
clearly worse than mass shootings!
DScratch@sh.itjust.works 6 hours ago
Luigi was caught in like 24 hours with a manifesto, confession, gun, bodycam footage, and a gps tracker that proves he done it.
This guy is a ghost.
BUT THEYVE SECURED THE WOODS GUISE!
slate@sh.itjust.works 6 hours ago
Luigi was missing for a few days, after executing a masterful getaway in the middle of the day in the largest city in the country. Then just randomly shows up at a McDonalds with everything needed to convict him packaged together in a bag. Definitely not unusual at all. Nothing to see here folks! The system works and the police are master investigators. It’s impossible to get away with a crime like this!
onslaught545@lemmy.zip 6 hours ago
They haven’t found the right Democrat to frame yet.
iAmTheTot@sh.itjust.works 5 hours ago
Luigi Mangione was not apprehended for five days. That’s a lot more than 24 hours for anyone doing the math.
DScratch@sh.itjust.works 5 hours ago
I’m sick today. But even if I weren’t, I wouldn’t be doing the math.
Fedizen@lemmy.world 5 hours ago
Footage was out day 1
13igTyme@piefed.social 7 hours ago
Honestly, it would be some pretty funny shit if he got hit by a random bullet someone shot into the air from like a mile or so.
ininewcrow@lemmy.ca 6 hours ago
Geniuses … guy who called for violence against people, wanted to deny people’s rights, making fun of their misery, downplaying deaths of other people, publicly mocking others in distress and making millions of dollars off it all … and doing it all on a daily basis on national platforms with a following of millions … FBI suddenly thinks that people might want to kill this person.
Canconda@lemmy.ca 7 hours ago
I’m getting shit for not crying my face off meanwhile the FBI making dad jokes!?
NuXCOM_90Percent@lemmy.zip 6 hours ago
I mean… fuckface got got during a school shooting. LOTS of people get murdered during school shootings every fucking day in this country because we worship assault rifles.
It actually makes a lot of sense to indicate if this was a targeted assassination or if someone missed while aiming at kindergarten nap time.
TxzK@lemmy.zip 7 hours ago
Nah, his neck kinda just did that
the_q@lemmy.zip 6 hours ago
Those FBI guys are the best of the best…
hungryphrog@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 hours ago
How suprising! I thought someone was just randomly walking around with a gun and picked him!
mienshao@lemmy.world 7 hours ago
For real, this isn’t a shitpost. Delete this—it doesn’t belong here. Also, I don’t give a fuck.
salty_chief@lemmy.world 5 hours ago
Ammunition in Kirk Shooting Engraved With Transgender, Antifascist Ideology: Sources WSJ Last Updated: Sep. 11, 2025 at 11:06 AM ET
inclementimmigrant@lemmy.world 6 hours ago
Uh, duh?
Cripes the FBI has fallen so far since Trump has taken office again. I guess they really did lose a lot of their best and brightest due to having a unqualified moron in charge.
littletranspunk@lemmus.org 4 hours ago
I mean duh, that’s how you aim
JoMiran@lemmy.ml 6 hours ago
Jerb322@lemmy.world 5 hours ago
Did they check every farm house, hen house, dog house and out house in the area?
DmMacniel@feddit.org 6 hours ago
I mean sure, how else would you shoot someone? By not taking aim?
Godric@lemmy.world 5 hours ago
I didn’t know people still used Internet Explorer!
bennypr0fane@discuss.tchncs.de 8 minutes ago
Like, duh. In other news: water is wet.