A man who claimed to be the person seen cheering as Charlie Kirk was assassinated has taken to social media to offer an explanation for his actions.
Viral footage shows the man, identified only by his first name David, seemingly celebrated after a shot was fired at Utah Valley University on Wednesday afternoon.
David was seen cheering, smiling and pumping his fists from the crowd at Kirk’s event as everyone around him started to duck and take cover.
He even appeared to look backwards in the direction of the gunman, who is believed to have opened fire from the roof of the Losee Center, roughly 20 yards away.
Social media users were quick to criticize him, branding him ‘psychotic’, ‘cowardly’ and a ‘ghoul’. Some even urged federal investigators to bring him in for questioning.
But an X user, claiming to be the bearded cheerer, offered a lackluster defense for ‘his actions,’ claiming that he ‘drew attention so the security team could escape’.
The Daily Mail reached out for comment, but could not verified if the user @RtothepowerofX is indeed the animated person in Kirk’s crowd that he claims to be.
‘Losing Charlie Kurk is heavy, and we are still mourning,’ David wrote in his post, misspelling the conservative activist’s last name.