Fox Breaks News of Charlie Kirk Shooting in Utah
By: Ahmad Austin Jr. (Mediaite)
Fox News anchor Sandra Smith appeared visibly stunned by the breaking news that conservative commentator Charlie Kirk had just been shot.
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Ahmad Austin Jr.Sep 10th, 2025, 3:08 pm Share XFacebook Copy Link
Fox News anchor Sandra Smith appeared visibly stunned by the breaking news that conservative commentator Charlie Kirk had just been shot.
The shooting occurred at a Turning Point USA event at Utah Valley University on Wednesday afternoon. Footage from spectators online showed Kirk speaking when a shot suddenly rang out. Kirk's body jolted from the hit and he immediately fell to the ground. When the crowd realized what had happened, panic ensued and the crowd chaotically dispersed.
Minutes later, Smith broke the news to Fox's TV audience:
Sadly, we just started getting word, just a couple of moments ago, that Charlie Kirk has been shot. We have very few details so far coming in on this. We're dependent on witnesses at — OK, Utah Valley University and he was speaking in front of a crowd; and in that moment — and correct me if I'm wrong — he was speaking about, obviously, trans issues in the country today when a shot or shots rang out. And we can now confirm via Jason Chaffetz, who was at the event at Utah Valley University, that shots rang out as Charlie was talking about transgender mass shootings.
Per Jason Chaffetz, a witness there, says he can't say that he saw blood, but he saw him get — he can't say that also, that he saw him get shot, but he did hear the gunshot ring out, and he was watching Charlie, and then he fell back and to the left. We're giving you exactly the details we have from a firsthand account.
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MAGA martyr
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“We are confirming that he was shot and we are praying for Charlie,” said Aubrey Laitsch, public relations manager for Turning Point USA.
Kirk was attending an event at Utah Valley University.
The shooting comes amid a spike in political violence in the United States across all parts of the ideological spectrum. The attacks include the assassination of a Minnesota state lawmaker and her husband at their house in June, the firebombing of a Colorado parade to demand Hamas release hostages, and a fire set at the house of Pennsylvania’s governor, who is Jewish, in April. The most notorious of these events is the shooting of President Donald Trump during a campaign rally last year.
There does seem to be an increase in opolitically motivated violence recently.
But what I'm wondering is-- how can we stop it? (or at least have it decrease significantly)?
This is bad
No one should be shot, but he is a very controversial figure who has made a lot of enemies. This will just be one in a series over the next few years.
You had to keep going....
It is what it is. We have all been waiting for some act of political violence, and this will not be the last.
There's already too much political violence
So he's not a controversial figure who's made a lot of enemies?
He didn't deserve to be shot. Violence is no way to solve problems
Somehow, i don't think you are going to be so quick with the rationalizations when its a progressive who gets assassinated.
Do you remember that? She was a democrat
And I don't see John rationalizing anything
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Yeah, a loon thought Tim Walz ordered him go on a killing spree so he could run for Senate. Yes, I do.
And I have no problem saying she shouldn't have been killed, without adding a "but" to undermine the prefatory statement.
you didn't answer my question you just harped on John
People can say whatever they want. It doesnt bother me. Charlie Kirk is a very polarizing figure.
When you put a traitor back in the presidential office bad things are bound to happen. Maybe this will make the fence sitters realize how serious all this shit is.
I dont give a damn what you think.
It would be like somebody talking about a rape victim by saying "but she was a very promiscuous woman who wore very short skirts".
huh?
you know what never mind. I'm not interested in your words
Charlie Kirk is dead.
Will Trump be trying to bring the country together after this? That is extremely doubtful.
But then again , according to you, nothing matters anyway.
I would be astonished. He'll use this for political gain, just like most of the rest of them would.
More melodrama. Sadly unsurprising.
For the record, laws matter. Murders matter. Tweets do not.
Speak for yourself. Most sane people do not "wait for political violence".
Most of us despise it and hope it never happens.
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He may, no one knows, but we will have to wait for all of the jubilation from many on the left before he is able to.
Where is he going?
ABC News just called his condition dire.
Alternet says he was shot in the neck. But it's Alternet so....
He was shot in the neck. My brother told me he is dead.
wow....I feel bad for his family
They havent announced him dead so maybe its not true. My brother showed me a video of it. He was shot on his left neck and the blood spurted out like a hose. Maybe he made it to surgery.
I agree.
His rhetoric, though certainly divisive, should never be cause for what has happened. Another day, another tragic incident…the only thing that will happen is the discourse to follow will only illustrate and exacerbate how fractured and tenuous our sense of civility, our grasp of community, our ability to even consider disparate opinion. Sad how our tolerance, compassion, and social responsibility has been rendered pointless. Just sad.
There seems to be some issue whether the shooter is in custody.
There was an initial report the shooter was in custody and there's video of an old white man being arrested, but the local paper is now saying the suspect is not in custody as of a few minutes ago.
"Another day, another tragic incident…the only thing that will happen is the discourse to follow will only illustrate and exacerbate how fractured and tenuous our sense of civility, our grasp of community, our ability to even consider disparate opinion. Sad how our tolerance, compassion, and social responsibility has been rendered pointless. Just sad."
The real problem is all the violence seems to originate from the left wingers, Kirk was and hopefully will remain popular with younger people
“The real problem is all the violence seems to originate from the left wingers…”
That is so wrong on so many levels and only goes to buttress the main point of the original post…that in our frenzy to condemn the ‘other side’, the ability to discern the truth is lost in feeding the partisan narrative.
Also sad. All so sad.
Can you provide some examples of right-wing violence?
A little bit of unbiased research/ will show that most mass shooters are left wingers
Are you trying to say that only people on the left commit acts of violence?
Everyone who thinks Trump will attempt to be a healer in the wake of this , raise your hand.
Credit to Fetterman for a proper response.
I condemn this in the strongest terms. There is ZERO place in our great country for these horrendous acts of political violence. We must find a better way forward. May Charlie Kirk have a full and quick recovery.
Many ghoulish posts on bluesky, the progressive safe space, will not make one optimistic about the future of this country. After reading some of them, this post in the wake of the CEO murder earlier this year rings truer than ever:
Kamala Harris also made a meaningful statement as did Gavin Newsom. But I know that Fetterman is the only democrat you will give any credit to.
I was going to mention the same thing but you beat me to it.
I just wanted to get it out there because....well....I can't say it. I already have 6 taunting tickets
Okay. Great. I saw Fetterman's first after reading a bunch of posts celebrating the shooting.
I'm glad Harris acted decently too.
did you not expect her to?
Everybody's evil?
If you're right then there's no safety anywhere!
What can the average American do?
(You've got me wondering-- maybe I should just lof off and hide under the bed?)
Is that what you took from that post? Maybe try again?
And it's not just the far left calling for it, is it?
But that's all we'll hear from the conservative side
suddenly it's the gun grabbers on the left that don't own guns and can't shoot that are the ones to blame ...
The person on custody was a rally attendee from what I've read. Seems like a setup to me he takes a question about transgender shooters from a student and as he is answering is shot.
I want to know the shooter's motive
Gosh, that makes to much sense.
Since we don't currently know, I am going to say that it was an aggrieved father who's wives and daughters had been pulled into Charlie's orbit and now he was not being serviced properly.... Isn't it wild what you can dream up in an evidentiary vacuum?
My imagination can get pretty wild
And I am going to say that it was a little green man who was an invader from Mars!
Nancy Pelosi's husband Paul, an elderly man, was hit in the head with a hammer , for political reasons.
Donald Trump joked about it for months.
See? And they come after us because we don't show the right amount of compassion or our tots and pears don't measure up
I am not a violent person other than self defense. I dont accept that my political adversaries should be physically hurt. But this country needs to realize that everyone creates this atmosphere and its probably pure luck that this hasnt happened yet until today.
Donald Trump is most likely going to use this tragedy to say unbelievably antagonistic things and anyone with any reason to fear Trumps actions probably has twice as much reason now.
You're usually better than this. Did you forget about the political assassination of a Democrat Representative and her husband just three months back? You are correct that everyone helps to create this. The political bullshit that gets tossed by members of both parties is very ugly and the sheep just follow along. I don't know what it's going to take to get this to change as I have little hope for people to remember their better angels and moderate themselves.
No, self reflection and discipline are relics...
Maybe if more people spent less time online it might help?
One could hope but from my limited window (children and grandchildren) getting them off of their phones and computers takes a national emergency or an act of God.
Don't you know it's OK if liberals suffer from violence?
Trump is disgusting.
I doubt there was a single conservative on this site that condemned Trump for joking about Pelosi's husband.
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If you think Trump has nothing to do with happened today you are dreaming.
Are you going to denounce stochastic terrorism from left wing media and politicians as the cause of this murder?
I'm sure the progressives here will be consistent on the topic, right?
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Trump is responsible for destroying the fabric of our society.
President Trump just announced that Charlie Kirk is dead.
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It's incredibly depressing that a man famous for hosting open forums where he debated with civility all comers in the public square was killed for doing just that. That's is the soul of a viable democracy and he was killed doing it.
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This kind of thing shouldn’t happen, but I’m not surprised that it did.
I'd take the odds on a Q-anon nutcase or disgruntled ex-maga being the shooter when they finally get caught ...