Charlie Kirk shot at (shot?) in Utah

[Jimmy Higgins]

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Unclear what has happened in Utah.

 

[Jimmy Higgins]

NY Times seems to confirm Charlie Kirk was shot, they believe from a shooter 200 yards away. Shooter in custody. Nothing on Kirk's condition. It doesn't sound good.

 

[patchy]

(Bites tongue)
Very early in these breaking situations is generally not the time for substantive comment anyway. Almost always, some aspect of the initial reporting is at best incomplete, at worst misleading.

 

[GenesisNemesis]

Well, the price of liberty is some gun deaths every year. What? I'm just saying what Charlie Kirk said.

 

[blastula]

Very horrific, graphic video of the shooting. Doesn't look like he could have survived it.

Spoiler: Graphic content

 

[Elixir]

Well, the price of liberty is some gun deaths every year. What? I'm just saying what Charlie Kirk said.

Charlie said some very unfortunate things. It is unsurprising that some of that misfortune should visit itself upon him.
Looks like he had maybe twenty seconds before bleeding out, so... sayanara Charlie unless there was immediate intervention. If that was an AR round, no intervention would likely save him.

 

[blastula]

This allegedly is the shooter.

 

[Elixir]

Guy is obviously MS13 or Tren de Agua.
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[patchy]

Guy is obviously MS13 or Tren de Agua.
.

Give me a minute or two with Photoshop, and he will be.

 

[Jimmy Higgins]

I imagine the weapon was purchased lawfully for unlawful purposes. Though, a 200 yard shot, I imagine requires skill and maybe it was his own gun for a while.

Domestic terrorism is nothing less than that. It diminishes us all, as will the response to it.

 

[Jimmy Higgins]

Guy is obviously MS13 or Tren de Agua.
.

Give me a minute or two with Photoshop, and he will be.

Let's not with the photoshop.

 

[ZiprHead]

Guy is obviously MS13 or Tren de Agua.
.

Or a crazed Mormon.

 

[Elixir]

I imagine the weapon was purchased lawfully for unlawful purposes. Though, a 200 yard shot, I imagine requires skill and maybe it was his own gun for a while.

Domestic terrorism is nothing less than that. It diminishes us all, as will the response to it.

Totally agree. This SUCKS.
“Sow the wind, reap the whirlwind” is pretty cold comfort. Nobody likes a whirlwind, but you can bet we will all be subjected to it now.

 

[Jimmy Higgins]

And of course, the motive isn't know until the motive is known. This guy could have been preventing Kirk from welcoming the alien hordes from Zeta Alpha VII.

 

[Toni]

My internet is slow but as of about 8-9 minutes ago, AP was reporting that ZkKirk was in critical condition..

 

[patchy]

Well the shooter is alive, so at LEAST there will be some illumination on that, unlike in many such incidents.

 

[Elixir]

And of course, the motive isn't know until the motive is known. This guy could have been preventing Kirk from welcoming the alien hordes from Zeta Alpha VII.

If so, it seems to have worked. Haven seen a single alien horde from Zeta Alpha VII ever since he was shot.

 

[AthenaAwakened]

I heard he was stabilizing but still in critical condition

 

[Jimmy Higgins]

Well the shooter is alive, so at LEAST there will be some illumination on that, unlike in many such incidents.

The shooter is apparently also not in custody. I was a bit curious how a person from 200 yards away could be picked up so quickly without much in the way of security.

 

[pood]

Thoughts and prayers.