Charlie Kirk shot

He hasn't confessed to the shooting, he is not co operating with authorities, or certainly that's the latest BBC report.

keepingquiet

It is unusual for shooters of this kind to come to trial. Normally they would be shot by security guards or shoot themselves.

When I heard that the suspect had escaped I did think he may have gone to commit suicide.

Due to people's opinions around this event it could be very difficult for this young man to get a fair trial, but because he handed himself in and declared himself guilty in will not go to a jury.

It seems he has already been condemned to death by popular opinion, so I suggest he will be under constant observation and suicide watch in any case.

My first thought, too. I can’t remember an incident like this in which the perpetrator survived, at least not in recent years. Whatever his beliefs I can’t help but feel that the Trump administration will want him to be left leaning.

Thanks for that explanation keepingquiet.
And for your updates imaround

I am not at all sure how my musings about the suspects lack of social media history was translated to me only getting my news off of social media and needing every detail of the case. How strange.

The suspects background is pertinent to those of us living in the increasingly more violent culture war that is currently happening in the United States.

Hope that helps clear up any confusion.

It is unusual for shooters of this kind to come to trial. Normally they would be shot by security guards or shoot themselves.

When I heard that the suspect had escaped I did think he may have gone to commit suicide.

Due to people's opinions around this event it could be very difficult for this young man to get a fair trial, but because he handed himself in and declared himself guilty in will not go to a jury.

It seems he has already been condemned to death by popular opinion, so I suggest he will be under constant observation and suicide watch in any case.

The other issue is that at some point the Accused will come to trial. Will it be before a jury? If so, with all of the discussions here, there and everywhere, how will they find Jurors with, how do they phrase it, no prior opinion?

I have some sympathy with what you say there keepingquiet and am content myself to see what comes out eventually when the police and FBI have done their work.I don’t want or need any guesswork or updates from SM as that could well be all wrong in any case.

'Nothing has come up on Social media' that very term makes me cold with the thought that we now rely on SM for our information.

People don't need to know every tiny detail of an event that has been blown out of all proportion.

Kirk was a child of SM and in the end it killed him.

This is what we have to learn about, not about who he was dating or how long he was in college.

Something about this "one semester at college radicalized him" narrative seems way to convenient to me. Especially at a time when conservatives are attacking colleges as liberal cesspools and doing everything they can to take over curriculum and are banning books as fast as they can get away with it. The details seem so vague as well. I can't believe that nothing has come up on Social Media. One thing I know about people on the Internet, they can find some things. But we haven't seen a single screen shot of a discord account, nothing from any Social Media accounts. Just nothing about him. He is a gamer and apparently reportedly on 4chan and discord, I would expect him to be using Snap Chat at least.

There are many things that can happen on a college campus in one semester that can start the path to radicalization, so I am not saying I don't believe it happened. I will be interested in seeing more information as it is released the next few days. Hopefully it starts answering some of these questions and closing gaps.

www.yahoo.com/news/articles/alleged-charlie-kirk-assassins-roommate-145225757.html

Sure... Let's go with that theory.

hmm…
Will Constitutional protections be respected in this case?

I am happy to answer questions about the possibility of sentencing in Utah, if anyone wants that information and wants to have a non-emotional conversation about law and procedures. You can even PM me if you want if you have questions. There are all kinds of Constitutional protections for cases such as these, which trigger automatic appeals.

I agree Allira. I expect a lot of people don’t though.

Who knows what he thinks. If this is true, and while I hoped it wasnt, I have no reason to doubt the Gov, This young man set LGBTQ rights back even further.

I am sure more information will be coming out, I will update as I hear things.

Casdon

He sounds an incredibly mixed up young man, that’s for sure. The back story is so convoluted, it’s hard to know who and what to believe. I wonder if it all made sense to him, even?

Therefore it would be very sad if he receives the death penalty.

He sounds an incredibly mixed up young man, that’s for sure. The back story is so convoluted, it’s hard to know who and what to believe. I wonder if it all made sense to him, even?

Update: according to the Utah Governor, the shooter allegedly was a leftist and in a relationship with his roommate who was transitioning.

I do have to wonder how he went from wearing a Groyper costume as a teen to killing Charlie Kirk.

He is apparently not cooperating with the authorities. The article says they are getting all information from his family and friends.

The f-ing idiot needs to be a man, accept he started a possible civil war and be held accountable as soon as possible.

www.reuters.com/world/us/charlie-kirk-shooting-suspect-not-cooperating-with-authorities-utah-governor-2025-09-14/

Galaxy

Well I think anyone can talk about what they like, celebrity or not, ot gets a bit boring but better than the alternative.

This is why whataboutism is so tedious. Wrong is wrong surely not an opportunity for point scoring

I thought the Utah senator gave a good summary.

Republican Utah Sen. John Curtis took aim at partisan labels for the word “radical” after the shooting of conservative political activist Charlie Kirk in his home state.

“I think you need to take the word radical and remove ‘right’ or ‘left.’ Radical coming from any direction is not good, it’s not healthy and it should be called out,” Curtis said on Sunday on ABC’s “This Week.”

The Utah Senator honed in on social media’s impact, saying there is often “zero liability for what people are putting out there.”

“It (social media) can be positive, but I fear in many cases, it’s a huge weight and a very negative weight on this generation.”

Moving on… looking at everything around the Charlie Kirk movement I think that his murder has made things much worse all round.Not only for his family and friends and the family of the shooter, but making a martyr of anyone only makes the movement grow.

You have it all wrong , but that doesn’t matter.It was reported and deleted and that’s the end of it.
If anyone adds to this pile on I will report that too. Nothing is deleted without good reason but take it up with the mods if it continues to bother you.

Sorry, crossed post. It wasn’t a pile on though?

If I report anything, I will publicly say that’s what I’ve done Oreo, but I would not personally want somebody else to report a post that was rude to me before I’d seen it.

Casdon

Oreo

Casdon

Yes. It makes you wonder why some posts were reported, really, doesn’t it?

I was told by a poster that they were personal attacks on me.

I think if that was the case (I didn’t see them), you should have been the one to decide if you were prepared to let them stand or not Oreo.

Why the pile on?
A poster alerted me, and I reported it, end of.If personal attacks go unchallenged then they proliferate.A deleted post makes the poster think on.
Just keep personal remarks and insults out of posts, simple.

Another poster pointed it out as I wasn’t on the site at the time.
So what?
It wasn’t me that disagreed with what was being posted and I know full well to attack that and not the poster, pity that the other poster who was deleted didn’t adhere to that wisdom!
It’s up to you what you choose to ignore but I will always report a personal attack where I see it.