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The Killing of Charlie Kirk

On the tragedy and what might happen next.

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Pedro L. Gonzalez
Sep 18, 2025
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Charlie Kirk had just passed the microphone to an interlocutor when the crack of a rifle silenced the murmuring throng of students that gathered to see him at Utah Valley University beneath the noon sun on a clear day. It was the first stop on his American Comeback Tour, and the last. For a stunned second that dragged on, the crowd watched Kirk recoil a…

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