When and where Charlie Kirk was shot: A visual timeline

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Charlie Kirk, 31, a well-known blimpish activistic successful the US and staunch state of President Donald Trump, has been changeable dormant during an lawsuit successful Utah.

Well-known American blimpish activistic and staunch state of President Donald Trump, Charlie Kirk, was fatally changeable portion addressing an assemblage astatine Utah Valley University (UVU) successful Orem, Utah, connected Wednesday.

Kirk, 31, was addressing an outdoor assemblage of astir 3,000 radical astatine the archetypal of astatine slightest 15 scheduled stops connected a nationwide circuit organised by Turning Point USA (TPUSA), the blimpish radical helium cofounded.

While Kirk was taking questions from the audience, a azygous gunshot rang retired from determination connected campus. Kirk was past seen clutching his cervix and collapsing from his chair, with humor gushing from the wound. He was rushed to a adjacent hospital, wherever helium aboriginal died.

Two individuals were concisely detained successful transportation with the shooting but were released aft questioning, with authorities confirming they were not linked to the crime. The shooter remains astatine large, and a manhunt involving aggregate instrumentality enforcement agencies, including the FBI, is ongoing.

Below is simply a timeline outlining the series of events.

12:00-12:10 pm

Just aft noon (18:10 GMT), the “American Comeback Tour” lawsuit began outdoors. Kirk was seated astatine a array onstage nether a achromatic pop-up structure marked “Prove Me Wrong” and was answering assemblage questions.

Before the event, a petition urged UVU to artifact Kirk from speaking, but the assemblage allowed his attendance, successful enactment with its escaped code policies.

Kirk was accompanied by backstage security, with other extortion provided by UVU constabulary and section instrumentality enforcement.

This screengrab from a video by Amy King shows Charlie Kirk speaking during a nationalist lawsuit astatine UVU minutes earlier helium was changeable successful Orem, Utah, connected September 10, 2025 [AFP]

12:10-12:20 pm

A fewer minutes into the event, Kirk was answering questions from the audience, including 1 astir wide shootings involving transgender individuals.

The speech unfolded arsenic follows:

• Audience member: Do you cognize however galore transgender Americans person been wide shooters implicit the past 10 years?
• Kirk: Too many.
• Audience member: Do you cognize however galore wide shooters determination person been successful America implicit the past 10 years?
• Kirk: Counting oregon not counting pack violence?

Right then, a azygous changeable is heard.

Kirk is past seen clutching his cervix and collapsing from his chair, with humor gushing from the wound, prompting attendees to panic and fly the scene.

Individual seen moving connected the roof

Moments aft the shooting, a video captured from wrong a adjacent gathering (at 2 seconds in) shows an idiosyncratic moving crossed the extortion of the Losee Center, a field gathering 100-200 yards (about 90-180 metres) from the event.

Additional footage shows an idiosyncratic moving crossed the extortion of the Losee Center successful the moments aft the shooting. pic.twitter.com/5ouPzRynR3

— OSINTtechnical (@Osinttechnical) September 10, 2025

A video changeable from a antithetic space shows what appears to beryllium an idiosyncratic wearing acheronian covering connected apical of the Losee Center earlier the shooting.

Newly posted footage shows what appears to beryllium an idiosyncratic connected the extortion of the Losee Center astatine UVU successful the moments earlier Charlie Kirk was shot. pic.twitter.com/6LaIyepVf3

— OSINTtechnical (@Osinttechnical) September 10, 2025

UVU spokesperson Ellen Treanor aboriginal said the changeable came from the Losee Center astir 20 minutes aft Kirk began speaking.

Drone footage of the campus, taken aft everyone was evacuated, shows constabulary portion cordoning disconnected a conception of the Losee Center’s roof. The region from the country of the Losee Center to wherever Kirk was sitting is astir 140 yards (130 metres), good wrong the effectual scope of astir rifles.

EXCLUSIVE: Drone Footage of UVU transgression country wherever Charlie Kirk was assassinated today.

The footage provides an overhead breakdown, showing the determination of Charlie Kirk’s tent, the shooter’s position, and the way helium took to fly aft the attack. pic.twitter.com/JkSUCJqOJ9

— Tayler Hansen (@TaylerUSA) September 11, 2025

Kirk rushed to infirmary successful captious condition

Kirk was removed from the signifier by his information item and different staff; helium was placed into a conveyance and rushed to a section hospital.

The Associated Press quality bureau reported astatine astir 1:45pm that a root had informed them Kirk was successful “critical condition” astatine the hospital.

This screengrab from a video by Jeremy King shows information unit carrying Charlie Kirk aft helium was changeable [AFP]

Death reported by President Trump

At 2:40pm, President Donald Trump posted connected Truth Social that Kirk had died.

Utah Governor Spencer Cox described the shooting of Kirk arsenic a “political assassination” and expressed heavy interest implicit the authorities of nationalist discourse.

I conscionable got disconnected the telephone with President Trump. Working with the FBI and Utah instrumentality enforcement, we volition bring to justness the idiosyncratic liable for this tragedy.

Abby and I are heartbroken. We are praying for Charlie's wife, daughter, and son. https://t.co/IteWx4OI9o

— Governor Cox (@GovCox) September 10, 2025

Manhunt nether way

Authorities person confirmed that the shooter remains astatine large, and a manhunt involving aggregate instrumentality enforcement agencies, including the FBI, is ongoing.

They person urged the nationalist to travel guardant with immoderate accusation that could assistance successful the investigation.

The FBI is moving alongside our section and authorities instrumentality enforcement partners successful Utah to afloat analyse and question justness successful the fatal shooting of Charlie Kirk astatine Utah Valley University. Anyone with information, photos, and video from the incidental tin assistance the FBI individuality more… pic.twitter.com/JEQ22lIwfv

— FBI (@FBI) September 11, 2025