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Still investigating cause of death, but it appears to be some sort of puncture wound in the neck region

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[–] EightBitBlood@lemmy.world 34 points 1 day ago (7 children)

The blood shooting from Mr. Kirks neck alone was not good enough evidence to determine if the shooter hit what he was targeting. Great work FBI. At this rate, you'll soon be able to confirm the shooter used a gun.

[–] Agent641@lemmy.world 9 points 1 day ago

His neck just did that.

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[–] db2@lemmy.world 239 points 1 day ago (27 children)

Of course he was targeted. The shooter is likely dead by now. They probably called it Operation Watch Charlie or something.

He was killed as a distraction.

[–] Kyrgizion@lemmy.world 57 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Possible... but he had a lot of enemies, and there's more and more people with literally nothing left to lose in the USA every single day, so it was probably inevitable on a long enough timescale.

[–] SARGE@startrek.website 34 points 1 day ago (3 children)

Who would have thought that making millions of people's lives actively worse in an already not great time in the most widely-armed country in the world could have POSSIBLY led to current events???

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[–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 47 points 1 day ago (2 children)

He was killed as a distraction.

Susie Wiles: "Sir, they leaked the live copy of your letter to Jeffery Epstein. It's having absolutely no effect on your public approval and Congress seems incapable of doing anything to stall your accrual of executive level powers. What should we do?"

Trump: "I'm a great president, Susie. Some say I'm the greatest president who ever lived. That's why I make the big decisions. And I've been thinking about this for a long time. We've got to save the nation. We need to get stronger. Some people are saying we're not strong, but they're wrong, Susie. This is the best this country has ever been and it's only going to get better. Are you ready to make this country better, Susie? I don't think you're ready... you're nodding. Does that mean you're ready?"

Susie Wiles: "Yes, Mr. President. Anything for you, Mr. President."

Trump: "Go talk to Pete Hegseth. He'll tell you what to do."

Pete Hegseth, drunkenly: "Susthy, ith so good to thee you again. But I lothe to wath you leaf."

Susie Wiles: "The President said you would know what to do."

Pete: "Yeah, uh... kill the big head guy. You know the one. With the tiny face."

Susie: "Charlie Kirk"

Pete: loud burping noise

Susie: "Right away, Mr. War Fighter Commander Pete."

sounds of gunfire

Susie Wiles: "Mr. President! In a strange turn of fate, it appears someone else shot Charlie Kirk before we could get to him."

Trump: "All according to plan, Susie. I'm the smartest man who ever lived. You can thank me with a kiss. Get over here, sweetie."

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[–] finitebanjo@lemmy.world 27 points 1 day ago (3 children)

What was the theory before? Crime of passion, gun and run?

Like he just had a "say what again" moment to that bullshit Kirk was saying on stage?

[–] But_my_mom_says_im_cool@lemmy.world 24 points 1 day ago (2 children)

“Let me just clean my rifle on the roof of this school building, what could go… OH FUCK!”

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[–] HasturInYellow@lemmy.world 11 points 1 day ago (1 children)

My theory is that trump literally sacrificed him for several reasons.

  1. Shore up the base who was being lost due to Epstein/bankruptcy by giving a clear enemy (the left, who definitely did this, because they are mean)
  2. Cause a massive distraction to the Epstein files
  3. Give ample cover to crack down on political enemies with ease
  4. Get rid of Charlie Kirk. I mean what a d-bag. No one liked him.
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[–] wetbeardhairs@lemmy.dbzer0.com 13 points 1 day ago (3 children)

What if the gunman was Kirk's estranged gay lover? That's my theory

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[–] Mulligrubs@lemmy.world 57 points 1 day ago (3 children)

Do you mean to say it wasn't a random bullet?

I never would have reached that conclusion on my own, thank you FBI, you are truly the world's greatest detectives. Thinking outside the box!

[–] T00l_shed@lemmy.world 20 points 1 day ago (2 children)

His neck actually just did that by itself

[–] phx@lemmy.ca 8 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Actually, he's such a gun afficiando that he regularly eats bullets for breakfast, but this time accidentally ate a live round which was later set off by stomach acid and propelled in an upward direction at a slight angle.

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[–] Diplomjodler3@lemmy.world 153 points 1 day ago (3 children)

Next up: FBI confirms a firearm was used in the shooting.

[–] ivanafterall@lemmy.world 20 points 1 day ago

BREAKING: FBI Increasingly Suspects Murder As Cause of Death in Kirk Shooting

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[–] BonesOfTheMoon@lemmy.world 14 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Gosh you mean someone executed a perfectly aimed shot into his carotid and picked him off like a clay pigeon in a shooting gallery, escaped a security patrolled event without being identified, and you think that might not be just some rando? Wow FBI that's some stellar detective work!

[–] Tyrq@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 21 hours ago

Look, the only qualifications now are loyalty to the party, so they might not be the sharpest, but at least they have a job, in this economy? Who could blame them for just vibing

The Kash Patel special

[–] Mist101@lemmy.world 12 points 1 day ago (5 children)

So, my aunt was there and said she was in charge of securing the trees. Said the trees in front of the student union only took 3 hours to secure.

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[–] BetaBlake@lemmy.world 47 points 1 day ago (4 children)

I don't think he was shot, I think his neck just did that

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[–] jaybone@lemmy.zip 45 points 1 day ago (4 children)

Now Trump is going to send the army to guard the streets of buttfuck nowhere Utah from all this violence, right? Right?

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[–] Balaquina@lemmy.ca 123 points 1 day ago (2 children)

TIL that I could be in the FBI. Great detective work guys.

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[–] teletext@reddthat.com 55 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

No, that was random gang violence. Charly tried to sell crack on the wrong turf.

[–] Washedupcynic@lemmy.ca 53 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (15 children)

Tinfoil hat time: Based on the close up of the shooting, it looks like he got shot right in the corrotid artery, which has a very high mortality rating. This wasn't a lucky shot, this was well aimed. If you look at the tape, it doesn't look like someone in the crowd had a gun, no one in the crowd was reacting before the shot occurred, and no one saw a gun pulled. In the crowd full of people, how to you avoid everyone else and make a kill shot like that? I legit believe this was a shot taken from far away and the person that took the shot had the ability to make a sniper shot like that, (some form of police/military training.) Then, before he's been officially pronounced dead, Trump posts "The Great, and even Legendary, Charlie Kirk, is dead. No one understood or had the Heart of the Youth in the United States of America better than Charlie. He was loved and admired by ALL, especially me, and now, he is no longer with us. Melania and my Sympathies go out to his beautiful wife Erika, and family. Charlie, we love you!" Trump wrote on his social media platform. If he hadn't officially been declared dead, why was Trump saying that Charlie Kirk was dead before it was official. Next Trump is blaming the left with no proof. I'm calling it, Trump had Kirk assassinated as a false flag operation, and this will be trump's reischtag fire. Buckle up. Edit: NYT is saying the shot came from a roof via a high power bolt action rifle, because the gun was found in the woods near the campus. Authorities also claim to have video footage of the suspect going to the roof of a campus building.

[–] frezik@lemmy.blahaj.zone 55 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (7 children)

The shooting spot was about 250 yards away. That's WWII sniping range, but not particularly far for modern precision rifles. According to Ryan Cleckner (US Army Ranger sniper), precision marksman training in the Army makes you use iron sights out to 600 yards. A good setup these days can hit a dinner plate (read: a human head) at 1000 yards, and that's not even pushing it.

They didn't have to hit him the neck. They just needed to hit the general head area. They got lucky hitting the artery dead on, but any head hit has a very high probability of death.

There are millions of bench rest shooters with a bolt action rifle who could make that shot.

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[–] tyler@programming.dev 43 points 1 day ago (1 children)

You don’t think that maybe trump just doesn’t wait for a news article to be posted? Maybe he got a call and since he’s incessantly posting tweets he did it before an editor could approve the news article change? There’s a lot more simple explanations.

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[–] lorski@sopuli.xyz 10 points 1 day ago

it sure as hell was not random.

Like, duh. In other news: water is wet.

[–] yesman@lemmy.world 59 points 1 day ago (4 children)

Crazy times to live when you see the FBI go from Darth Vader to Dark Helmet.

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[–] Theprogressivist@lemmy.world 59 points 1 day ago
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