The death of Charlie Kirk

Abstract: As of 16 September 2025 three theories were proposed in relation to how he was killed and who was responsible for the Charlie Kirk assassination: (1) the use of a .30-06 caliber Mauser 98 shotgun with scope fired front the front of Charlie by suspect Tyler Richardson off a rooftop 160 yards away from the location of Kirk's presentation; (2) a close up shot from the ground in front of Charlie by an unknown shooter using an unknown weapon, wherein the bullet hits a bullet proof vest and was deflected upwards into the front left side of his neck and into his cranial cavity (NB: Kirk was not wearing a bullet proof vest); and (3) a close up shot from the near ground level to the rear right of Kirk using a small .223 calibre gun, such as a portable, smartphone sized weapon with no obvious barrel, and which when it hit him knocked him in the left direction off his chair and onto the ground, the bullet entering just above his right ear and exiting on the left side of his neck. The theories and analyses upon which these scenarios are based are discussed in the following article. As of 27 December the unofficial rear right (#3) theory is most popular, though does not coincide with the official Tyler Richardson theory. The fact that the FBI is sticking with the front rooftop theory suggests that they may be covering up an assassination by Israel or some other government-backed group.

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1. The official "truth"

The following is the official timeline concerning the assassination of Charlie Kirk. It was presented by the authorities during the initial stages of the investigation.

Wednesday, 10 September 2025, Utah Valley University, Orem, Utah.

* 8:29 a.m. MT (10:29 a.m. ET): A suspect is seen on surveillance camera footage arriving on the Utah Valley University campus at approximately 8:29 a.m. in a gray Dodge Challenger.

* 11:49 a.m. MT (1:49 p.m. ET): A man resembling the suspect is seen on a home surveillance camera in a neighborhood about a quarter mile away from the site of the shooting. He is dressed in black and walks with a limp.

* 12.00 p.m. Charlie Kirk's event scheduled to begin in the UVU courtyard at noon. Videos from the scene show a large crowd gathered in the area.

* 12:23 p.m. MT (2:23 p.m. ET): Kirk is shot. Footage from that moment shows:

• Kirk slumping over in his chair in a direction to his left and falling to the ground where he begins to bleed profusely from the left side of his neck
• the crowd scattering
• Kirk being carried into a vehicle and driven to the hospital
• a person assumed to be the shooter running across the roof of the Losee Center in the moments after the shooting, about 160 yards from where Kirk had been sitting
• the suspect jumping from the building's roof and fleeing, carrying a haversack and wearing black tactical gear, including a helmet.
• the suspect running across grass, onto a street and towards a wooded area where the gun was later found.

Some initial comments by the Governor of Utah Spencer Cox were as follows:

..... That information was then relayed to the Utah County Sheriff's Office, investigators on the scene of the incident, and the FBI, Cox said. Investigators reviewed video footage and identified Robinson arriving on Utah Valley University's campus in a gray Dodge Challenger at around 8.29 a.m. local time Wednesday, the day of Kirk's event at the school, according to the governor. Robinson was wearing a plain maroon t-shirt, light coloured shorts, a black hat with a white logo and light coloured shoes, Cox said. He's believed to have changed clothing on the roof, where the shot was fired from, before changing back into what he was originally wearing.  When investigators encountered Robinson early in the morning on Sept. 12 he was wearing clothing consistent with that outfit, according to the governor. Cox said that investigators interviewed one of Robinson's family members, who said he had become more political in .....

In summary, on Wednesday, 10 September 2025, American evangelist and Conservative activist Charlie Kirk (1993-2025) was assassinated during an open air event on the Utah Valley University campus. According to the scenario presented by the authorities to the public, this occurred in the following manner:

A young, 22 year old former student at Utah Valley University, Tyler Robinson, took a large rifle with a scope to the roof of a building on campus and at 12.23pm fired a single gun shot from approximately 142 yards away towards an event where Charlie Kirk was speaking. At that point he was sitting on a chair under a square tent open on three sides and facing a crowd of approximately 3,000 students. Kirk had a microphone in his hand and was answering questions from the crowd. At that instant he was speaking to the subjects of mass shooters and transgenderism. He was hit by a bullet which entered the left side of his neck, resulting in death shortly thereafter due the the injuries incurred and loss of blood. According to the authorities - the FBI, state and local police and the governor of Utah - Tyler Robinson had been apprehended and was presented as the sole gunman.

In regards to Robinson's personal life and political leanings, he was raised in a Conservative Mormon household, and his father was a police officer. Tyler was now of the Left and considered Charlie Kirk a dispenser of hate. He was in a relationship with a fellow youth who was transgender and in the process of transitioning to female gender presentation. The couple had been seen holding hands and kissing in public. Charlie and the friend participated in a Discord chat group in which personal messages were exchanged. He appeared to be part of an Antifa group which was radically and violently anti-Conservative and anti Charlie Kirk. The group expressed hate towards the speaker and likely in collaboration planned his assassination, though the authorities denied the latter. The public was presented with a simple scenario: due to Kirk's statements in support of family and traditional Christian values, and staunch opposition to modern day activities associated with the transgender movement, Woke, and the like, Kirk was seen as a divisive force and much hate speech was directed towards him by the Left. Kirk's assassination was therefore, in part, celebrated in the United States and around the world in its immediate aftermath. Many also mourned his death.

To support the case against Tyler, the public was presented with video evidence of him walking in dark black clothes through a back street towards the university; of him walking up some stairs towards the roof of a building on campus; of him walking across a roof to set up his shooting position; of him subsequently jumping off the roof after the shooting and escaping towards a bushy area where he is said to have deposited the offending weapon. The public was also presented with evidence of engravings on Tyler's bullets which pointed to Antifa, the transgender Furries group and anti-fascist text. Tyler was apprehended by his father and handed over to the authorities a day after the shooting. Case closed.

The above scenario is the present writer's summary of events connected with the death of Charlie Kirk based on the viewing of numerous YouTube videos outlining the situation and commenting on aspects of it. This was the case as it stood in the mind of the writer from the point of the shooting on the Wednesday through to the following Monday. During that period the question arose as to who killed Charlie? As noted, the authorities stated that it was a lone gunman - a statement which did not seem right to many. Two YouTube commentators also suggested that the Israeli security services - Mossad - were involved; others added that it was an Antifa conspiracy; whilst on the Left it was stated that Tyler was a conservative, of the Right. So it was that by the Monday after the shooting the writer was ready to move on to something else, as the controversy over the assassination had died down, Charlie's wife had spoken to the public about continuing his work, and other issues took over the world stage. However, this did not remain the case for long.....

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#2 - The front shooter

On Monday 15 September 2025 the present writer viewed the following Survival Living YouTube video, authored by a former soldier and impending apocalyptist promoting survival shelters and the preparations thereof. He and some friends had forensically analysed the information presented to the public - as outlined above - and reached a different conclusion regarding the fate of Charlie Kirk that day.

Proof the FBI is lying about Charlie Kirk shooting, Survival Living, 15 September 2025, YouTube, duration: 13.07 minutes.

There are a number of claims made in this video which differ from the scenario presented to the public by the authorities. They include the following:

1. Charlie Kirk was not shot by Tyler Robinson, the supposed lone gunman on the roof 142 yards away.
2. Charlie Kirk was shot by an unknown gunman at close range, located amongst the crowd on the ground in front of him.
3. The bullet that was fired moved upwards and hit Kirk's chest near a bulletproof vest he was wearing. It shattered and part went upwards where it hit him in the neck, giving rise to this death.
4. Tyler Robinson is a patsy, a diversion.

The case presented in the video is a reasonable and logical one which ties in with much of the information presented by the authorities, whilst at the same time conflicts with that overall scenario. If it proves to be true, then the FBI was indeed lying to the public. For example:

1. It is stated by the authorities that Tyler arrived on campus on that day in his Dodge Challenger; yet we are also shown video of him walking to campus at 11.49 a.m.
2. We are told by the authorities that Tyler changed clothes between arriving on campus, carrying out the shooting, and leaving campus; yet in the video we see the assailant (Tyler?) dressed in black clothing, with no changes at any stage.
3. We are told that whilst walking along the street, climbing the roof, jumping off the roof and running away towards bushes that Tyler hid a large rifle in his pants. The fact of his limping apparently confirms this. However, other aspects the various videos of him doing these things does not support the gun-in-pants scenario. The Survival Living presenter states, the gun stated to have shot Charlie Kirk is too big for that to be a reasonable scenario. Also, a person with a gun in their pants could not jump off a building and land in the manner shown on the view.

The writer, in assessing this video, also noted the following additional information and posed the following questions:

1. When the first news reports were broadcast that Charlie Kirk had been shot, and prior to the announcement of his death, they stated he had been shot in the chest and/or in the neck. Later reports did not mention the chest shot.
2. The public has been presented with videos of "the suspect" walking through the streets prior to the shoot. However the two suspects shown were different. One was a tall male figure, dressed totally in black and exhibiting a limp, also wearing a t-shirt with a white section on the front, and a cap and haversack; the other is of a male figure, walking in shorts and t-shirt and with a haversack and without a limp..
3. In the video of the man jumping off the roof, no gun is seen.
4. Around noon on 11 December 2025 YouTuber Paramount Tactical presented a video which spoke to the issue of the body armour worn by Charlie Kirk on the day. He states that a bullet reflected off the top of the body armour and then entered the neck. As it was now a deformed, possibly fragmented projectile and moving upwards into the cranial cavity, it creates a relatively large entry wound in the neck, bigger than a normal straight on entry point would be.
   
   
   
   
5. What was Tyler Robinson doing between arriving on campus at 8.29 a.m. in his grey Dodge Challenger and 11.49 a.m. when "the suspect" was seen walking towards the site of the shooting through a back street? 
6. Why did the authorities state that Tyler Robinson changed his clothes whilst on the rooftop where it is said the shooting took place?

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#3 - The rear shooter

On 16 September The Kim Iversen Show presented the third shooter scenario which, in the view of the present writer, is perhaps closest to the truth. Iversen's critical analysis of the information provided to the public by that point in time is perhaps the most critically astute of the many then present on social media. The argument for the smartphone shooter and critical of the Tyler Robinson scenario is outlined in the following video:

Was there a second shooter in the Charlie Kirk attack?, The Kim Iversen Show, 16 September 2025, YouTube, duration: 46.29 minutes.

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4. Conclusions

All in all, the Survival Living and Paramount Tactical videos raise a number of questions which seem to support the statement that the FBI and authorities were not telling the whole truth about the shooting of Charlie Kirk. They both explain the large shot-input wound on Charlie's next and the failure for there to have been an exit would, along with the movement of Charlie's upper body as he was shot. Does this prove that he was shot at close range from the ground? No, not necessarily. As Paramount Tactical points out, the bullet may have come in from the roof at a near horizontal angle and then been deflected off the top edge of the body armour at an approximate right angle, sending it upwards into the neck and the cranial cavity, where it was lodged. There was no exit wound. One the other hand, the Survival Living presenter is emphatic that the bullet trajectory needed to be close in and near the ground, and could not have come from a roof position 400 yards away.

So, what is the truth? A number of possible scenarios arise:

#1 - The official scenario is the truth, with Tyler Robinson as the lone shooter. The only variant is in regards to the deflection of the bullet off the body armour plate.

#2 - Tyler Robinson was part of an Antifa group which planned the assassination.

#3 - A shooter was present close to Charlie and near the ground. This shooter was part of an unknown group who decided to assassinate him. They are possibly an official, government security force or intelligence agency who also set up a decoy local Antifa cell comprising young people supportive of the transgender movement who would also plan to assassinate Kirk or otherwise stage an attack. However, on the day, he is not shot from the roof of the building 142 yards away, but is instead shot at close range by the non-Antifa group. Tyler Robinson is set up as the patsy.

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5. References

Ballistics don't LIE - a video I didn't want to make, Outside the Overton, 15 September 2025, YouTube, duration: 21.59 minutes.

Proof the FBI is lying about Charlie Kirk shooting, Survival Living, 15 September 2025, YouTube, duration: 13.07 minutes.

They are lying about the Charlie Kirk assassination, 1ShotTV, 16 September 2025, YouTube, duration: minutes.

Was there a second shooter in the Charlie Kirk attack?, The Kim Iversen Show, 16 September 2025, YouTube, duration: 46.29 minutes. 

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Last updated: 26 September 2025

Michael Organ, Australia