{"id":13414,"date":"2025-09-10T21:06:12","date_gmt":"2025-09-10T21:06:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/umyonews.site\/index.php\/2025\/09\/10\/charlie-kirk-dead-at-31-trump-announces\/"},"modified":"2025-09-10T21:06:12","modified_gmt":"2025-09-10T21:06:12","slug":"charlie-kirk-dead-at-31-trump-announces","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/umyonews.site\/index.php\/2025\/09\/10\/charlie-kirk-dead-at-31-trump-announces\/","title":{"rendered":"Charlie Kirk Dead at 31, Trump Announces"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<h2 class=\"article__header--headline-fragments\">\n                          <span class=\"article__header--hf1 text-uppercase h3\">Charlie Kirk<\/span><br \/>\n                          <span class=\"article__header--hf2 text-uppercase h1\">Dead at 31 &#8230;<\/span><br \/>\n                          <span class=\"article__header--hf3 text-titlecase h2\">Shot &amp; Killed in Utah<\/span><br \/>\n                      <\/h2>\n<p>        <!--\/.social-media-container--><\/p>\n<p>\n                        Published <time class=\"published-datetime\" datetime=\"2025-09-10T13:43:37-07:00\">September 10, 2025 1:43 PM PDT<\/time>\n                                                                            <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<section id=\"cb-b2146351f33ab8a508f7cf2975c8f11a\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-image-block canvas-image-block-permalink canvas-image-block--default  canvas-block-is-first \">\n<div class=\"image-block\">\n                  <a class=\"js-click-image js-track-link image-lightbox-preview\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:image-asset:image_jpg_20250910_87fe00cc2ea041f7a52e3391fb8371eb\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:a57e9469-43a1-4e94-9acd-11523ce1ea01\" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;image&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"img-wrapper\">\n<p>                          <img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" data-expand=\"600\" loading=\"eager\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg xmlns%3D'http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg' viewBox%3D'0 0 728 546'%2F%3E\" data-src=\"https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/87\/4by3\/2025\/09\/10\/87fe00cc2ea041f7a52e3391fb8371eb_md.jpg\" alt=\"charlie kirk main getty\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" class=\"lazyload img-fluid image-block__img-fluid img-aspect-auto\"\/>\n                <\/div>\n<p>                  <\/a>\n      <\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-b2146351f33ab8a508f7cf2975c8f11a--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-d2b0b73b2296e97d3ca43e798ac6bd76\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/charlie-kirk\/\"><strong>Charlie Kirk<\/strong><\/a> &#8212; the controversial conservative commentator &#8212; has died after being shot in the neck on a college campus, Donald Trump announced on social media.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-d2b0b73b2296e97d3ca43e798ac6bd76--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-a55aef74aad21997e96a256be8a343bd\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-image-block canvas-image-block-permalink canvas-image-block--default  \">\n<div class=\"image-block\">\n                  <a class=\"js-click-image js-track-link image-lightbox-preview\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:image-asset:image_jpg_20250910_373a03e1c4734311be32bbdf9c38b8b8\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:a57e9469-43a1-4e94-9acd-11523ce1ea01\" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;image&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"img-wrapper\">\n<p>                          <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-expand=\"600\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg xmlns%3D'http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg' viewBox%3D'0 0 728 546'%2F%3E\" data-src=\"https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/37\/4by3\/2025\/09\/10\/373a03e1c4734311be32bbdf9c38b8b8_md.jpg\" alt=\"trump charlie kirk\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" class=\"lazyload img-fluid image-block__img-fluid img-aspect-auto\"\/>\n                <\/div>\n<p>                                  <\/a>\n      <\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-a55aef74aad21997e96a256be8a343bd--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-482f8fa1b45534c7695cb3168c70fb94\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>POTUS made the announcement on his site Truth Social Wednesday afternoon, claiming Kirk had died after sustaining injuries from a shooting at the Utah Valley University campus in Orem, UT.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-482f8fa1b45534c7695cb3168c70fb94--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-6363045bc5d562dc490197183231db1f\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-video-block canvas-video-block-permalink canvas-video-block--default  \">\n<div class=\"video-block\">\n<div class=\"ratio ratio-16x9\">\n<div id=\"video-player-a97158e9-7a37-4000-88c6-f6954bfd53d8-54529493-image-holder\" class=\"ratio ratio-item video-block__image-holder\">\n          <button class=\"ratio-item icon-video--shadow video-block__icon\" id=\"video-player-a97158e9-7a37-4000-88c6-f6954bfd53d8-54529493-play-btn\"><br \/>\n            <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Play video content<\/span><br \/>\n          <\/button><br \/>\n                    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-expand=\"600\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg xmlns%3D'http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg' viewBox%3D'0 0 728 410'%2F%3E\" data-src=\"https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/fb\/16by9\/2025\/09\/10\/fb0cbee6fc5d4740af69bfce305ba6a1_md.jpg\" alt=\"091025_charlie_kirk_shot_kal\" width=\"728\" height=\"410\" class=\"lazyload img-fluid\"\/>\n                  <\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-6363045bc5d562dc490197183231db1f--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-d816b4824dc1c076bc157bbe686f5c56\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>As you know &#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2025\/09\/10\/charlie-kirk-shot\/\"><strong>Kirk was shot<\/strong><\/a> around 1 PM local time at a Q&amp;A with students where hundreds of people, including some protesters, had gathered.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-d816b4824dc1c076bc157bbe686f5c56--><br \/>\n<a id=\"continued\" class=\"continued-anchor\"\/><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-e6525bf3dd31b5b2a1d27d14e95a0a6c\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>Video of the shooting &#8212; which appears to show Kirk taking a bullet to the neck &#8212; is circulating online.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-e6525bf3dd31b5b2a1d27d14e95a0a6c--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-bf01f87093114e71cf9431be505211d8\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>UVU released a statement which reads, in part, &#8220;There was a single shot fired from the top of a nearby building about 200 yards away to the best of our knowledge he has been hit and a suspect is in custody.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-bf01f87093114e71cf9431be505211d8--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-1937816752ae4b8e071b3f2b283ea01f\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>However, a spokesperson for the University quickly changed their tune on whether the suspect is in custody. First, the rep said the man was in custody &#8230; now the rep is saying he&#8217;s not under arrest and has been released.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-1937816752ae4b8e071b3f2b283ea01f--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-39a9569a26106bc58b59dc78bc87d833\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-image-block canvas-image-block-permalink canvas-image-block--default  \">\n<div class=\"image-block\">\n                  <a class=\"js-click-image js-track-link image-lightbox-preview\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:image-asset:image_jpg_20250910_c3da3e44ff8441208f07bea344cbd995\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:a57e9469-43a1-4e94-9acd-11523ce1ea01\" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;image&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"img-wrapper\">\n<p>                          <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-expand=\"600\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg xmlns%3D'http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg' viewBox%3D'0 0 728 546'%2F%3E\" data-src=\"https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/c3\/4by3\/2025\/09\/10\/c3da3e44ff8441208f07bea344cbd995_md.jpg\" alt=\"Charlie Kirk sub getty\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" class=\"lazyload img-fluid image-block__img-fluid img-aspect-auto\"\/>\n                <\/div>\n<p>                  <\/a>\n      <\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-39a9569a26106bc58b59dc78bc87d833--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-8eec5906d258735aeac8a59b75198ef5\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>Kirk gained national recognition when he cofounded Turning Point USA at just 18 years old. TPUSA is a nonprofit organization committed to advocating for conservative politics on high school and college campuses.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-8eec5906d258735aeac8a59b75198ef5--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-0ce823efceb4be6849e89ab252bf84b2\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>Charlie regularly went viral for videos in which he debated liberal students &#8230; and, his posts on X were incredibly divisive.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-0ce823efceb4be6849e89ab252bf84b2--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-5e206aa877bf0a2983b92cb1bb87b805\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-image-block canvas-image-block-permalink canvas-image-block--default  \">\n<div class=\"image-block\">\n                  <a class=\"js-click-image js-track-link image-lightbox-preview\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:image-asset:image_jpg_20250910_981e6bf64ad346ce9d2bb82033874730\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:a57e9469-43a1-4e94-9acd-11523ce1ea01\" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;image&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"img-wrapper\">\n<p>                          <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-expand=\"600\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg xmlns%3D'http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg' viewBox%3D'0 0 728 546'%2F%3E\" data-src=\"https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/98\/4by3\/2025\/09\/10\/981e6bf64ad346ce9d2bb82033874730_md.jpg\" alt=\"donald trump charlie kirk sub getty swipe\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" class=\"lazyload img-fluid image-block__img-fluid img-aspect-auto\"\/>\n                <\/div>\n<p>                  <\/a>\n      <\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-5e206aa877bf0a2983b92cb1bb87b805--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-4e3a70c0932f7a0594eee3ba0833831b\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>Kirk was a devoted ally of President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/donald-trump\/\"><strong>Donald Trump<\/strong><\/a> &#8230; promoting election fraud misinformation after the 2020 election. He also appeared before a House Committee on the January 6 riots because Turning Point sent several buses to the rally. He pled the Fifth to questions posed by the committee, though his team said they did hand over thousands of documents to the committee.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-4e3a70c0932f7a0594eee3ba0833831b--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-23611133fd7ab099da91bd2aea7efa21\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>After the shooting, President Trump tweeted out, &#8220;We must all pray for Charlie Kirk, who has been shot. A great guy from top to bottom. GOD BLESS HIM!&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-23611133fd7ab099da91bd2aea7efa21--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-ae93dc18936af4430e2d0837da122e00\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-instagram-media-block canvas-instagram-media-block-permalink canvas-instagram-media-block--default  \">\n<div id=\"cb-ae93dc18936af4430e2d0837da122e00-2100877101-target\" class=\"d-flex justify-content-center\">\n<p>Waiting for your permission to load the Instagram Media.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-ae93dc18936af4430e2d0837da122e00--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-056596eee8e4e2a9a89dc250679deb7b\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>Kirk met <strong>Erika Frantzve<\/strong> in 2018, and the two married in 2021. They share two children &#8212; a daughter born in &#8217;22 and a son born in &#8217;24.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-056596eee8e4e2a9a89dc250679deb7b--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-80dd1688be2d66af2d6ecaab8372ae3b\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>Kirk was 31.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-80dd1688be2d66af2d6ecaab8372ae3b--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-5952bcce218791c4e1a1c3dc2322aaa4\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  canvas-block-is-last \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>RIP<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-5952bcce218791c4e1a1c3dc2322aaa4--><\/p><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2025\/09\/10\/charlie-kirk-dead\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Charlie Kirk Dead at 31 &#8230; Shot &amp; Killed in Utah Published September 10, 2025 1:43 PM PDT Charlie Kirk &#8212; the controversial conservative commentator &#8212; has died after being shot in the neck on a college campus, Donald Trump announced on social media. POTUS made the announcement on his site Truth Social Wednesday afternoon, [&hellip;] <a class=\"g1-link g1-link-more\" href=\"https:\/\/umyonews.site\/index.php\/2025\/09\/10\/charlie-kirk-dead-at-31-trump-announces\/\">More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":13415,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[128],"tags":[],"reaction":[],"adace-sponsor":[],"class_list":["post-13414","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment"],"wps_subtitle":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/umyonews.site\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13414","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/umyonews.site\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/umyonews.site\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/umyonews.site\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/umyonews.site\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13414"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/umyonews.site\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13414\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/umyonews.site\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13415"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/umyonews.site\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13414"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/umyonews.site\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13414"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/umyonews.site\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13414"},{"taxonomy":"reaction","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/umyonews.site\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/reaction?post=13414"},{"taxonomy":"adace-sponsor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/umyonews.site\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/adace-sponsor?post=13414"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}