From the first hours, Videos recorded on campus They became key to the investigation. Blake Spendley, former nationalist Center for Naval Analysis And today researcher Hunterbrook Mediahe spread images that would show a figure on the roof of the Losee Centeruniversity building near the auditorium.
Another clip, recorded from the Hall of Flagshe would reveal a person running through the roof after the shot. Although these versions coincide with the initial account of the police – which placed the shooter 200 meters away – the authorities still They did not confirm the authenticity of the material.
The Uvu spokeswoman, Ellen TreanorHe informed that a man was in custody after the attack but was released. Later, the FBI He said he stopped the suspect: “The subject behind the terrible shooting of today who claimed the life of Charlie Kirk is in custody. We thank the local and state authorities of UTAH for their collaboration with the FBI, ”published the director of the agency, Kash Patel.
Meanwhile, the reporter Eva Terry He assured that the trajectory came from “the medium to the right of the audience” and described the alleged shooter as “An older man, between 50 and 60 yearswith what seemed to be a work uniform. ”None of these versions was officially confirmed.
What did the activist Charlie Kirk think about the free carrying of weapons in the US
The conservative influencer Charlie Kirk, killed on Wednesday of a shot in the throat during a conference at the Utah Valley University, He was known for his firm defense of the free carry of firearms and for his controversial positions Regarding armed violence in the United States.
In April 2023, after a tragic shooting at a school in Nashville, Tennesseewhere six people died, including three children, Kirk declared in a radio program that the existence of some deaths is an acceptable “price” to maintain freedom.
“You will never live in a society with an armed citizenship and without a single death by firearm. I think it is worth paying, unfortunately, some deaths for firearms every year so that we can resort to the second amendment and protect our other divine rights. It is a prudent agreement. It is rational. Having an armed citizenship has a price, and that is part of freedom, ”he had pointed out then.
The founder of TURNING Point USA He also compared violence for firearms with other socially accepted risks, as traffic accidents.
“Driving has a price: 50,000 people die on the road every year. That is the price. If we eliminate driving, there would be 50,000 deaths due to less car accidents. But we have decided that the benefit of driving – reverse, accessibility, mobility, have products and services— compensates for the cost of 50,000 people who die on the road “he said
Kirk concluded his statements highlighting that It is not realistic to expect to completely eliminate deaths from firearmsand suggested concrete measures as more parents at home and armed guards in front of schools: “We must be very clear: we are not going to reduce deaths from firearms to zero. It will not happen.E could significantly reduce with more parents at home and more armed guards in front of schools. We must have a reductionist, honest and clear vision of armed violence, but not a utopian vision. ”
Source: Ambito
