meta_pixel
Tapesearch Logo
Log in
The Philip DeFranco Show

Charlie Kirk Assassination Updates, New FBI Images, & What Comes Next...

The Philip DeFranco Show

philip defranco

News

4.81000 Ratings

🗓️ 11 September 2025

⏱️ 22 minutes

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

New photos of a person of interest have been released as the search for Charlie Kirk’s assassin continues. But there has also been contested information released as people demand answers and tensions rise. LISTEN TO THE SHOW iTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-philip-defranco-show/id1278424954 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/6ESemquRbz6f8XLVywdZ2V WATCH/LISTEN TO MY NEW PODCAST w/ Ari Cohn Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2CePXwDrvdQTes844wflKp?si=55a6b6049c4841ed Youtube: https://youtube.com/acw?sub_confirmation=1 iTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/in-good-faith-with-philip-defranco/id1827016835 JOIN OUR COMMUNITY 📸Instagram: https://instagram.com/PhillyDeFranco  🐦Twitter: https://twitter.com/phillyd  🎵TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@philipdefranco  TODAY’S STORIES 00:00 - What We Know About the Shooting of Charlie Kirk  10:24 - Suspect Dead, Two Students Wounded in CO School Shooting  12:55 - Former FBI Officials File Lawsuit Claiming They Were Illegally Fired  18:42 - Senate Republicans Block Proposal to Release Epstein Files 20:11 - SCOTUS Rules in Favor of Trans Student in South Carolina Bathroom Ban Case THE TEAM Produced by: Cory Ray Edited by: James Girardier, Maxwell Enright, Julie Goldberg, Christian Meeks, Matthew Henry Art Department: William Crespo Writing/Research: Philip DeFranco, Brian Espinoza, Lili Stenn, Maddie Crichton, Chris Tolve, Star Pralle, Jared Paolino   ———————————— #DeFranco #CharlieKirk #DonaldTrump Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0

So the hunt for Charlie Kirk's killer is underway. And as of recording, no suspects are in custody.

0:04.5

The identity of the shooter remains unknown. But the FBI did just release the first photos to the

0:09.4

public. Before we get into all that, I want to start at the beginning, right? What happened yesterday

0:13.3

while Kirk was speaking at Utah Valley University. It was meant to be the first of 15 stops on his

0:17.8

American comeback tour, which is organization Turning Point USA,

0:21.0

described as being aimed at giving students the tools to push back against left-wing

0:24.8

indoctrination and academia and reclaim their right to free speech.

0:28.1

And then with that, you saw the event taking the format that he's probably best known for,

0:31.5

which is the prove-me-wrong segment in which he invites attendees to ask him questions,

0:35.7

debate him, and otherwise try and prove him wrong.

0:38.1

Right in the clips from those interactions, they rack up millions and millions of views each on

0:42.0

social media. Then instead, what we saw yesterday is that roughly 20 minutes into the event,

0:45.9

someone asked, do you know how many transgender Americans have been mass shooters over the last

0:49.7

10 years? Kirk answers to many. And the same audience member goes on to say that the number is

0:54.1

five. And then that person asking Kirk, how many mass shooters there have been in general in America over the past 10 years? With Kirk asking, counting or not counting gang violence. And then he got shot in the neck. As we talked about yesterday, it was horrific. If you have not seen it, I do not recommend you go look at it. His head snapped back. There was blood's blood pouring out. There was panic, screaming, shouting. Some people took cover. Some people ran. And then within a couple of hours, it was confirmed that Kirk had been killed and Utah Valley University told students on campus to take shelter inside until they could be escorted out by police. And actually with that, it's now being said that they've closed their campus and canceled classes for at least the rest of the week. Then what we saw is that by the end of the day, two people had been taken into custody, but both ended up being released without being charged in relation to the shooting. Though notably, you had FBI director Cash Patel prematurely writing on X that the subject of the horrific shooting that took the life of Charlie Kirk was in custody. And with that, you had places like the New York Times noting that that was unusual that the FBI director would personally take the lead in releasing information about

1:47.1

the shooting and even more unusual that he chose to share the information minutes before state and local

1:51.1

officials were scheduled to provide a press briefing. And then actually with that, you had Patel

1:54.6

having to walk back as earlier claimant announced that the subject in custody has been released

1:58.4

after an interrogation by law enforcement and adding, our investigation continues and we will continue to release information and interest of transparency. Also, I'll say that around that time, the idea that the shooter was in custody had already been accepted by many. And in fact, there was a video of a man briefly detained after the shooting that led to false claims that a Canadian man bearing his resemblance was the shooter. And that rumor reportedly originated from an account on X called Fox 11 Reno, though that doesn't actually have any relation to the real Fox News. And so instead it looked like it was an account that aimed to capitalize on the lack of information around the shooter and try to get traffic to the website and generate some ad revenue. Then I'll say, you know, with so much wrong information out there and just unknown about what's happening, we got to talk about exactly what we do and do not know. Starting with what we do know is that authorities believe the shooter fired from a rooftop. And with that, you have videos recorded before and after the shooting showing a person on the roof of a building more than 100 yards and where Kirk was standing. In one video, you have someone looking saying they saw someone run across the roof and lie down. And then in the second video, the person could be seen rushing away from that spot

2:53.6

immediately after the shooting.

2:54.8

And then in the second video, the person could be seen rushing away from that spot

2:53.6

immediately after the shooting. And then with that, you had the FBI saying in a press briefing this morning that they've been able to track the movements of the suspected shooter all the way from him arriving on campus, going up a stairwell and getting onto the roof to jumping off the roof and fleeing into a neighborhood after he took the shot. You also had the agency releasing a photo

...

Please login to see the full transcript.

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from philip defranco, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of philip defranco and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.

Copyright © Tapesearch 2025.