Eyewitness: inside the shooting of Charlie Kirk
Americano
The Spectator
4 • 714 Ratings
🗓️ 11 September 2025
⏱️ 14 minutes
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Summary
Turning Point USA co-founder Charlie Kirk was shot dead while taking questions at Utah Valley University. Kate Andrews speaks to eyewitness and reporter Eva Terry about the chaos on campus, the reaction across America, and what comes next.
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| 0:41.0 | Hello. to claim this offer now. Terms apply. Hello and welcome to the Americana podcast. I'm Kate Andrews, the Spectator's U.S. Deputy Editor, |
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| 0:50.6 | Yesterday afternoon, conservative activist and co-founder of Turning Point USA, Charlie Kirk, was shot on stage at Utah Valley University while engaging in debate with students. |
| 1:01.6 | Later that afternoon, the president of the United States announced that Charlie had passed away, saying, quote, he was loved and admired by all, especially me, and now he is no longer with us. |
| 1:13.2 | Charlie was one of the most influential voices connected to the current administration. |
| 1:16.8 | He was also a husband, a father of two young kids, and an avid defender of free speech. |
| 1:23.4 | Eva Terry joins me today for this podcast. |
| 1:25.8 | Eva interned at The Spectator this past summer. |
| 1:28.5 | She recently returned to Desirette News, a Utah-based publication and was at Charlie Kirk's |
| 1:33.1 | event yesterday with her colleague Emma Pitts reporting on the event. Eva, thanks for joining me. |
| 1:40.0 | You went to report on the event you You ended up reporting on a tragedy. |
| 1:48.8 | I believe you and Emma were two of the first journalists to tell the world what was happening. |
| 1:50.5 | Can you tell us a bit about what you saw? |
| 1:59.7 | Yeah, so I had been at UVU all morning, and we headed down to the atrium area at around like 11 a.m. So we had our tickets, but there was no one checking tickets. It was |
| 2:03.6 | pretty open. And there were 3,000 people there. So we started interviewing students ahead of time. |
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