{"id":37365,"date":"2025-09-10T20:27:01","date_gmt":"2025-09-10T20:27:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/?p=37365"},"modified":"2025-09-10T20:27:01","modified_gmt":"2025-09-10T20:27:01","slug":"dave-portnoy-ryan-garcia-speak-out-on-charlie-kirk-shooting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/?p=37365","title":{"rendered":"Dave Portnoy, Ryan Garcia Speak Out on Charlie Kirk Shooting"},"content":{"rendered":"<article class=\"article article--permalink \"><!--\/.article__header--><\/p>\n<div class=\"article__blocks clearfix\">\n<section id=\"cb-f2996e992933434f30b627f1bf50205b\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-image-block canvas-image-block-permalink canvas-image-block--sports  canvas-block-is-first \">\n<div class=\"image-block\">\n<div class=\"img-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"magnify-icon icon icon-lg\"><\/div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"max-width: 100%; height: auto; display: block; margin: 1em auto;\" src=\"https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/60\/4by3\/2025\/09\/10\/60c5bc7afb0248b99d747440a8bb4dbf_md.jpg\" alt=\"charlie kirk dave portnoy antonio brown and leveon bell ryan garcia getty 2\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"image-block__card-footer\"><span class=\"media-credit image-block__media-credit\">Getty Composite<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-f2996e992933434f30b627f1bf50205b--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-ddb47133c85f34a08ca421803ec294c4\" 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;}\">The sports world is stunned and devastated over the shooting of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/charlie-kirk\/\"><strong>Charlie Kirk<\/strong><\/a> at Utah Valley University on Wednesday afternoon &#8230; with notable figures sharing their prayers and reactions to the incident.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-ddb47133c85f34a08ca421803ec294c4--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-72146310a96b0553d0e46d3ccace8e60\" 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;}\">Names like <strong>Le&#8217;Veon Bell<\/strong>, <strong>Dave Portnoy<\/strong>, <strong>Ryan Garcia<\/strong>, <strong>Riley Gaines<\/strong>, <strong>Bruce Pearl <\/strong>and <strong>Antonio Brown<\/strong> have taken to social media to address the shooting &#8230; with each wishing the best for Kirk as he remains in critical condition.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-72146310a96b0553d0e46d3ccace8e60--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-8311dd1583021889e091031ebeda09d8\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-image-block canvas-image-block-permalink canvas-image-block--sports  \">\n<div class=\"image-block\">\n<div class=\"img-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"magnify-icon icon icon-lg\"><\/div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"max-width: 100%; height: auto; display: block; margin: 1em auto;\" src=\"https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/ef\/4by3\/2025\/09\/10\/ef41d59d39e04928b6e4e3b3a07afc13_md.jpg\" alt=\"charlie-kirk-reactions-x-1\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-8311dd1583021889e091031ebeda09d8--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-742c539ea0988d0f8119ab68e34573aa\" 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;}\">They join <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2025\/09\/10\/politicians-react-to-charlie-kirk-shooting\/\"><strong>politicians<\/strong><\/a> like California Governor <strong>Gavin Newsom, <\/strong>President <strong>Donald Trump <\/strong>and \u00a0Vice President <strong>J.D. Vance \u00a0<\/strong>&#8230; who also denounced what transpired on the college campus.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-742c539ea0988d0f8119ab68e34573aa--> <a id=\"continued\" class=\"continued-anchor\"><\/a> <!--\/#cb-59cb849a62e13ad6087e3a53ef28de67--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-d4482591753162edf94c664b762c59a2\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-image-block canvas-image-block-permalink canvas-image-block--default  \">\n<div class=\"image-block\">\n<div class=\"img-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"magnify-icon icon icon-lg\"><\/div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"max-width: 100%; height: auto; display: block; margin: 1em auto;\" src=\"https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/97\/4by3\/2025\/09\/10\/97c7e4126b3c4eddbf52b7229bc57714_md.jpg\" alt=\"jaxson-dart-chalie-kirk-ig-1\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-d4482591753162edf94c664b762c59a2--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-64622eddb2b955e8db9a144feb020d5c\" 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;}\">Not much else is known about the current status of the 31-year-old. According to the university, the shot rang out at around 12:20 local time in Utah. Kirk&#8217;s organization &#8212; Turning Point USA &#8212; told <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2025\/09\/10\/charlie-kirk-shot\/\"><strong>TMZ<\/strong><\/a> he was shot &#8230; and he was rushed to a local hospital.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-64622eddb2b955e8db9a144feb020d5c--> <!--\/#cb-ccb4ce0479adae41e1391c8f864e9d8b--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-e05a223e81d5da46bebf5818293e75ef\" 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;}\">Video from the scene showed hundreds of students gathered to listen to Kirk when he was struck. Immediately after, attendees scrambled to safety.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-e05a223e81d5da46bebf5818293e75ef--><\/div>\n<p><!--\/.article__blocks--><\/p>\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col-12\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><!-- end: tmz:ad-widget:48e0d17a-fa27-42fb-8563-d37b01c3c0aa -->&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><!-- start: tmz:code-widget:42ffb615-fbe5-4d34-97a7-df9e2fe77753 -->&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><!-- end: tmz:code-widget:42ffb615-fbe5-4d34-97a7-df9e2fe77753 -->&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><!-- end: promotion-slot desktop-sports-permalink --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Getty Composite The sports world is stunned and devastated over the shooting of Charlie Kirk at Utah Valley University on Wednesday afternoon &#8230; with notable figures sharing their prayers and &hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":37366,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-37365","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37365","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=37365"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37365\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":37367,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37365\/revisions\/37367"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/37366"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=37365"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=37365"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=37365"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}