{"id":37799,"date":"2025-09-11T19:23:10","date_gmt":"2025-09-11T19:23:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/?p=37799"},"modified":"2025-09-11T19:23:10","modified_gmt":"2025-09-11T19:23:10","slug":"charlie-kirk-shooter-still-on-the-loose-after-video-shows-elderly-man-being-dragged-away-by-cops-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/?p=37799","title":{"rendered":"Charlie Kirk shooter still on the loose after video shows elderly man being dragged away by cops – News"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Police have launched an urgent manhunt for the\u00a0gunman who shot conservative influencer Charlie Kirk<\/span>\u00a0at his event at\u00a0Utah<\/span>\u00a0Valley University on Wednesday.<\/p>\n

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Kirk was shot in the neck as he<\/span>\u00a0began a Q&A with students at the event, with footage sweeping social media showing the commentator falling limp as he was struck.<\/p>\n

As chaos took over the scene, an elderly man was seen being hauled away by cops while furious witnesses screamed and hurled abuse at him.<\/p>\n

\u2018How dare you, you f***ing monster!\u2019 one yelled as the man was walked away with his trousers down.\u00a0The arrest came at the same time that officials said a suspect had been taken into custody, however university spokesperson Scott Trotter later said that the man in the video was not believed to be the shooter.<\/p>\n

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Reports suggest that the man was heard remarking on the shooting as he was arrested, and separate footage of the moment showed the elderly man repeatedly urging the crowd to \u2018shoot him.\u2019<\/p>\n

The gunman remains at large, Trotter said, and UVU locked down its campus\u00a0as bedlam took over the scene<\/span>.\u00a0 A large law enforcement presence could be seen descending on the Utah school.<\/p>\n

UVU officials said the shot was fired from the top of the Losee Center, about 200 feet away from where Kirk was sitting.\u00a0Students at UVU were offered police escorts as the manhunt for the gunman continued.<\/p>\n

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Hours after the horrific shooting, President Trump confirmed that Kirk had died, saying he was \u2018loved and admired\u2019 in the political world.<\/p>\n

\u2018Melania and my sympathies go out to his beautiful wife Erika and family, Charlie we love you,\u2019 he wrote.<\/p>\n

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Furious witnesses to the shooting of Charlie Kirk screamed and hurled abuse at the suspect as he was dragged away by police. Officials later said that the man was not the shooter<\/p>\n

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\u2018How dare you, you f***ing monster!\u2019 one witness yelled as the man, who has not been identified, was walked away with his trousers down<\/p>\n

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The arrest came at the same time that officials said a suspect had been taken into custody, however university spokesperson Scott Trotter later said that the man in the video was not believed to be the shooter<\/p>\n

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Officials have launched an urgent manhunt for the shooter as they remain at large<\/p>\n

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