Witness Describes Panic After Charlie Kirk Shot at Utah Event

Eyewitness Account of the Shooting

• 🎯 A witness, Ryan Devries, recounts being told a week prior that Charlie Kirk would be on campus this Wednesday.
• 🎤 Devries intended to engage in a good-faith debate with Kirk at his first Turning Point USA event.
• ⚡ Suddenly, shots were fired at UVU, and Kirk was shot in the neck right as he finished speaking about gang violence.

Immediate Aftermath and Panic

• 🏃 Devries, about 50 feet away, saw Kirk's head slump over before the crowd erupted into a stampede.
• 🌊 People were running, ducking, and jumping into a fountain, described as a scene of people running for their lives.
• 🗣️ The witness observed fear in people's eyes and voices, with many crying and screaming.

Political Assassination Interpretation

• 🚨 Devries understood the event to be a targeted political assassination due to the single shot and the context.
• 📱 He decided to stay and document the scene with his phone, noting no further shots were fired after the initial one.