{"id":2830,"date":"2025-09-13T00:02:29","date_gmt":"2025-09-13T00:02:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/topstoryus.com\/?p=2830"},"modified":"2025-09-13T00:02:29","modified_gmt":"2025-09-13T00:02:29","slug":"student-who-asked-charlie-kirk-final-question","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/topstoryus.com\/?p=2830","title":{"rendered":"Student who asked Charlie Kirk final question"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
\"May<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The student who asked Charlie Kirk a question moments before his tragic assassination<\/p>\n\n\n\n

at Utah Valley University has broken his silence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Charlie Kirk, 31, was a prominent conservative commentator and co-founder of Turning Point USA.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Known for his polarizing views and strong presence in right-wing circles,<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kirk was in the middle of a public Q&A session when he was fatally shot on September 10, 2025.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kirk had been speaking at the university as part of his \u201cAmerican Comeback Tour\u201d when a single gunshot rang out.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The bullet struck him in the neck, reportedly fired from a nearby rooftop.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Panic spread through the audience, and although emergency responders arrived quickly, Kirk succumbed to his injuries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The shooter has not been apprehended, though the FBI has released new footage of a suspect fleeing the scene, and weapons were found in nearby woods.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The final person to speak to Kirk before the shooting was Hunter Kozak, a student at Utah Valley University.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In a newly released Instagram video, Kozak shared his experience and expressed his grief.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI don\u2019t know how to make this video,\u201d he began, describing the past 24 hours as emotionally overwhelming and tragic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kozak had previously challenged Kirk online, posting videos criticizing his<\/p>\n\n\n\n

past remarks about transgender people, particularly in relation to a suspected school shooter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

At the event, Kozak asked Kirk about the number of mass shooters who were transgender in the last decade.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kirk replied, \u201cToo many,\u201d sparking applause. Kozak then questioned the total count of mass shootings. Moments later, Kirk was shot.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In his video, Kozak firmly condemned the violence and those celebrating the killing. He emphasized that Kirk\u2019s death was a tragedy and extended sympathy to Kirk\u2019s wife and children, noting his own role as a father and husband.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The student who asked Charlie Kirk a question moments before his tragic assassination at Utah Valley University has broken his silence. Charlie Kirk, 31, was a prominent conservative commentator and co-founder of Turning Point USA. Known for his polarizing views and strong presence in right-wing circles, Kirk was in the middle of a public Q&A…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2831,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2830","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/topstoryus.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2830","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/topstoryus.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/topstoryus.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/topstoryus.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/topstoryus.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2830"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/topstoryus.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2830\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2832,"href":"https:\/\/topstoryus.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2830\/revisions\/2832"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/topstoryus.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/2831"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/topstoryus.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2830"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/topstoryus.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2830"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/topstoryus.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2830"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}