They witnessed Charlie Kirk’s assassination. Now students reckon with the grief
Utah Valley University student Alec Vera stands near a memorial for Charlie Kirk on Friday, Sept. 12, 2025, in Orem, Utah. (AP Photo/Lindsey Wasson)
| September 13, 2025 12:45 PM
OREM, Utah (AP) — One student holed up in his house for two days after witnessing Charlie Kirk’s assassination, nervous about going back to the Utah college campus where the conservative activist was shot. Another, unable to sleep or shake what she saw and heard, called her dad to come take her home.
As investigators spend the weekend digging deeper into suspect Tyler James Robinson ahead of his initial court appearance Tuesday, students who witnessed Wednesday's shooting at Utah Valley University are reckoning with trauma, grief and the pall the killing has cast on their community.
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