Documented locations, roles, and public statements. All allegations are alleged. All individuals presumed innocent unless proven otherwise in a court of law.
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Charlie Kirk
Co-founder & Executive Director, TPUSA
DECEASED — SEPT. 10, 2025
UVU Fountain Courtyard — "Prove Me Wrong" tent, outdoor amphitheater
"Too many." — final public words, responding to student Hunter Kozak's question about transgender mass shooters at 12:23 p.m., seconds before being struck in the neck.
Deseret News · CNN · Al Jazeera — Sept. 10, 2025
TR
Tyler James Robinson
Alleged suspect — 22, Washington County, Utah — PRESUMED INNOCENT
CHARGED — ALLEGED AGGRAVATED MURDER
Alleged: Roof of Losee Center — ~430 ft (130m) from Kirk. Arrived on campus 8:29 a.m.
Alleged Discord message after shooting: "It was me at UVU yesterday. im sorry for all of this. im surrendering through a sheriff friend in a few moments." — Robinson is presumed innocent and has not entered a plea. Defense raising significant evidentiary questions including ATF bullet mismatch finding (March 2026).
FBI affidavit (alleged) · Defense court filings · Snopes · TMZ — 2025–2026
JC
Jason Chaffetz
Fox News contributor — former congressman (UT-3)
EYEWITNESS — ON STAGE
UVU Fountain Courtyard — present at the event
"I saw him fall back. It was terrifying." Later recounted Trump's reaction: "I don't know that I'd be President without Charlie Kirk."
Fox News — Sept. 30, 2025
BH
Brian Harpole
Head of Security — Integrity Security Solutions (TPUSA event)
ON SITE — SECURITY CHIEF
UVU campus — commanding 12-person private security detail
Texted UVU Police Chief Adam Long on Sept. 8 flagging student rooftop access near the event. Long acknowledged — nothing was done. Later publicly stated on The Shawn Ryan Show: "He's watching a bunch of men lose their careers and he's okay with it." NOTE: A witness (Candace Ep 282) alleges Harpole was seen at Fort Huachuca the day before the shooting — ALLEGED, unverified.
Lifezette · The Shawn Ryan Show — Nov. 2025
EK
Erika Kirk
Wife of Charlie Kirk — named TPUSA CEO Sept. 18, 2025
SCOTTSDALE, AZ — RESPONDED LATER
Not present at UVU — flew to Utah after learning of shooting. First public speech Sept. 12.
"They have no idea what they just ignited within this wife." At memorial: "That man — that young man — I forgive him. I forgive him because it's what Christ did." NOTE: Multiple unverified allegations have been made about Erika Kirk's activities before and after the shooting — see Theories and Candace tabs. All alleged. She has denied wrongdoing and denied being at Fort Huachuca.
Instagram · Fox News · CBS News — Sept. 2025
AK
Andrew Kolvet
TPUSA Spokesman & Charlie Kirk Show exec. producer
OFFICIAL COMMUNICATIONS
Location not publicly confirmed — issued statements remotely
Official TPUSA statement: "It is with a heavy heart that we confirm that Charles James Kirk has been murdered..." On X: "This is the Turning Point." NOTE: Kolvet later confirmed he shared private messages from Kirk's personal group chat with Joe Kent. He said he could not confirm whether Kent was the source of messages later published by Candace Owens. Called the Daily Mail bullet mismatch headline "intentionally worded to deceive."
CBS News · Fox Business · Daily Caller · IBTimes — 2025–2026
SC
Gov. Spencer Cox
Governor of Utah (R)
PRESS CONFERENCE — SEPT. 10
Utah — held press conference evening of Sept. 10
"I want to be very clear — this is a political assassination." Called it "the first high-profile assassination of his lifetime." Said Robinson had "leftist ideology." Later cautioned that motive had not been formally confirmed.
Inside Higher Ed · Fox News — Sept. 2025
AL
Chief Adam Long
UVU Chief of Police
DOCUMENTED FAILURE TO ACT
UVU — commanding 6-officer campus security detail
Received Harpole's Sept. 8 text explicitly flagging rooftop access near the event. Acknowledged it. Took no action to secure the Losee Center. Did not publicly disclose this warning after the assassination — only revealed weeks later via podcast. Did not step down.
Lifezette · police1.com — Nov. 2025
GZ
George Zinn
Detained immediately after shooting — released
PERSON OF INTEREST — RELEASED
UVU campus — detained on scene shortly after shooting
Zinn shouted that he had shot Charlie Kirk immediately after the shooting — later admitted he had not. Was uncooperative with police and transported to a hospital. Admitted to viewing and sharing CSAM when investigators examined his phone. Charged with obstruction of justice by UVU police. No ties to the shooting itself established.
crimetimelines.com · Utah DPS — Sept. 2025
ZQ
Zachariah Qureshi
Second person detained — released
PERSON OF INTEREST — RELEASED
UVU campus — second individual taken into custody post-shooting
Released after interrogation with no established ties to the shooting. NOTE: Candace Owens later investigated Qureshi's family connections — including alleged ties to the Henderson family, BILT incorporated, and Fort Huachuca — see Candace tab (Ep 320). ALL ALLEGED, unverified. Qureshi is presumed innocent of any wrongdoing.
Utah DPS · Candace Ep 320 (alleged) — 2025
FBI DIRECTOR — KEY DECISIONS
Washington D.C. — flew to Utah same evening
Incorrectly posted at 4:21 PM Sept. 10 that suspect "is now in custody" — retracted ~90 minutes later. Flew to Utah with Deputy Director Dan Bongino. Per Joe Kent (alleged): Patel personally ordered the NCTC to stop investigating foreign nexus leads in the Kirk case. Per NYT (Oct. 2025): Patel was "alarmed" by Kent's probe and moved to shut it down. Per Candace Owens (alleged): Patel arrived at Timpanogos Hospital and had FBI seize all internal footage.
CBS News · NYT · IBTimes · Candace podcast — 2025–2026 (some claims alleged)