FBI agents walk through the courtyard at Utah Valley University at the site of where political activist Charlie Kirk was killed on Sept. 11, 2025, in Orem, Utah. Michael Ciaglo/Getty Images
Michael Ciaglo/Getty Images
Just minutes after Charlie Kirk was shot at an event at Utah Valley University last week, videos capturing the moment the bullet struck him began appearing online. They quickly racked up millions of views.
“We are not wired as human beings, biologically, historically — we have not evolved in a way that we are capable of processing those types of violent imagery,” Utah Gov. Spencer Cox