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Speaker 1: Crime Alert I MS Grace Breaking crime News now straight

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Speaker 1: out to Nicole Parton for the latest Nancy. We begin

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Speaker 1: today out of Utah covering the breaking news in the

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Speaker 1: tragic death of Charlie Kirk. The FBI announced that it

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Speaker 1: is working with state and local law enforcement agencies to

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Speaker 1: quote thoroughly, investigate and pursue justice for the tragic shooting

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Speaker 1: of Charlie Kirk, the founder of the conservative youth organization

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Speaker 1: Turning Point USA, which occurred during an event at Utah

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Speaker 1: Valley University yesterday on Wednesday. The Bureau has requested public

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Speaker 1: assistance in the ongoing manhunt for the shooter, encouraging people

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Speaker 1: with information, photographs, or videos from the incident to come forward.

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Speaker 1: FBI Director Cash Patel expressed the agency's full support for

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Speaker 1: the ongoing response and investigation. A press conference is scheduled

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Speaker 1: for nine am Eastern on Thursday, and UVU will remain

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Speaker 1: closed until September fourteen, as stated in a note on

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Speaker 1: the university's website. Kirk, a thirty one year old father

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Speaker 1: of two, was known to be a very close advisor

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Speaker 1: to former President Donald Trump and played a significant role

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Speaker 1: in the conservative youth movement in America. He established Turning

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Speaker 1: Point USA in twenty twelve at just eighteen years old,

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Speaker 1: and was instrumental in garnering substantial support for Trump among

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Speaker 1: younger voters in the twenty twenty four elections. During the

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Speaker 1: outdoor event at the university's campus shortly after noon, Kirk

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Speaker 1: was shot by a single bullet. He was rushed to

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Speaker 1: a hospital, but was later declared dead. And I witnessed

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Speaker 1: Jeremy King tells Fox seven exactly what he saw in

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Speaker 1: the moments leading up to the shooting.

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Speaker 2: So what sounded like either a firecracker or a low

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Speaker 2: caliber twenty two. Because we're up front, right, we're not

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Speaker 2: near the shooter, and so it took a minute to

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Speaker 2: realize this wasn't stage, this was actually happening. He fell

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Speaker 2: back in his chair, and at that moment, everyone went down.

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Speaker 2: Is everyone that I could see went down. I stood

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Speaker 2: over my wife looking for an active shooter. At that point,

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Speaker 2: we didn't know what was going on, and very quickly

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Speaker 2: they escorted Charlie out. At that point I knew, you know,

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Speaker 2: this is just a single shot event, or it felt

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Speaker 2: like that was just a single shot event. So we

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Speaker 2: evacuated what looked like the quickest way out which happened

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Speaker 2: to be following Charlie. And so at that point, knowing

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Speaker 2: that this was, you know, a very significant event, I

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Speaker 2: pulled out my phone and recorded the security putting Charlie

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Speaker 2: in the vehicle that we saw him arrive in just

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Speaker 2: moments before this.

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Speaker 1: More to come out of Utah, Nicole, thank you more

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Speaker 1: Primate Justice News. Prior to Kirk's visit to Utah Valley University,

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Speaker 1: a group of students had initiated and online petition urging

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Speaker 1: university officials to prevent his appearance. Despite the controversy surrounding

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Speaker 1: Kirk's campus visit, law enforcement reported no specific or credible

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Speaker 1: threats before the shooting. As confirmed by Utah law enforcement sources,

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Speaker 1: the event attracted and estimated three thousand people, with Police

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Speaker 1: Chief Jeff Long noting that the presence of six officers

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Speaker 1: in addition to Kirk's private security team, was on location.

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Speaker 1: Utah Department of Public Safety Commissioner Bo Mason described the

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Speaker 1: shooting as a targeted attack, indicating that the scene was extensive.

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Speaker 1: He mentioned that the only information regarding the potential shooter

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Speaker 1: was obtained from campus CCTV footage, which showed an individual

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Speaker 1: addressed entirely in dark clothing. The shot was believed to

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Speaker 1: have been fired from a longer distance, possibly from a rooftop.

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Speaker 1: Authorities have found no evidence suggesting the involvement of anyone

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Speaker 1: else in the endacident. Salt Lake City FBI Special Agent

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Speaker 1: in Charge Robert Bowles stated that the investigation is still

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Speaker 1: in its early phases, saying we are pursuing all leads

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Speaker 1: and examining all evidence. An update from the Utah Department

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Speaker 1: of Public Safety on Wednesday night revealed that two people

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Speaker 1: were initially detained following the shooting, but were later released.

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Speaker 1: The first individual was released and subsequently charged with obstruction

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Speaker 1: by university police, while the second was taken into custody

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Speaker 1: and released after being interrogated by the police department. Utah

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Speaker 1: authorities confirmed that there are no current connections to the

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Speaker 1: shooting with either of those two individuals. President Donald Trump

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Speaker 1: was among those who honored Kirk, ordering that all American

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Speaker 1: flags nationwide be flown at half staff through Sunday evening

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Speaker 1: in his memory. Utah Governor Spencer Cox referred to the

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Speaker 1: fatal shooting as a political assassination.

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Speaker 3: This is a dark day for our state. It's a

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Speaker 3: tragic day. For our nation, and I want to be

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Speaker 3: very clear that this is a political assassination. Nothing I

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Speaker 3: right now can fix what is broken. Nothing I can

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Speaker 3: say can bring back Charlie Kirk. Our hearts are broken.

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Speaker 3: We mourn with his wife, his children, his family, his friends.

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Speaker 3: We mourn as a nation.

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Speaker 1: Condemnation of the violence came from both ends of the

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Speaker 1: political spectrum. At the time of his death. Charlie Kirk

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Speaker 1: was a devoted husband and father to two young children.

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Speaker 1: Jane McDonald crone leaves work at a Houston tool company

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Speaker 1: but doesn't make it home that night. Jane seen at

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Speaker 1: a country dance club with a man her friends don't know.

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Speaker 1: He's got dark hair in a mustache and said his

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Speaker 1: name was David. The pair leaves separately that evening, but

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Speaker 1: Jane never makes it home. Her nineteen eighty two mustang

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Speaker 1: abandon a few blocks from her home, all her personal

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Speaker 1: items gone, no sign of a struggle, but hops believe

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Speaker 1: she may have been taken against her will. Jane McDonald

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Speaker 1: crone now missing thirty years. If you have info, contact

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Speaker 1: Montgomery County Sheriffs nine three six seven six zero fifty

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