1 00:00:00,520 --> 00:00:04,040 Speaker 1: Crime Alert hourly update, Breaking crime news Now. I'm Drew 2 00:00:04,120 --> 00:00:07,560 Speaker 1: Nelson breaking now. Trump Ally. Charlie Kirk, the thirty one 3 00:00:07,600 --> 00:00:10,799 Speaker 1: year old head of Turning Point USA, is shot during 4 00:00:10,840 --> 00:00:14,120 Speaker 1: a speaking event at Utah Valley University in Orum. The 5 00:00:14,120 --> 00:00:17,040 Speaker 1: shooting took place about twenty minutes into his speech. By 6 00:00:17,079 --> 00:00:19,759 Speaker 1: Standers said Kirk was hit in the neck while answering 7 00:00:19,800 --> 00:00:23,720 Speaker 1: student questions. A UVU alert confirmed quote A single shot 8 00:00:23,800 --> 00:00:26,560 Speaker 1: was fired on campus toward a visiting speaker. Police are 9 00:00:26,560 --> 00:00:30,320 Speaker 1: investigating now suspect and custody. Video from the scene showed 10 00:00:30,320 --> 00:00:33,120 Speaker 1: students running as the shots rang out and Kirk being 11 00:00:33,200 --> 00:00:36,560 Speaker 1: rushed away by his security team. His condition remains unknown. 12 00:00:36,840 --> 00:00:40,640 Speaker 1: Utah Governor Spencer Cox posted on x quote those responsible 13 00:00:40,720 --> 00:00:43,440 Speaker 1: will be held fully accountable. Violence has no place in 14 00:00:43,479 --> 00:00:47,560 Speaker 1: our public life. Americans of every political persuasion must unite 15 00:00:47,600 --> 00:00:50,960 Speaker 1: in condemning this act. Our prayers are with Charlie, his family, 16 00:00:51,040 --> 00:00:54,520 Speaker 1: and all those affected. Utah Senator Mike Lee wrote quote, 17 00:00:54,520 --> 00:00:56,800 Speaker 1: please join me in praying for Charlie Kirk and the 18 00:00:56,840 --> 00:01:00,440 Speaker 1: students gathered there. Vice President Vance added on x quote, 19 00:01:00,440 --> 00:01:03,240 Speaker 1: say a prayer for Charlie Kirk, a genuinely good guy. 20 00:01:03,320 --> 00:01:06,759 Speaker 1: And a young father. FBI Director Cash Pattel said, quote, 21 00:01:06,800 --> 00:01:10,000 Speaker 1: we are closely monitoring reports of the tragic shooting involving 22 00:01:10,080 --> 00:01:13,800 Speaker 1: Charlie Kirk at Utah Valley University. Our thoughts are with Charlie, 23 00:01:13,959 --> 00:01:16,800 Speaker 1: his loved ones, and everyone involved. Agents will be on 24 00:01:16,880 --> 00:01:19,760 Speaker 1: the scene quickly, and the FBI stands in full support 25 00:01:19,880 --> 00:01:23,839 Speaker 1: of the ongoing response. Kirk himself had posted online only 26 00:01:23,920 --> 00:01:29,280 Speaker 1: moments before the attack, quote, we are so back. Utah 27 00:01:29,400 --> 00:01:32,160 Speaker 1: Valley University is fired up and ready for the first 28 00:01:32,160 --> 00:01:35,679 Speaker 1: stop on the American Comeback Tour. Charlie Kirk rose to 29 00:01:35,760 --> 00:01:39,920 Speaker 1: national prominence after co founding Turning Point USA in twenty twelve. 30 00:01:40,160 --> 00:01:42,959 Speaker 1: Has since built the group into a major conservative force 31 00:01:43,040 --> 00:01:47,280 Speaker 1: on campuses, created several offshoots, including Turning Point Action and 32 00:01:47,360 --> 00:01:50,240 Speaker 1: Turning Point Faith, and he hosts The Charlie Kirk Show. 33 00:01:50,640 --> 00:01:53,320 Speaker 1: He has been a strong supporter of President Trump and 34 00:01:53,360 --> 00:01:56,320 Speaker 1: has often spoken out on issues like critical race theory 35 00:01:56,360 --> 00:01:59,800 Speaker 1: and government mandates. On Wednesday, he was speaking under a 36 00:01:59,840 --> 00:02:03,000 Speaker 1: tent at the university courtyard as part of his American 37 00:02:03,040 --> 00:02:05,720 Speaker 1: Comeback Tour. Shots were fired from the top of a 38 00:02:05,760 --> 00:02:09,240 Speaker 1: nearby building about two hundred yards away. The campus went 39 00:02:09,280 --> 00:02:12,280 Speaker 1: into lockdown while police and federal agents swarmed the scene. 40 00:02:12,400 --> 00:02:15,320 Speaker 1: The investigation is ongoing, and this is a developing story. 41 00:02:15,400 --> 00:02:18,079 Speaker 1: Stay with Crime for the latest as it becomes available. 42 00:02:18,080 --> 00:02:21,480 Speaker 1: On Kirk's condition. More crime and justice news. After this 43 00:02:28,440 --> 00:02:32,840 Speaker 1: woman bites dog bystanders watch as a seventy year old 44 00:02:33,000 --> 00:02:36,080 Speaker 1: Orlando woman bites a pitbull to save her dog during 45 00:02:36,120 --> 00:02:40,440 Speaker 1: a brutal attack outside a grocery store. Shirley Passamanik was 46 00:02:40,520 --> 00:02:44,440 Speaker 1: leaving Plasa Tropical Supermarket on September one when the dog 47 00:02:44,560 --> 00:02:46,919 Speaker 1: charged her fourteen year old dog, Sparky. 48 00:02:47,160 --> 00:02:49,360 Speaker 2: I get about fifty feet from the front door of 49 00:02:49,400 --> 00:02:53,360 Speaker 2: the store and there's a pitbull all over my dog. 50 00:02:53,520 --> 00:02:56,919 Speaker 1: Passamane spoke to w E sh it is out of nowhere. 51 00:02:57,000 --> 00:03:00,000 Speaker 2: Unpro bolted at us and I did everything I could 52 00:03:00,120 --> 00:03:02,160 Speaker 2: and I ended up on the ground. He stopped for 53 00:03:02,200 --> 00:03:04,160 Speaker 2: a second. I thought he was coming back at us. 54 00:03:04,200 --> 00:03:08,320 Speaker 1: Surveillance video showed Passamanic, who weighs about ninety pounds, striking 55 00:03:08,320 --> 00:03:11,000 Speaker 1: with her cane and pulling with her hands. That's when 56 00:03:11,040 --> 00:03:12,360 Speaker 1: she says she bit the dog. 57 00:03:12,520 --> 00:03:14,880 Speaker 2: Then I heard somebody behind me say it, I got it. 58 00:03:15,160 --> 00:03:16,160 Speaker 2: I got him, I got him. 59 00:03:16,240 --> 00:03:18,440 Speaker 1: The bite startled the pit pull long enough for a 60 00:03:18,480 --> 00:03:21,000 Speaker 1: man to grab its leash. I said, get your dog. 61 00:03:21,040 --> 00:03:22,800 Speaker 2: I didn't see the guy. I didn't even see what 62 00:03:22,840 --> 00:03:26,520 Speaker 2: he looked like. He walks up, grabs the leash, and 63 00:03:26,720 --> 00:03:29,840 Speaker 2: walks away, and I never got to see who that was. 64 00:03:30,240 --> 00:03:32,920 Speaker 1: The man walked off without checking on her or the 65 00:03:32,960 --> 00:03:36,880 Speaker 1: injured dog. The struggle left Passamanic bruised and Sparky with 66 00:03:37,000 --> 00:03:40,240 Speaker 1: bite wounds. She said she was crushed that nobody stepped in. 67 00:03:40,520 --> 00:03:44,000 Speaker 1: She added that Sparky is her reason for living. Passimanic 68 00:03:44,040 --> 00:03:46,440 Speaker 1: said the pit bull should not be free and needs 69 00:03:46,480 --> 00:03:49,920 Speaker 1: to be put down. Orange County Animal Control is investigating. 70 00:03:51,120 --> 00:03:55,400 Speaker 1: Fifteen year old Kathy Alexis Perrera has been missing from Gaithersburg, Maryland, 71 00:03:55,400 --> 00:03:57,720 Speaker 1: for ten years. She was last seen at her home 72 00:03:57,760 --> 00:04:00,880 Speaker 1: on Mandolin Court the night of August sixteenth, twenty fifteen. 73 00:04:01,200 --> 00:04:03,320 Speaker 1: Her family had returned that evening from a trip to 74 00:04:03,400 --> 00:04:06,760 Speaker 1: Virginia Beach. They watched movies and shared some snacks before 75 00:04:06,760 --> 00:04:09,840 Speaker 1: going to bed. By the next morning, Cathy was gone. 76 00:04:09,960 --> 00:04:12,520 Speaker 1: Her younger brother, Christopher, was the first to notice she 77 00:04:12,600 --> 00:04:16,120 Speaker 1: was missing. That same evening, the family reported her disappearance 78 00:04:16,160 --> 00:04:19,840 Speaker 1: to police. Detectives collected hair samples and spoke with friends 79 00:04:19,839 --> 00:04:23,680 Speaker 1: and relatives. The family also flooded social media with her photo, 80 00:04:23,760 --> 00:04:26,960 Speaker 1: but no one came forward with any clear answers. Her mother, 81 00:04:27,040 --> 00:04:31,320 Speaker 1: Lilian Pereira, told the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, quote, 82 00:04:31,400 --> 00:04:33,559 Speaker 1: we came back from the beach and she was talking 83 00:04:33,640 --> 00:04:36,520 Speaker 1: about all these goals about going to college and what 84 00:04:36,600 --> 00:04:39,240 Speaker 1: she wanted to study. She wanted to study business and 85 00:04:39,279 --> 00:04:43,000 Speaker 1: get her masters in Portugal. Her sister Emily recalls, quote, 86 00:04:43,000 --> 00:04:45,720 Speaker 1: the detectives came by, took samples of her hair, talked 87 00:04:45,720 --> 00:04:48,200 Speaker 1: to my brothers and her friends from school. Her brother 88 00:04:48,279 --> 00:04:51,480 Speaker 1: Jonathan said, quote, we put it all throughout social media, 89 00:04:51,520 --> 00:04:54,400 Speaker 1: asking people if they'd seen her. No one really knew 90 00:04:54,440 --> 00:04:57,400 Speaker 1: anything about what happened to her. He added, quote, we 91 00:04:57,440 --> 00:05:00,279 Speaker 1: still do what we can, asking around and post on 92 00:05:00,320 --> 00:05:03,080 Speaker 1: social media. We miss her, we still talk about it. 93 00:05:03,080 --> 00:05:05,880 Speaker 1: It's not like it ever goes away. Kathy was shy 94 00:05:05,960 --> 00:05:08,440 Speaker 1: but friendly and loved the time that she spent with 95 00:05:08,480 --> 00:05:11,280 Speaker 1: her siblings. She had just returned from a summer visit 96 00:05:11,360 --> 00:05:14,200 Speaker 1: with her grandparents in Portugal. Police say she may have 97 00:05:14,320 --> 00:05:16,160 Speaker 1: left of her own accord and could have been in 98 00:05:16,200 --> 00:05:19,839 Speaker 1: the company of a teenage boy. She was of Portuguese descent, 99 00:05:19,960 --> 00:05:24,640 Speaker 1: with brown hair and brown eyes, five three one twenty ears, nose, tongue, 100 00:05:24,680 --> 00:05:28,320 Speaker 1: and nabel pierced. She wouldn't be twenty five years old today. 101 00:05:28,560 --> 00:05:31,440 Speaker 1: Anyone with information is urged to call the Montgomery County 102 00:05:31,480 --> 00:05:34,800 Speaker 1: Police Department at two four zero seven seventy three fifty 103 00:05:34,839 --> 00:05:38,119 Speaker 1: four hundred. For the latest crime and justice news. Follow 104 00:05:38,160 --> 00:05:41,599 Speaker 1: Crime Alert hourly update on your favorite podcast app with 105 00:05:41,680 --> 00:05:43,239 Speaker 1: this crime Alert. I'm Drew Nelson.