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Charlie Kirk’s Family Says State Of Utah Caused His Death, Like ‘Walking Him Into A Fishbowl’
The notice says campus police were understaffed and no real-time video, drone, or bag checks were used before the shooting.
- The family of Charlie Kirk, the 31-year-old Turning Point USA founder, filed a notice of claim Wednesday to sue Utah Valley University and the state of Utah for negligence regarding his assassination last year.
- Attorneys claim UVU failed to act on warnings from Turning Point USA staff regarding rooftop access, despite UVU Police Chief Jeffrey Long assuring them the security risk was "covered."
- Kirk was fatally shot from a rooftop 400 feet away while addressing about 3,000 spectators; first responders were unavailable, so he was transported to Timpanogos Regional Hospital in a private vehicle.
- Alleged shooter Tyler Robinson, 23, awaits trial for aggravated murder and faces the death penalty, while the university told CBS News it declined further comment on the pending litigation.
- The filing argues that the risk of a rooftop shooter should have been "especially top-of-mind" given the attempted assassination of President Trump by a rooftop shooter the previous year.
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Charlie Kirk Family Sues Utah Valley University Over Death
The family of Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk has filed a formal notice of claim against Utah Valley University, the school's police chief, and state officials, alleging that a preventable chain of security failures left Kirk defenseless before a rooftop shooter who killed him last September. The filing, dated September 9, 2026, one day […]
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