>>515606937 (OP)
Date: September 10, 2025
Time: 12:23 PM MST
Location: Utah Valley University, central courtyard amphitheater
>The shooting of Charlie Kirk during a live debate
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*[Scene: The outdoor courtyard, packed with nearly 3,000 students and attendees. The open-air stage is framed by banners reading “Prove Me Wrong.” Kirk sits in a chair, microphone in hand, facing a student audience. Tension rises as a young man poses a pointed question.]*
Audience Member:
>“Do you know how many mass shootings there have been in America over the last ten years?”
Charlie Kirk:
(leaning forward, almost reflexively)
>“Counting or not counting gang violence?”
Audience Member:
(half-grins, preparing to elaborate)
>“Great—”
*[Suddenly, a sharp crack echoes across the courtyard. A gunshot. Screams ripple through the crowd as Kirk’s head snaps back violently. His chair tips. The microphone falls from his grip. Chaos erupts—students scatter, security shouts, phones record.]*
*[Then, impossibly, silence. The crowd freezes. Kirk stirs. Slowly, against all expectation, he rises. His face is pale, his shirt bloodied at the collar, but his eyes open with clarity. He retrieves the microphone from the ground. A hush falls—an eerie mixture of disbelief and awe.]*
Charlie Kirk:
(voice steady, almost defiant)
>“You wanted an answer. Let’s finish this.”