{"id":15923,"date":"2025-10-06T16:16:08","date_gmt":"2025-10-06T16:16:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cndailynews.store\/?p=15923"},"modified":"2025-10-06T16:16:08","modified_gmt":"2025-10-06T16:16:08","slug":"kirks-final-act-may-have-saved-lives-as-bullet-stopped-inside-his-body","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cndailynews.store\/?p=15923","title":{"rendered":"Kirk\u2019s Final Act May Have Saved Lives As Bullet Stopped Inside His Body"},"content":{"rendered":"

Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk may have saved the lives of others even as he lost his own, according to new details released by his organization.<\/p>\n

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Kirk, 31, was fatally shot in the neck during a speaking event at Utah Valley University on Sept. 10. But the bullet never exited his body, which doctors say is an extraordinary and rare occurrence for the type of weapon used, The New York Post\u00a0reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Andrew Kolvet, a spokesman for Turning Point, described the event as miraculous. Writing on X, Kolvet explained that the surgeon who attempted to save Kirk\u2019s life told him the bullet should have gone straight through.<\/p>\n

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\u201cI just spoke with the surgeon who worked on Charlie in the hospital,\u201d Kolvet wrote. \u201cHe said the bullet \u2018absolutely should have gone through, which is very very normal for a high-powered, high-velocity round.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

The doctor told him such rounds typically tear through tissue and bone. \u201cI\u2019ve seen wounds from this caliber many times and they always just go through everything. This would have taken a moose or two down, an elk, etc. But it didn\u2019t go through. Charlie\u2019s body stopped it,\u201d Kolvet quoted the surgeon as saying.<\/p>\n

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Kolvet added that dozens of staff, students, and guests were standing directly behind Kirk when the gunman fired. \u201cIt was an absolute miracle that someone else didn\u2019t get killed,\u201d he said the doctor told him.<\/p>\n

The coroner later recovered the bullet lodged just beneath Kirk\u2019s skin. \u201cEven in death, Charlie managed to save the lives of those around him. Remarkable. Miraculous,\u201d Kolvet wrote.<\/p>\n

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Kirk\u2019s widow, Erika, has also spoken about the aftermath. She said law enforcement officials urged her not to see her husband\u2019s body because of the severity of the damage to his neck. She told the New York Times she was informed the bullet \u2014 fired from a vintage German-made Mauser rifle \u2014 had completely ravaged him.<\/p>\n

Kolvet said the surgeon was astonished by the density of Kirk\u2019s bone and compared it to steel. \u201cHis bone was so healthy and the density was so so impressive that he\u2019s like the man of steel. It should have just gone through and through. It likely would have killed those standing behind him too.\u201d<\/p>\n

Authorities have charged 22-year-old Tyler Robinson with aggravated murder in the case. He remains held in a Utah jail without bail. Prosecutors have indicated they may seek the death penalty.<\/p>\n

The shooting shocked conservatives nationwide, and memorials quickly formed. Several hundred thousand mourners gathered Sunday in Glendale, Arizona, to honor Kirk\u2019s life.<\/p>\n

President Donald Trump, Vice President JD Vance, and numerous senior administration officials attended the event. Trump praised Kirk as a fighter for freedom who inspired millions.<\/p>\n

Kolvet said Kirk\u2019s final moments revealed both his humanity and his strength. \u201cEven in the way he died, he protected others. That\u2019s who Charlie was. Always standing in the gap, even when it cost him everything.\u201d<\/p>\n

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FBI Director Kash Patel has provided an update on the investigation of Charlie Kirk\u2019s assassination, saying the FBI is \u201cpursuing every lead.\u201d<\/p>\n

Tyler Robinson, 22, was arrested and charged with Kirk\u2019s murder, but Patel said the FBI is looking into the \u201cpossibility of accomplices.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are meticulously investigating theories and questions, including the location from where the shot was taken, the possibility of accomplices, the text message confession and related conversations, Discord chats, the angle of the shot and bullet impact, how the weapon was transported, hand gestures observed as potential \u2018signals\u2019 near Charlie at the time of his assassination, and visitors to the alleged shooter\u2019s residence in the hours and days leading up to September 10, 2025,\u201d Patel said in a post on X.<\/p>\n

Patel added, \u201cThe entire FBI mourns the loss of Charlie Kirk. We will not rest until justice is served, and our investigation into this assassination will continue until every question is answered.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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