Charlie Kirk died after being shot at a Utah university last week, with doctors calling it miraculous the bullet remained in his body, his friend said.

Turning Point USA spokesman Andrew Kolvet on Saturday said Charlie Kirk’s surgeon called it an “absolute miracle” that the bullet that killed him didn’t exit his body because dozens of people were standing behind him when he was shot.

“I want to address some of the discussion about the lack of an exit wound with Charlie. I’m usually not interested in delving into most of this kind of online chatter, and I apologize this is somewhat graphic, but in this case, the fact that there wasn’t an exit wound is probably another miracle, and I want people to know,” Kolvet, the executive producer of “The Charlie Kirk Show,” wrote in a lengthy post on X.

  • shalafi@lemmy.worldEnglish
    9·
    1 day ago

    My immediate assumption was that it was 5.56 or 2.23. No analyzing it in the moment I saw the video, just seemed reasonable at the time. Didn’t notice there was no obvious exit wound.

    If you showed me that video for the first time and said, “The round was a 30.06.”, I’d laugh in your face.

    The facts the FBI has presented are laughable on many points. If this guy has a solid lawyer, I can see him sowing a shitload of doubt in the minds of the jurors. As it stands, with what I know in this moment, I’d let him walk. This evidence is far too smelly to be beyond reasonable doubt.

    Anyway, I’m off to finally watch that video.

    • sp3ctr4l@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
      7·
      23 hours ago

      My initial guess was .270 or .243, out of a common bolt action hunting rifle.

      Now, I have no fucking clue what has actually happened, all I know is the narrative the government and admin connected right wingers are going with is impossible.

      Steve Bannon, Candace Owens, and Alex Jones are all calling bullshit on this as well.

      Not that I trust them as reliable sources, but large parts of the right are not buying this either.

      If you are going to watch the video, up close, and you have PTSD or cannot handle gore well… fucking be ready.

      I had a legit PTSD panic attack watching the fucking geyser of blood leave from his neck.

      Its fucking bad, if you’ve ever seen anything like that in real life.

      EDIT

      Also, another whole fucking weird oddity is that Robinson’s family has not actually gotten him a lawyer.

      Robinson is still, right now, trying to get a public attorney assigned to him.

      Yeah, thats right, he does not even have any legal counsel at the moment.