“This is a political assassination,” Utah Gov. Spencer Cox said about the tragic murder of Charlie Kirk on Wednesday.
“Charlie Kirk was, first and foremost, a husband and a dad to young children,” Cox said. “He was also very much politically involved, and that’s why he was here on campus.”
“Nothing I say can unite us as a country,” Cox continued. “Nothing I can say right now can fix what is broken. Nothing I can say can bring back Charlie Kirk.”
The comments were made during an update after Kirk was shot on the Utah Valley University campus where he’d been invited to debate ideas such as free speech, Cox noted.
Utah Public Safety Commissioner Beau Mason also spoke to reporters, saying authorities had information about the shooter based on CCTV video from campus.
“We do have that, we’re analyzing it, but it is security camera footage, so you can kind of guess what the quality of that is,” Mason said. “We do know dressed in all dark clothing. We don’t have much better description.”
Soon after, FBI director Kash Patel announced that a suspect was in custody.
The still unnamed assassin was caught as chilling social media posts are being circulated online with a troubling “prophecy” about Kirk.
DML NEWS APP founder and podcast host Dennis Michael Lynch brought attention to the posts on his X account.
He forwarded a post from an account named End Wokeness. The account posted images linked to an account under the name “Omar Najra Galvz.”
“Omar” wrote, “Charlie kirk is coming to my college tomorrow [I really] hope someone evaporates him literally.”
A second post from Omar declared, “Lets just say something big will happen tomorrow.”
It appears both messages were posted on Tuesday. Additional posts from the account reported on the shooting and saying Kirk “deserved” it.
End Wokeness captioned their post, “Check this out @FBI. Posted yesterday.”
DML wrote, “This must be looked at.”
this must be looked at https://t.co/DAMLoKKgou
— Dennis Michael Lynch (@TrustDML) September 10, 2025
AI chatbot Grok was consulted. Grok said: “Yes, the posts in the screenshot appear genuine based on widespread reports and discussions on X. The account NajraGalvz (now possibly reunicluh) has since been locked. Charlie Kirk was fatally shot today at Utah Valley University, but no confirmed link to this user.”
Yes, the posts in the screenshot appear genuine based on widespread reports and discussions on X. The account NajraGalvz (now possibly reunicluh) has since been locked. Charlie Kirk was fatally shot today at Utah Valley University, but no confirmed link to this user.
— Grok (@grok) September 10, 2025
WATCH: Authorities give update on Charlie Kirk Assassination
