CHARLIE Kirk posted a chilling tweet about the “senseless murder” of Ukrainian train victim Iryna Zarutska just hours before he was shot.
The conservative activist, 31, tweeted, “If we want things to change, it’s 100% necessary to politicize the senseless murder of Iryna Zarutska.”
Charlie Kirk posted about the “senseless murder” of Ukrainian train victim Iryna Zarutska hours before he got shot[/caption]
Iryna Zarutska, a 23-year-old Ukrainian refugee was stabbed to death on a Charlotte light rail train on August 22[/caption]
The suspect, 34-year-old Decarlos Brown Jr., has a long criminal record[/caption]
Decarlos Brown Jr. stabbed Iryna three times in the throat in an unprovoked attack[/caption]
He added, “because it was politics that allowed a savage monster with 14 priors to be free on the streets to kill her.”
Kirk included a video from his show, The Charlie Kirk Show.
“This was one of the coldest, most senseless murders I have ever seen,” he said in the clip.
“No interaction with this guy, she was sitting minding her own business, and he just takes out a knife and just decides to stab her.”
He acknowledged he didn’t like politicizing tragedies but said the circumstances required it.
“The attacker did say ‘I got that white girl’. The attacker racialized it in his own telling of the situation,” Kirk added.
He compared the case to George Floyd’s murder, noting it hadn’t drawn the same media attention or public outrage.
The attack occurred on August 22 in Charlotte, North Carolina.
Iryna Zarutska, 20, had fled Ukraine in 2022 with her family to escape the war with Russia.
Her obituary said she “quickly embraced her new life in the United States.”
That night she texted her boyfriend that she would be home soon.
Moments later, a man sitting behind her on a light rail train stabbed her three times in the throat in an unprovoked attack.
The suspect, 34-year-old Decarlos Brown Jr., has a long criminal record.
He now faces state first-degree murder charges and a federal charge of committing an act causing death on a mass transportation system.
Timeline of Charlie Kirk shooting
Conservative commentator Charlie Kirk was fatally shot in the neck while speaking at an event at Utah Valley University on September 10.
11:52 am MDT – The shooter, described as a college-age individual, arrives on campus before maneuvering onto a rooftop.
12:00 pm – Charlie Kirk is scheduled to host a debate in the UVU Fountain Courtyard.
12:10 pm – A shot is fired at Kirk from 200 yards away and hits him in the neck. The event is immediately evacuated and a man is taken into custody.
1:02 pm – President Donald Trump posts a call to pray for Kirk on Truth Social.
1:37 pm – UVU closes campus, cancels classes, and tells students to leave campus immediately.
1:50 pm – Officials confirm Kirk is in critical condition to the Associated Press.
2:40 pm – Trump confirms Kirk has died, hailing him “great, legendary” in a post on Truth Social.
4:21 pm FBI Director Kash Patel shares on X that the ‘subject for the horrific shooting’ is in custody.
4:30 pm – Utah Governor Spencer Cox, speaking at a press conference, brands Kirk’s death a ‘political assassination. Cox adds there is a ‘person of interest’ in custody and a man arrested earlier has been released.
7:59 pm – Patel, the FBI director, confirmed a second subject taken into custody in connection with Kirk’s shooting was released after being interrogated by law enforcement.
September 11
7:15 am – Officials hold a press conference where they announce they have “good video” of the suspect and they recovered the “high-action bolt rifle” in the nearby woods.
The federal charge carries the possibility of the death penalty, which President Donald Trump supports.
US Attorney Russ Ferguson said prosecutors are still investigating the case.
Iryna Zarutska, 20, had fled Ukraine in 2022 with her family to escape the war with Russia[/caption]
CHARLIE KIRK KILLING
Hours after posting about Zarutska, Kirk was speaking at Utah Valley University in Orem, Utah.
He was attending a college debate as part of Turning Point USA’s American Comeback Tour.
At around 12:10 pm, a single gunshot struck him in the neck.
The bullet tore through his carotid artery, sending him crashing back in his chair.
Students panicked, some ducking for cover while others rushed to help him.
Videos from the scene show a dark figure on a rooftop roughly 200 feet away, believed to be the shooter.
Kirk was rushed to a hospital but was pronounced dead hours later.
President Trump confirmed the death and ordered US flags to be flown at a half-staff through Sunday.
Utah Governor Spencer Cox called it a “political assassination,” labeling it a dark day for the state and the country.
The Utah Department of Public Safety confirmed the shooter is still at large and described the attack as targeted.
Vice President Vance and Usha Vance are visiting Salt Lake City to pay respects to Kirk’s family.
Kirk, a Trump ally, was credited with energizing young Republicans and was a prominent conservative voice.
The federal charge carries the possibility of the death penalty, which President Donald Trump supports[/caption]
