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Student who Charlie Kirk's final words were addressed to speaks out on horrifying ordeal
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Published 10:14 12 Sep 2025 GMT+1

Student who Charlie Kirk's final words were addressed to speaks out on horrifying ordeal

Charlie Kirk was in the middle of a debate with a student when he was shot and killed

Gerrard Kaonga

Gerrard Kaonga

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Featured Image Credit: Salt Lake Tribune/Getty

Topics: News, US News, Charlie Kirk

Gerrard Kaonga
Gerrard Kaonga

Gerrard is a Journalist at UNILAD and has dived headfirst into covering everything from breaking global stories to trending entertainment news. He has a bachelors in English Literature from Brunel University and has written across a number of different national and international publications. Most notably the Financial Times, Daily Express, Evening Standard and Newsweek.

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The student who spoke to Charlie Kirk right before he was shot and killed has spoken about the situation, and of his own difficulties.

Charlie Kirk was shot and killed by an individual police believe was on the roof of a college building while the conservative commentator was speaking at Utah Valley University.

The lethal shot resulted in the many people who had come to debate and speak to Kirk rapidly dispersing, fearing for their own lives.

The FBI have so far released footage of who they believe to be the shooter, and have called for the public’s help as they attempt to apprehend the person.

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Most eerily, before Kirk was shot, he was speaking about mass shootings, and the student who was debating him has made his own video addressing the incident.

Kirk was speaking about gun violence and mass shootings when he was shot (Trent Nelson/The Salt Lake Tribune/Getty Images)
Kirk was speaking about gun violence and mass shootings when he was shot (Trent Nelson/The Salt Lake Tribune/Getty Images)

The student who spoke to Kirk, Hunter Kozak, who goes by 'staxiom' on his social media pages, is a student at the university, and called the shooting a tragedy.

Kozak, who said he is a mathematics student at UVU, condemned the shooter and other people who think ‘this is the answer’.

He said: “It is not the answer, I don’t know what else to say.

“A father doesn’t have his kid anymore, Charlie had two kids and a wife and not to make this about me but I have two kids and a wife.

“If my one year old boy, like his one year old boy will grow up without memories of his dad... it is a tragedy.

“It is hard to grapple with and I am part of a community that is struggling to grapple with it.”

He also reflected on the irony of discussing gun violence and mass shootings before Kirk was shot. He explained he was trying to explain how peaceful the left was, and added that only makes sense if we stay peaceful.

Kozak condemned those that were celebrating Kirk's death (PHILL MAGAKOE/AFP via Getty Images)
Kozak condemned those that were celebrating Kirk's death (PHILL MAGAKOE/AFP via Getty Images)

While many people on social media have been offering kind words towards Kirk and his family, with many condemning political violence, some, unsurprisingly, have not.

Kozak took issue with some people celebrating the death of Kirk, and condemned them for not treating Kirk as if he was human.

He added: “If you are salivating about what happened... don’t. I don’t know if any of my audience is but if you are you are not part of what I am trying to build here, at all.”

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