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Shooting of Charlie Kirk (en.wikipedia.org)
submitted 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) by gAlienLifeform@lemmy.world to c/wikipedia@lemmy.world
 

This article documents a recent shooting. Information may change rapidly and initial news reports may be unreliable. The latest updates to this article may not reflect the most current information.

e; updated title from "Attempted assasination of Charlie Kirk" and link from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Attempted_assasination_of_Charlie_Kirk

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[–] lmdnw@lemmy.world 37 points 2 months ago (3 children)

Attempted?! I’m already wondering when and where the funeral is going to be so I know where to have my next dance celebration

[–] lime@feddit.nu 29 points 2 months ago

it's "confirmed dead" now

[–] PM_ME_VINTAGE_30S@lemmy.sdf.org 16 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I mean we don't know until we know, you know? I'm no doctor, but miracles happen and evil never dies

[–] unexposedhazard@discuss.tchncs.de 6 points 2 months ago (1 children)
[–] PM_ME_VINTAGE_30S@lemmy.sdf.org 11 points 2 months ago

I guess sometimes miracles do happen crab-partycrab-partycrab-party

[–] NOT_RICK@lemmy.world 13 points 2 months ago

Give it an hour or two; Wikipedia mods work quick as info comes out.

[–] magic_lobster_party@fedia.io 25 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Title has changed now. He’s dead

[–] Biskii@lemmy.dbzer0.com 20 points 2 months ago (1 children)

His wife's wiki page is interesting

Swiss Cheesed in the Utah Hood

[–] Bronzebeard@lemmy.zip 18 points 2 months ago

If only someone who understood how English works had written that

[–] AndiHutch@lemmy.zip 14 points 2 months ago (1 children)

From wiki: Accordingt [sic] to BNO News and other sources, Kirk was confirmed to have died.[14]

[–] shalafi@lemmy.world 12 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Didn't know the shooter got away! That don't hurt my feelings a bit.

[–] FundMECFS@anarchist.nexus 11 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

oh no, a saint with a gun is on the loose!

For legal reasons this is a joke.

[–] 0ops@piefed.zip 8 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I'm sure they'll find him in a Wendy's in Arizona with the rifle and manifesto or something

[–] sunzu2@thebrainbin.org 4 points 2 months ago

Deff going to be a lib too to prove a point

[–] HalfSalesman@lemmy.world 11 points 2 months ago (3 children)

Assuming its not a "release the list" rightwinger who pulled the trigger, this is a potential reichstag event.

[–] HalfSalesman@lemmy.world 21 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Shit, they don't have the guy in custody. They grabbed the wrong guy. Could be anyone.

Either I hope they just get away or they capture them and its some rightwing nutjob.

[–] Bronzebeard@lemmy.zip 16 points 2 months ago

Won't matter who did it, they'll try to claim it was a Democrat, just like the event during The Dipshit's campaign

[–] gAlienLifeform@lemmy.world 11 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Hard to see how right winger could become anymore accepting of government violence against their fellow Americans, but, yeah, I hope everyone moving through right wing spaces is safe because they are going to want some kind of vengeance for this

[–] HalfSalesman@lemmy.world 5 points 2 months ago (1 children)

It can definitely get a lot worse.

[–] gAlienLifeform@lemmy.world 7 points 2 months ago (2 children)

How? Are they gonna assassinate lawmakers? Commit hate crimes? Vote for a fascist and have goon squads go around and abduct people off the street without due process?

[–] Marshezezz@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 points 2 months ago

For real, we’re getting at that “nothing left to lose” point

[–] HalfSalesman@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago

I understand your point, but I'm telling you: it can get worse. Right now they're only sampling those things. Dipping their toes. In fact, this whole "Occupy major cities with the National Guard" shit has been fishing for an incident between civilians and troops to justify putting the hammer down. They want to go further and intensify what they're already doing, but they need a reichstag event. That's what this potentially is, but they could fumble it. Hopefully they do fumble and Charlie Kirk's death just becomes a footnote.

[–] antonim@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 points 2 months ago

Already locked due to an edit war over whether to include the recording in the infobox 🙄

[–] Peanutbuttergrits@reddthat.com 5 points 2 months ago

Good riddance!