People on social media believe Charlie Kirk—the right-wing influencer and founder of Turning Point USA who was killed while hosting a debate at Utah Valley University—predicted his own death after a tweet from 11 years ago resurfaced online.
Disturbing footage from the scene shows Kirk flinching in his seat as the crowd of around 3,000 people erupted in panic. Many who were there have since recounted the terrifying moment.
“We all dropped to the ground, and I want to say we sat like that for about 30 to 45 seconds, and then everyone around us got up and started running,” Emma Pitts, a reporter for Deseret News who attended the debate in Utah, told the BBC.
In the wake of Kirk’s tragic killing, a tweet from 2014 in which many believed he predicted his assassination resurfaced on the social media.
In it, he wrote, “Did I just get shot by an AR-15? Feels like it.”
The AR-15, Kirk mentioned in his tweet, is one of the most common rifles in America, with an estimated 25 million in civilian circulation. It has also been repeatedly linked to mass shootings across the country.
Did I just get shot by an AR-15? Feels like it.
— Charlie Kirk (@charliekirk11) June 22, 2014
However, investigators have not confirmed if an AR-15 was involved in this case. Instead, police say they recovered a Mauser .30-caliber bolt-action rifle from nearby woods, wrapped in a towel. A spent cartridge was still in the chamber, with three more rounds in the magazine. The rifle and ammunition are now undergoing federal analysis.
Kirk’s followers pointed to the resurfaced post after his death, with one of them writing, “How did he know,” while another wrote: “Twitter done told the future.”
The suspect in Charlie Kirk’s shooting has been identified as 22-year-old Tyler Robinson, who was arrested two days after the 31-year-old Trump ally was killed.
According to authorities, it was Robinson’s father, a former law enforcement officer, who turned him in.
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