Witnesses Initially Mistook Charlie Kirk Shooter for Ordinary Campus Gunman
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Witnesses at Utah Valley University initially assumed the shooter targeting Charlie Kirk was just an ordinary campus gunman, reflecting how common mass shootings have become in American society. Students reported that when they saw a man in black with a rifle on a roof, they didn't suspect anything unusual because such incidents have become normalized.
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When students spotted a man clad in black and carrying a rifle on a roof overlooking the crowd, they had no reason to suspect anything unusual
It's chilling
OREM, UT—As law enforcement officials search for a person of interest in the assassination of 31-year-old Turning Point USA co-founder Charlie Kirk, witnesses on the scene at Utah Valley University admitted Thursday they had assumed the shooter was just a
