{"id":2485594,"date":"2025-09-11T23:17:02","date_gmt":"2025-09-12T03:17:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/student-who-asked-charlie-kirk-final-question-stunned-by-his-death\/"},"modified":"2025-09-11T23:18:43","modified_gmt":"2025-09-12T03:18:43","slug":"student-who-asked-charlie-kirk-final-question-stunned-by-his-death","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/student-who-asked-charlie-kirk-final-question-stunned-by-his-death\/","title":{"rendered":"Student who asked Charlie Kirk final question stunned by his death"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fstudent-who-asked-charlie-kirk-final-question-stunned-by-his-death%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2485594&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>the article reports on the reaction of Hunter Kozak, a utah college student who spoke with political commentator Charlie Kirk moments before Kirk was fatally shot. Kozak described Kirk&#8217;s death as a &#8220;tragedy&#8221; and expressed sympathy for Kirk&#8217;s wife and children. During their conversation, Kirk and Kozak had been discussing <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pro-trump-religious-groups-begin-turning-up-heat-on-gop-to-take-action-on-marjorie-taylor-greene\/\" title=\"Pro-Trump, Religious Groups Begin Turning Up Heat On GOP To Take Action On Marjorie Taylor Greene\">mass shootings<\/a>, with Kirk questioning whether Kozak&#8217;s count included gang violence. Although Kozak has previously disagreed with Kirk&#8217;s views, he emphasized that violence is not the answer and reminded others that Kirk was still a human being. Kozak, a student at Utah valley university where Kirk was speaking as part of his &#8220;American comeback Tour,&#8221; reflected on the tragic loss, noting the irony in the peaceful tone of their dialog right before the shooting. The article also references ongoing developments related to the shooting and reactions from public figures. <br \/> <!DOCTYPE html><br \/>\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Student who asked Charlie Kirk final question stunned by his death: &lsquo;It&rsquo;s a tragedy&rsquo;<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2227362\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/3803872\/utah-democratic-state-lawmakers-threats-charlie-kirk-death\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Utah<\/a> college student who spoke with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/opinion\/3801852\/charlie-kirk-murdered-winning-war-public-persuasion\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Charlie Kirk<\/a> in the moments before his death spoke out Thursday, lamenting his death as a &ldquo;tragedy.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Hunter Kozak had been speaking with Kirk about mass shootings when an assassin shot and killed Kirk right in front of him. Many pointed out the odd nature of the conversation as it related to the incident afterward.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/crime\/3804626\/live-patel-update-charlie-kirk-shooting-gunman\/\">WATCH LIVE: Patel gives update on Charlie Kirk shooting as manhunt for gunman continues<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/crime\/3804607\/new-photos-person-of-interest-charlie-kirk-shooting\/\">Utah DPS releases new photos of person of interest in Charlie Kirk shooting<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/crime\/3802894\/jason-chaffetz-demands-utah-law-enforcement-do-a-better-job\/\">Jason Chaffetz demands Utah law enforcement &lsquo;do a better job&rsquo;<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>Kirk&rsquo;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/george-washington-is-the-greatest-president-of-all-time-and-we-need-him-now-more-than-ever\/\" title=\"George Washington Is The Greatest President Of All Time, And We Need Him Now More Than Ever\">final words<\/a> in the conversation asked whether Kozak&rsquo;s count of <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >mass shootings included &#038;ldquo<\/a>;gang violence.&rdquo; He said the final point he was trying to make with Kirk is how &ldquo;peaceful&rdquo; the Left was before Kirk was shot.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;It&rsquo;s a tragedy,&rdquo; Kozak said in an Instagram video. &ldquo;It&rsquo;s hard to grapple with.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Kozak had posted videos that disagreed with Kirk in the past, but he said violence was not the answer.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I&rsquo;m on the record with how much I disagree with Charlie Kirk, but, like, man, dude, he is still a human being,&rdquo; he said. &ldquo;Have we forgotten that?&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Kozak is a student at Utah Valley University, where Kirk was speaking as part of his &ldquo;American Comeback Tour.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-media-max-width=\"560\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The man who asked Charlie Kirk the tr*nsgender question before he was shot breaks his silence.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The point I was trying to make is how peaceful the left was (long pause) right before he got shot.&rdquo; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/NkF6yqsr6B\">pic.twitter.com\/NkF6yqsr6B<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Vigilant Fox &#129418; (@VigilantFox) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/VigilantFox\/status\/1966287054746140995?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 11, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>    <\/p>\n<p>He expressed sympathy for Kirk&rsquo;s wife and children.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/3801483\/charlie-kirk-tributes-prayers-trump-vance-utah-university\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">TRUMP AND VANCE LEAD MOURNING AFTER CHARLIE KIRK KILLED IN UTAH<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Charlie had two kids and a wife. And, like, not to make this about me, but I have two kids and a wife. And if my 1-year-old boy, like his 1-year-old boy, grew up without memories of his dad, it&rsquo;s a tragedy,&rdquo; Kozak said.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;People have obviously pointed to the irony that the point I was trying to make is how peaceful the Left was right before he got shot, and that only makes sense if we stay peaceful,&rdquo; he added.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Student who questioned Charlie Kirk shocked by his death<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2485595,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/charlie-kirk-shooting.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[44291,6499,63171,5135,63172],"class_list":["post-2485594","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-charlie-kirk","tag-death","tag-final-question","tag-student","tag-stunned-2"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/charlie-kirk-shooting.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2485594","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2485594"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2485594\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2485598,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2485594\/revisions\/2485598"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2485595"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2485594"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2485594"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2485594"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}