Witnesses describe panic in aftermath of shooting

Conservative activist Charlie Kirk’in on Wednesday, the deadly hit the campus event, those who participated in the campus, after a shot was heard of the mass panic described the mass panic.

Kirk, 31, was killed after he was shot around his neck with a single bullet that he believed to come from a shooter on the roof of a nearby building.

The impressive and close Donald Trump Ally was talking to about 3,000 people in the American return tour at Utah Valley University.

The videos on social media showed that Kirk was talking about moments of armed violence before being shot.

An eyewitness told the BBC’s US partner CBS: “Me and my friends are just having a good time while listening to what happened, and we just saw it, we heard a loud sound, I heard a loud explosion, and then I saw the body actually moves slowly.”

Porter Laferber, who described himself as a “great fan” of Kirk at Utah Valley University and at the rally, said that BBC Radio 4 is about 50FT (15m) from Kirk to the Today’s Today program.

“I was sitting there, I was pulling it, I cut my video, and then I heard this shoot,” he said.

“You don’t really notice what happened until you happen. Charlie falls from your stool, everyone starts to panic.”

Lafer said that a “cement terrace” was hiding behind, and then about a minute later, “I didn’t hear any other firearms, I got up, and the reservation to the nearest building I could just see.”

In a video shared by the news agency Reuters, an eyewitness named Danielle said he was closer to Kirk – about 15FT (5m).

“It was terrible,” he said. “All I hear is screaming and I see people and ‘running is not safe. It is not safe to get up’ …

Jason Chaffetz, a former US congress, told Fox News that he was at the event with his daughter.

“The shot came directly to him,” he said, and “everyone hit the deck” and “scattered”.

Bartholomew, who interviewed the protesters who spoke against Kirk’s presence on campus, said that people were initially fell to the ground.

“There was confusion, and people began to mix for exits.” He said.

“A few people are in tears,” the atmosphere said after the shoot.

The videos taken by the witnesses hurry to escape from the stage after shooting. According to the authorities, the shooting seems to be fired from a roof about 100 to 200 meters away.

Phil Lyman, a former Utah state representative, said that he was “politically included” with Kirk and distributed baseball hats with him on stage before the event began.

Im I went to find other people, so I wasn’t with him when he was shot, and I don’t know if I was satisfied with it, or I wish I was there, ”he said.

“3,000 children watched that someone was basically shot in front of them, really traumatic. Really, really rude.”

Emma Pitts, a correspondent of Utah -based Deseret News, who participated in the event, also announced that Kirk saw the moment when he was shot.

Im I will never get the image out of my head, Pit Pitts said.

Pitts, “No one can scan our equipment, no one can scan our bags, there was no such security.”

Bartholomew also said he was “surprised” that there was no security at the event. “Nobody stopped me or called my bag.”

BBC, in response to the security measures in the event, asked for a comment from Utah Valley University.

In addition to Kirk’s private security details, the university provided six security guards to talk.