Former Rep. Jason Chaffetz, Republican of Utah, was an eyewitness to the taking pictures at Utah Valley University, describing the scene and its quick aftermath in a telephone interview with Fox News.
“People were there. And there were lots of them. You know, he came out, he was throwing hats, riling up the crowd,” he mentioned.
Chaffetz mentioned that Kirk took a primary query, which he described as a “religious question.”
The second query, he mentioned, was about “transgender shootings” and “mass killings.”
“When that happened, when that question came out, and he’s you know, he’s going to have the interaction, one shot. I was watching Charlie. I can’t say that I saw blood. I can’t say that I saw him get hit, but I did see him fall immediately backwards into his left,” Chaffetz mentioned, pausing at one level to catch his breath.
“As soon as the shot went out, everybody hit the deck and everybody started scattering and yelling and screaming, as you might imagine. And I went from watching Charlie Kirk to looking over to make sure our daughter and our son-in-law were okay,” he mentioned.