"He's still a human being, have we forgotten that?” - Hunter Kozak, the last person to ask Charlie Kirk a question, speaks out on witnessing his death

A new video statement from the man who asked Charlie Kirk a last question before he was shot has surfaced online. Hunter Kozak, who is a liberal TikToker and a student of mathematics at the Utah Valley University (UVU), posted a video on his social media handle, calling Kirk's shooting "awful". 

Man who asked Charlie Kirk question about trans mass shooters before he was shot speaks out:

“The point I was trying to make it how peaceful the left was right before he got shot. And that only makes sense if we stay peaceful…”

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He then addressed the podcaster's family, and compared it to his own, stating that he had a wife and two children as well. Hunter found the thought of a young child having to grow up without the memories of his father "hard to grapple with". 

Kozak further added:

"As much as I disagree with Charlie Kirk - I'm on the record for how much I disagree with Charlie Kirk - but man, he is still a human being, have we forgotten that?"

Having gotten visibly emotional at the point, Hunter called out those among his audience who were "salivating" about Charlie's tragic shooting, adding:

"I don’t know if any of my audience is, but if you are, you’re not part of what I’m trying to build here, at all."

During the Q&A session conducted by Charlie Kirk at the UVU, Kozak asked the influencer about his knowledge of the mass shootings that occured in the US in the last decade. After Kirk asked in response, "Counting or not counting gang violence?" he was shot.

The 31-year-old was at the UVU on Wednesday, September 10, as part of his American Comeback Tour. 

The FBI released videos and images of Charlie Kirk's shooter in a media briefing

As the manhunt for Charlie Kirk's shooter continues, the federal officials involved in the case, alongside their director, Kash Patel, held a media briefing. In a video released by them, the unidentified man was seen jumping down the roof of a campus building and fleeing.

Beau Mason - the commissioner of Utah Department of Public Safety - said in the briefing:

"As he did that, he left some palm impressions. There were some smudges, some places we were looking to collect DNA."

In the pictures shared during the meeting, the suspect is spotted wearing a black long-sleeved t-shirt, dark pants, a dark blue cap, sunglasses, and canvas shoes. He also had a backpack on his shoulder.

Enlistinig public help for identifying and arresting him, the FBI announced a reward of $100K to anyone who shared useful information to aid that.

Later, Commission Mason also appealed to the public to leave the two people of interest detained shortly after Kirk was shot alone. They were later released after officials determined that they were irrevelant to the case. 

Charlie Kirk's casket was flown back to his home in Arizona on Friday, with Vice President JD Vance, his wife Usha, and Kirk's wife, Erika Frantzve.