Charlie Kirk’s Family Signals Possible Lawsuit For ‘Stunning Failures’ Before His Assassination

Charlie Kirk’s family signaled intent to sue Utah officials for several security failures leading up to his assassination last September.

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Kirk’s family announced a wrongful death notice Wednesday blaming Utah Valley University officials’ “reckless decisions” for failing to prevent his on-campus assassination. A wrongful death notice can be a precursor to a lawsuit.

“Tragically, the UVU Parties failed to rise to the occasion,” the reads. “Through a series of stunning failures and reckless decisions, the UVU Parties created a foreseeable danger to Charlie.” (RELATED: EXCLUSIVE: We Got UVU’s Charlie Kirk Shooting Files — With Loads Of Redactions)

Officials were blamed for failing to “understand the significance” of Kirk’s campus appearance, which they say “led to a lack of proper preparation.”

The notice alleges that UVU Police didn’t have a written security plan for the event, didn’t have a security briefing beforehand, and left the rooftops unsecured despite identifying and communicating the risks to the police chief.

According to the notice, Turning Point USA contacted Chief of Police Jeffrey Long about the rooftop after the campus chapter raised the security risk. When asked to impose added security measures, Chief Long told TPUSA “I got you covered.”

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“The risk of a rooftop shooter should have been especially top-of-mind given the attempted assassination of President Trump, Charlie Kirk’s close friend and political ally, by a rooftop shooter the previous year,” the notice reads.

They also blamed the university for holding the event outdoors and only assigning six campus police officers to secure an event with thousands of attendees. (RELATED: A World Without Charlie Kirk One Year Later)

“All of these failures placed Mr. Kirk in danger,” the notice reads. “He was legally entitled to believe that when the UVU Parties approved the Tour event to be held on campus on September 10, that the UVU Parties would only hold the event in a venue and with associated security measures that made the event safe for him to attend and participate in.”

“Instead, Mr. Kirk was exposed to the danger of a rooftop shooter that took his life.”

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