Utah resident Taylor Bentley said he witnessed Charlie Kirk’s assassination from 15-20 yards away and described the shocking moment and the following community response.
Taylor Bentley, a Utah resident who said he was 15 to 20 yards from Charlie Kirk when he was assassinated, told Fox News Digital that there was a moment he didn’t believe it was real.
«He was talking about gun violence and the initial thought, for just a millisecond, was like, ‘Is this a bit that he’s doing, where he leans back? And then immediately, it’s like, no.»
Bentley said he was close enough to Kirk to see the blood pouring down his neck. While briefly in disbelief, he then quickly jumped into action.
«After just a second of shock, I pulled my friends down», Bentley said. «And we’re on the ground for about 15 seconds, just kind of feeling helpless before people start running to the buildings surrounding the courtyard, and we took off and sheltered in there for about 20 minutes.»
During those 20 minutes sheltering, Bentley said he was worried, but he didn’t feel unsafe.
