Utah Valley University classes have resumed on Wednesday, leaving traumatized students facing „countless reminders“ of last week’s on-campus assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk.
Utah Valley University classes resumed Wednesday, leaving traumatized students facing “countless reminders” of last week’s on-campus assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk.
Kirk, 31, was shot and killed by a single bullet last Wednesday while speaking at an event at the university in Orem during his American Comeback Tour — sending hordes of onlookers and students sprinting to safety.
“I was literally a few feet away from him and when the tragic shooting happened, I was squarely facing him, so I watched that unfold,” Nyasha Paradzai, a UVU senior, told CNN.
“In my world, you don’t hear guns. This was very new for me, not only to hear one, but to have it fired at someone right in front of you and have them bleed out in front of you was horrific,” he said.
The international student from Zimbabwe is now navigating how to cope with “countless reminders of the event, countless things that have made me relive that,” he recalled.
