"I got you covered": The chilling promise revealed a year after Charlie Kirk's murder

A year after the murder of Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk, his family filed a preliminary notice of a negligence lawsuit against Utah Valley University and the state of Utah. The focus: severe security failures, ignoring warnings about a gap in the rooftops, and an empty promise from the police chief. The event was guarded by only six officers against 3,000 attendees, with no real-time camera surveillance and no ambulance on site.

Exactly one year after the murder of Charlie Kirk, founder of Turning Point USA, his family filed a preliminary notice of a wrongful death negligence lawsuit against Utah Valley University, the state of Utah, and campus security officials. The legal document alleges that the assassination on September 10, 2025, was not an act of fate but a severe security failure. Hours before the event, organizers contacted the university police chief, Jeffrey Long, and warned him about a gap in the rooftops overlooking the stage. Long responded with a reassuring message: 'I got you covered.' In reality, the murder suspect climbed onto a nearby roof and fired from there. The event, which drew about 3,000 participants, was assigned only six campus police officers. Kirk was placed in an open courtyard defined as an 'aquarium' – a topographically inferior area surrounded by tall buildings. Security cameras recorded the shooter's movement on the roof, but no one was monitoring the feeds in real time. No ambulance was waiting on site, and the wounded Kirk was evacuated in a private vehicle. The suspected shooter, 23-year-old Tyler Robinson, has been indicted for aggravated murder, and the prosecution reserves the right to seek the death penalty. The university has yet to publish the findings of the external investigative committee it established, whose cost exceeded $240,000.