Gun Violence

A woman who was inside a Michigan church when her father and three other people were killed has written a public plea for peace. Lisa Louis also says she instantly forgave the gunman after they locked eyes in the chaos.

An Associated Press review of Utah Valley University found the school lacked several key public safety measures and practices that are standard security for events around the country.

Authorities had feared they would find more victims in the charred wreckage but now believe everyone is accounted for after Sunday’s attack. Investigators are focusing on what motivated the former Marine to ram his pickup truck into the church in Grand Blanc Township.

Police say a 40-year-old man rammed a pickup truck into the front door of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Grand Blanc Township, about 50 miles north of Detroit, before starting the shooting. He is also believed to have deliberately set fire to the church building.

Utah Valley University student body president Kyle Cullimore said the shooting has “reminded us how deeply in times of need, we utterly and desperately need each other.”

La acusación del fiscal dice que Robinson supuestamente le dijo a sus padres que lo hizo porque “hay demasiada maldad y el tipo [Charlie Kirk] difunde demasiado odio”.

Classes at Utah Valley University were canceled in the wake of Charlie Kirk’s assassination. Students arrived on Sept. 17 at a solemn campus, one with more security.

Prosecutor’s indictment said Robinson allegedly told his parents he did it because “there is too much evil and the guy [Charlie Kirk] spreads too much hate.”

Pro-Life Utah executive director Deanna Holland was separated from her 12-year-old son when the single shot that killed Charlie Kirk was fired. But he found help — in what some might consider an unlikely place.

Speaking on Sunday morning interviews, Utah Gov. Spencer Cox revealed that suspect Tyler Robinson is “not cooperating” and that friends paint a picture of someone radicalized in the dark corners of the internet.

Utah State University in Logan was on Charlie Kirk’s itinerary after he started his tour at Utah Valley University. Here’s what students had to say about Gov. Spencer Cox’s call to rein in political violence.

“This is everywhere. Every community, every town, every state,” one of the suspect’s neighbors said. “It's going to be everybody's neighbor, everybody's classmate. It's not at all unusual anymore.”