"The last person to speak to Charlie Kirk before his assassination was a liberal TikToker with a small audience who disagreed with Kirk on just about everything - except for their shared belief in free speech and raw political debate. "I wanted to challenge him," the TikToker, Hunter Kozak, 29, said in an interview at his home in Utah on Thursday."
""He went with arms open to say, 'Challenge me, please.'" It was in that spirit that Kozak decided to attend Kirk's rally at Utah Valley University in Orem, where he is studying math education."
"He asked Kirk about mass shootings involving transgender people, and the two went back and forth for a moment before the shot rang out, killing Kirk. Kozak, standing a few feet away, at first thought the gunshot was a firecracker. Then he realized Kirk had been hit."
Hunter Kozak, a 29-year-old liberal TikToker, attended Charlie Kirk's rally to challenge him and was the last person to speak with Kirk before Kirk was shot and killed. Kozak previewed his question with event organizers, asked about mass shootings involving transgender people, and engaged briefly with Kirk before the gunshot. Kozak initially mistook the sound for a firecracker, saw blood spurt, and dropped to the floor. Kozak and his wife live as unabashed liberals in a conservative area, worry about safety with the gunman still at large, and fear being blamed or targeted.
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