The True Toll of Conspiracy Theories

It was a sunny September afternoon. I was standing in the crowd at Utah Valley University with my VoiceMemos app rolling when I watched Charlie Kirk’s body jerk backward. He closed his eyes and fell out of his chair.

It was the gunshot heard from every phone, viewed by millions almost immediately. I heard it with my own ears. I saw what it did with my own eyes. And I, along with everyone else, want justice for the Turning Point USA founder and slain father of two.

About the Author

Eva Terry

Eva Terry is a William F. Buckley Jr. Fellow in Political Journalism for National Review. She is a graduate of Brigham Young University, where she studied English literature, Korean, and computer science.

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It was a sunny September afternoon. I was standing in the crowd at Utah Valley University with my VoiceMemos app rolling when I watched Charlie Kirk’s body jerk backward. He closed his eyes and fell out of his chair.

It was the gunshot heard from every phone, viewed by millions almost immediately. I heard it with my own ears. I saw what it did with my own eyes. And I, along with everyone else, want justice for the Turning Point USA founder and slain father of two.

About the Author

Eva Terry

Eva Terry is a William F. Buckley Jr. Fellow in Political Journalism for National Review. She is a graduate of Brigham Young University, where she studied English literature, Korean, and computer science.