Charlie Kirk's family signals intent to sue, blames security failures for murder

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Charlie Kirk's family blamed Utah officials for failing to prevent the conservative activist's assassination at a state university, in a wrongful death notice announced Wednesday that presages a possible lawsuit. The university has faced harsh criticism for a lack of key safety measures on the day of the shooting. Kirk, 31, had been debating students in an outdoor courtyard surrounded by tall buildings and with several thousand people in attendance.

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• An Associated Press review following the shooting showed the campus in Orem did not use several public safety practices that have become standard safeguards at events around the country.
• Campus police staffing was far below recommended levels for a school of that size.
• They also did not fly a drone to monitor rooftops or coordinate with local law enforcement to secure the event attended by about 3,000 people.
• 9, a day before the one-year anniversary of Kirk's death, is a required step under state law before his family can file a form...

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"The risk of a rooftop shooter should have been especially top-of-mind given the attempted assassination of President Trump, Charlie Kirk's close friend and political ally, by a rooftop shooter the previous year," Kirk family attorney D.

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Loren Washburn wrote in the notice to state and university officials.