Political commentator Charlie Kirk specifically requested to speak outside before he was fatally shot during his Wednesday appearance on Utah Valley University’s campus, a school spokesperson said.

His team, said UVU spokesperson Ellen Treanor, had relayed that Kirk wanted to be in an outdoor, “central” location on campus so he could engage with students walking by, including those on their way to class or the food court.

“They put the request in for that specific area. They really wanted it in the open courtyard,” Treanor told The Salt Lake Tribune.

There, as Kirk was engaging with the crowd shortly into the event, a single shot rang out from a nearby rooftop and he fell to the ground.

Since then, UVU’s security provisions have come into question, including why the large event was hel

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