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Graphic images of Charlie Kirk's shooting were seen by over a third of U.S. adults.

Utahns were more likely to have viewed the images than the national average.

Experts warn that exposure to such content can cause trauma even if not viewed live.

SALT LAKE CITY — More than a third of U.S. adults saw the graphic, violent images of conservative political activist Charlie Kirk's murder online. And when their friends and family members are added to the numbers, nearly 6 in 10 say they or someone close to them viewed the violent images of his fatal shooting at Utah Valley University on Sept. 10.

Thirty-seven percent of those surveyed for Deseret News and the University of Utah's Hinckley Institute of Politics said they personally saw the graphic content. Twenty percent said fr

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