Kirk Family Files Claim Over Ignored Rooftop Warning at UVU Event

On Sept. 9, 2026, one day before the first anniversary of the shooting, attorneys for Charlie Kirk's family filed a Utah notice of claim over his Sept. 10, 2025 death at Utah Valley University in Orem. Kirk was shot moments into an outdoor courtyard event under a tent before about 3,000 people; the gunman fired from the Losee Center rooftop roughly 400 to 415 feet away. The notice names UVU, its police department, Chief Jeffrey Long, former president Astrid Tuminez, and the State of Utah. It alleges failures on risk assessment, written security plans, rooftop security, staffing, perimeter controls, drone use, bag checks, metal detectors, real-time monitoring, and emergency response. Six campus officers worked with Kirk's eight-person private team. After the shooting he was taken to a hospital in a private vehicle rather than an ambulance. Family attorney D. Loren Washburn wrote that "the risk of a rooftop shooter should have been especially top-of-mind given the attempted assassination of President Trump" the prior year, and that "the UVU Parties took none of these safety measures," leaving Kirk "helpless before his assassin." The notice states that "through a series of stunning failures and reckless decisions, the UVU Parties created a foreseeable danger to Charlie," and that real-time monitoring of footage showing a person running to a "sniper's pad" could have avoided the death. It quotes a Turning Point USA official texting Long about rooftop access and asking for controlled access or a team member on site; Long replied, "I got you covered." Counsel Brett Parkinson said the murder "was entirely preventable" and that the failures robbed the family of a husband, father, son, and brother. The notice also alleges, without providing evidence, that Long sought six more officers and Tuminez denied the request. The notice is not a lawsuit and preserves the right to file a wrongful-death claim; no defendant has been found liable. The Utah Attorney General's Office declined to comment on potential litigation. Robinson's case was ordered toward trial on Sept. 1, 2026, with no trial date set.