The Message to Dan Flood
Of all the reported messages, this is the one with the clearest operational consequence. Dan Flood was TPUSA's head of security. A warning to a mentor or a friend is a confidence. A warning to the head of security is an input to a protective decision.
What is reported
According to Candace Owens, on the night before the event Charlie Kirk told donors, TPUSA members, and Flood that he thought he was going to be "executed tomorrow." (KM-10)
A separate line in the investigation notes records the message to Flood differently — as "The Left will kill me" (KM-11) — attributed to a characterization by Erika Kirk. Those two versions are not the same statement, and the discrepancy is itself unresolved. Notes also record that Flood received "the same message" as Andrew Kolvet.
Reported wording, unresolved. No screenshot of a message to Flood has been published.
Why the recipient matters
If a principal tells his security chief that he expects to be killed at tomorrow's event, the ordinary professional response is documented: threat assessment, venue re-survey, law enforcement notification, or cancellation. What is publicly known about September 10 at UVU does not show that happening. The UVU GRAMA records describe six campus officers for a crowd the chief later called 3,000, no ambulance on site, an unactivated joint Public Order Unit, and untrained faculty.
That gap is the reason this page exists. It is a question about process, not an accusation. There are innocent explanations: the warning may have been read as rhetorical, it may not have reached Flood in the form described, or protective steps may have been taken that are not public. Flood is a living person and is not accused here of any wrongdoing, negligence, or involvement of any kind.
Related context recorded in the notes
Investigation notes also record that Flood was standing near Kirk when he was shot, that he was previously reported to have worked in security roles connected to high-profile principals, and that he was removed from TPUSA's public staff listing after the assassination. Those items are documented on his profile page and in the Security Team section. None of them establishes anything about the warning message, and they should not be read as doing so.
Open questions
- Which wording did Flood actually receive — "executed tomorrow," (KM-10) "The Left will kill me," (KM-11) or neither?
- Did Flood escalate anything to UVU Police, Orem PD, or a private threat-assessment process?
- Has Flood given any public statement or interview about the night before?
- Does any surviving Signal or Telegram record of the exchange exist?
Sources
- Candace Owens' public statements
- Master investigation file — "They were going to kill him TOMORROW" and "Quotes Charlies / Verified" sections
- UVU GRAMA records for the September 9–10 security posture
Best understanding of when he said this
Best understanding: night of SEPT 9 text to Dan Flood (executed/kill tomorrow). Peak late SEPT 9 slots.
Date range (working model): Domain: SEPT 8–10 2025 · 6 bars/day · Peak night SEPT 9 after donor call
The chart below is not a government finding. Bar height is relative likelihood from public claims (X posts, interviews, investigation indexes, master-file notes). Domain is trimmed to where likelihood is non-trivial — no multi-week empty stretch.
Interesting
- Kirk reportedly wrote "I know they want me dead" to Frank Turek, and the email stays unpublished.
- His reported 2025 turn on Gaza is argued to carry outsized cost.
- Researchers claim dozens of foreign-registered phones were active at UVU that day.