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Witnesses, Security Personnel, and Citizen Investigators (Context Only)

Overview​

This Level_3 page provides a neutral overview of several groups of people who appear frequently in footage, reporting, and online analysis of the Charlie Kirk case:

  • Event attendees and eyewitnesses,
  • Security and staff near the stage, and
  • Citizen investigators and content creators.

It does not accuse any individual of wrongdoing. Many of the names listed here appear because they have been visible in public footage, have given interviews, or have been discussed by commentators; allegations or theories involving them are treated as claims in specific topic sections.

Event attendees and eyewitnesses (as reported/claims)​

Various individuals present at the UVU event have drawn attention because of their proximity to key moments or their later public statements:

  • Ryne Simmons (as reported/claims):
    • In an X/Twitter thread by @ninoboxer, Simmons states that he recorded a close‑up 4K/60fps video of the shooting and later shared it with the FBI, who allegedly asked him to delete it. He says he retained a copy.
    • His account is central to discussions of video handling and censorship, covered in Media Censorship and Media Narratives and Censorship After the UVU Event.
  • Skyler Baird (claims):
    • Baird appears in multiple video angles near Charlie at the moment of the shot and later at memorial events, sometimes with media access.
    • Online commentators have raised questions about his movements and role; these are treated as speculative claims in Patsies and Distraction Actors.
  • Other unnamed witnesses (as reported/claims):
    • Many other attendees provided interviews to local and national media or shared footage on social platforms. Their contributions are referenced throughout Videos, Shooting Locations, and Media.

These individuals are important because of what they saw or recorded, not because being present implies culpability.

Security and staff near the stage (as reported/claims)​

Several people visible near Charlie at the event have been singled out for closer scrutiny in online analysis:

  • Close‑protection and security staff (as reported/claims):
    • Names such as Rick Cutler, Laine Schoneberger, Dan Flood, and others appear in analyses of security posture and crowd management.
    • Some videos and X/Twitter threads propose detailed theories about specific individuals’ movements (for example, palm‑gun or signaling hypotheses). These theories are explored—explicitly as claims—in Close‑Range “Real Killer” Theories and Patsies and Distraction Actors.
    • Independent of those theories, these individuals are documented as having security or staff roles at or around the event.
  • Campus security and UVU staff (as reported):
    • UVU‑affiliated personnel, including campus police officers and event staff, appear in crowd‑control roles and logistics. Their presence and actions are discussed in Security & Law Enforcement and Before.

Mention of security and staff here serves to locate their roles in the public record, not to draw conclusions about responsibility.

Citizen investigators and content creators (as reported/claims)​

A large part of the public understanding of this case has been shaped by independent online investigators and commentators:

  • Video analysts and researchers (as reported/claims):
    • Accounts such as @ProjectConstitu, @JG_CSTT, @BlakeBednarz, and others have produced flight‑path reconstructions, acoustic studies, 3D site models, and frame‑by‑frame video analyses.
    • Their work is often cited in sections like Timeline, Planes, Drones, and Killer as examples of citizen‑driven inquiry, while being clearly distinguished from official investigations.
  • Legal and political commentators (as reported/claims):
    • Attorneys and commentators using Substack, podcasts, and X/Twitter (for example, those who analyze gag orders or Google Trends data) have contributed legal and political framing that appears in Motive, Legal Investigation, and Media.
  • Media figures covering the case (as reported):
    • Public figures such as Candace Owens, Tucker Carlson, Megyn Kelly, and others have discussed the case on their shows, sometimes sharing texts, clips, or interpretations that significantly influence public narratives.

These individuals are included here because their work and commentary help shape the broader conversation about the case, not because they are alleged to have participated in the event itself.

How to use this page​

Use this page as a navigation aid:

  • To find where particular people are discussed in context (e.g., witness video, security posture, legal process).
  • To remember that being named or analyzed in this project does not imply guilt; many individuals are included because their public roles or footage are relevant to understanding what happened, not because any court has found them responsible for a crime.