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Tim Ballard

Disclaimer: Inclusion on this page does not imply that this individual had knowledge of, participated in, or committed any illegal or immoral act. This page documents their publicly known connection to the events of September 10, 2025 for investigative reference only.

Living Person Notice: Tim Ballard is a living person. We document his public role and his own reported public statements only, with attribution. We do not assert wrongdoing.

Investigative Value

Tim Ballard is described in the investigation file as the owner of a security company and is cited as a security expert commenting on the response to the September 10, 2025 shooting. His relevance to the case is limited and indirect: according to the file, Ballard publicly stated that people should not believe the theory that this was a lone shooter. That is presented here as his attributed opinion, offered as an outside expert view — not as a proven fact about the case. See Killer and Proof — Not Tyler.

The file also notes, for completeness and context only, that Ballard was sued in 2023 by Rick Cutler, who reportedly previously worked with him. That civil matter is unrelated to the shooting and is included only because both names appear in the surrounding source material.

Role — September 10, 2025

Field	Value
Described role	Security-company owner; outside security expert commenting on the case
Connection to CK case	Publicly questioned the lone-shooter theory
Status	Alive

What is reported

• Per the file, Ballard is a security company owner who spoke publicly about the shooting.
• Reportedly, he cautioned against accepting a "lone shooter" explanation — presented here as his attributed opinion, not a site conclusion.
• The file separately notes a 2023 lawsuit in which Rick Cutler sued Ballard; the two reportedly had a prior working relationship. This is background context and is not tied to the shooting.
• Counterpoint: Ballard's remarks are commentary. Nothing in the file connects him to the events at UVU beyond his role as a commentator, and no claim of wrongdoing is made against him here.

Open Questions

1. What specific reasoning did Ballard give for doubting the lone-shooter account?
2. Does Ballard's professional analysis point to any verifiable evidence, or is it general opinion?
3. Is his prior connection to Rick Cutler relevant to the case, or purely coincidental background?

Status

Status: Alive.

Sources

• Public commentary and reporting, including social-media discussion, report Ballard's public remarks on the shooting and reference a 2023 civil lawsuit. His statements are reported as his own opinion and are not independently verified here.

Public commentary

Tim Ballard appears in public Charlie Kirk assassination discussion as a security-company owner cited as a security expert who publicly questioned the lone-shooter theory. Nothing here is a finding of criminal guilt.

How the name enters the record

Citizen investigators and media discuss hundreds of peripheral names — witnesses, staff, relatives, prosecutors, commentators, and people who only appear in search-trend or list compilations. Inclusion documents that the name is discussed, not that the person did anything wrong.

Questions raised in public discussion

1. Is there a primary source (court filing, on-the-record interview, authenticated video) tying this person to September 10, 2025, or only secondary social posts?
2. If the person is a witness, staffer, or official, what scope of testimony or records would clarify the official timeline?
3. Have debunkings or corrections been published that remove the name from serious inquiry?

Living persons are presumed innocent. Unverified "person of interest" list culture is recorded as a social phenomenon of the case, not adopted as the site's accusation.

Security network overlap

Some citizen investigators note that Rick Cutler's post-retirement anti-trafficking work has been described as intersecting Operation Underground Railroad networks founded by Tim Ballard, and that Cutler sued Ballard in 2023 after prior collaboration (per public commentary and bios). Those facts, if accurate, are civil/network background.

This site does not claim Ballard planned, ordered, or participated in the assassination. Network-overlap mapping is a standard OSINT method; it is not proof of a criminal conspiracy.

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Interesting

• A .30-06 carries eight times a 9mm's energy, yet the round reportedly never exited.
• The confession-style texts came from a third party's phone, released as photographs rather than device data.
• Booking number 460956 reportedly carries two arrest times six hours apart.

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Tim Ballard at the Garden Tomb: 'It Was Not a Lone Shooter'A 24-second social clip in which Tim Ballard, filmed at the Garden Tomb in Jerusalem, tells viewers not to believe the official account.

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