UVU Courtyard
The UVU courtyard west of the Losee Center is where roughly 3,000 attendees gathered on September 10, 2025 under a white canopy tent whose opening faced east toward the building. Every shooter-location theory — rooftop, tent, tunnel, or grey van — is evaluated against this bowl-shaped space. The courtyard is also where the highest-density witness and camera record exists: TPUSA production gear, press photographers, student phones, and the fixed Canon XA55 rig that captured multi-channel audio independent analysts treat as the best acoustic anchor on site.
Layout and sight lines
Key spatial features from event footage and campus maps:
- Tent and stage — Charlie Kirk spoke from the canopy center; audience seating and standing zones radiated outward across the lawn.
- Losee Center (east) — elevated rooftop alleged in charging documents; ~150 yards to stage.
- Pedestrian tunnel under Campus Drive — north of the courtyard; appears in affidavit movement timelines as the suspect's approach path toward Losee and in alternative-position theories involving rear-of-tent cover.
- Walkways and building edges — balconies, stairwells, and production positions along the courtyard perimeter.
The courtyard was paved over days after the shooting — see Pavers and Hardscape Specialties. That post-event change complicates soil-residue and scene-geometry work discussed under Mic — exploding mic theory.
Canon XA55 audio — four-channel courtyard record
A professional Canon XA55 broadcast camera sat roughly 46 meters from the tent. Per CK_FILE analysis, unlike crowd phones, it recorded uncompressed audio on four separate microphone channels at 48,000 samples per second. Its distance from the stage created an acoustic buffer that separated events phone audio smears together.
The analysis reports sounds arrived high-frequency first, then low — the pattern expected from a supersonic projectile's Mach cone (roughly +114 ms), followed by a muzzle blast (roughly +202 ms, attributed to a source about 120 meters away), rather than a single blast with simultaneous frequencies. The same review claims three distinct low-frequency booms, not one. These are researcher interpretations of the footage, not court findings; see also Proof Not Tyler — acoustic split and Mic overview.
People on the courtyard edge
CK_FILE and witness rosters identify figures along the tent perimeter and production line. All are living persons unless noted; inclusion documents reported proximity only — not guilt or foreknowledge.
| Person | Reported position / role | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Rick Cutler | Behind stage; nicknamed "arm puller" in CK_FILE | Retired officer who reportedly addressed a mechanical issue on the left, then took down the camera behind Charlie — source: CK_FILE; YouTube Tx84ViFZkaA |
| Terryl Farnsworth | AV / sound crew | Commentary alleges SD card removal near equipment before police secured the area — unverified allegation against a living person |
| Hunter Kozak | Audience Q&A line | Reportedly asked the final audience question before the shot |
| Jeb Jacobi | TPUSA volunteer | Described as ~10 feet from stage in witness rosters |
| Mikey McCoy | Near stage | Described as feet from stage; post-shot phone calls documented in timelines |
| Charles McClintock Wilson | ZUMA press | Photojournalist who captured final moments and immediate aftermath |
| Andrew Feraci | TPUSA photographer | Reportedly feet from Kirk when the shot occurred |
| Caleb Chilcutt | UVU TPUSA chapter president | Event-planning witness who helped bring Kirk to campus; on-site during the shooting |
| Phillip Goldsberry Jr. | AV crew — mic placement | CK_FILE questions under-shirt mic vs outdoor windscreen practice (Tent) |
| Jayden Wilson | AV crew | Mic/tent production line per event roster |
| Anthony West | AV crew | Mic/tent production line per event roster |
| Robert Golo | AV crew | Mic/tent production line per event roster |
| Cooper Brown | Audience / Fox chaos account | Eyewitness thread separate from production crew |
| Brayden Glascock | UVU videographer | Campus-side video roster |
Tunnel, grey van, and rear-of-tent acoustic threads
The pedestrian tunnel under Campus Drive appears in both the affidavit suspect route toward Losee Center and in citizen theories placing a shooter or aiming device behind and to the right of the stage, partially obscured by tent fabric. Commentary summarized in Shooting Locations references a grey van parked near the tunnel mouth and a ~4940 Hz left-channel acoustic signature in courtyard-edge audio — attributed in posts to @jonaaronbray — as a possible near-field source distinct from a distant rooftop crack. These threads are hypothesis tools, not established facts.
Adjacent to campus at 785 College Dr, construction worker Dylan Hope reportedly described a man in all-black tactical clothing who did not match the FBI's later public suspect image — a perimeter witness thread tied to black-clothing suspect research, not an accusation against Hope.
Teacher's balcony and south stairwell — alternative-position threads
Beyond the rooftop and tunnel, CK_FILE catalogs two courtyard-adjacent positions that citizen researchers ask investigators to examine:
- Teacher's balcony and the roof above it — a CK_FILE note claims a mechanical device elevated during the shot (and for roughly 20 seconds around it) and lowered right after, asking "what was the device that raised and lowered? Is it gone? Did a bullet come from here?" A separate acoustics thread attributed to a sound engineer and posted by @ProjectConstitu walks through a 3D model the poster says shows the sound arriving from the south, above the teacher's balcony.
- South stairwell / door — CK_FILE lists "possible shots from South stairwell/door," arguing the bullet angle and a muzzle blast visible in video are consistent with a near-courtyard south position rather than the 150-yard Losee rooftop.
These are researcher hypotheses and interpretations of footage, not court findings or accusations against any person. They are documented here because they compete with — and are tested against — the official rooftop account and the acoustic two-event split analysis.
Courtyard in witness footage and analysis
Multiple videos and photos capture the courtyard from different angles, showing:
- Crowd movement and reactions at the moment of the shot and immediately afterward.
- Positioning of security personnel, cameras, and production equipment around the tent and along courtyard edges.
- Background activity in the tunnel and adjacent building areas, which some analysts highlight when discussing alternative shooter positions.
Analysts use these visual records to build 2D and 3D reconstructions, attempt to synchronize audio and video, and test whether proposed trajectories fit the courtyard geometry. Compare Witness Nick (trajectory from Kirk's right), Tyler Robinson — Sept 10, and Proof Not Tyler.
Laws (Charlie Kirk)
- The withheld UVU courtyard camera feeds and the drone flight and video-feed recipients over UVU and geofence warrant data for the courtyard are things that the Charlie Kirk Investigation Laws may result in powerful truths coming out that aren't out yet.
Courtyard as Contested Forensic Space on X
- Paving timelines from GRAMA texts (@BasedSamParker, @ProjectConstitu) argue the courtyard was altered days after the hit, not under a long-planned hardscape schedule.
- Acoustic researchers place a stage-area impulse at the tent inside the courtyard envelope (@jonaaronbray XA55), competing with Losee-only rifle models.
- Counter-posts emphasize biohazard removal and student trauma mitigation once forensics released the scene.
See Pavers, Tent, Losee Center.