Charlie Kirk’s family has filed a wrongful death notice ahead of a possible lawsuit against Utah Valley University officials. The notice preserves the family’s statute of limitations.
“Through a series of stunning failures and reckless decisions, the UVU Parties created a foreseeable danger to Charlie,” the notice, obtained by ABC News, reads. “Those decisions ultimately rendered Mr. Kirk helpless to the rooftop shooter in an assassination that could have been avoided had the UVU Parties only taken reasonable steps to plan and oversee a safe event, steps outlined below that have been standard practice for other universities hosting controversial speakers.”
It adds that the university failed to conduct a “meaningful risk assessment” and did not take measures that could have prevented Kirk’s death. “If such footage had been monitored in real-time, Kirk’s tragic death could have been avoided,” the notice asserts.
The notice alleged that the university ignored a concern regarding rooftop access.
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“When a TPUSA official informed Chief Long of the concern and asked ‘if this is true, it would be nice to either have it controlled access or allow one of my guys to be there as well. If Possible.’ Chief Long responded by saying, ‘I got you covered,’” the document states. “This led TPUSA to reasonably conclude that UVU had a plan to address the identified risk and other similar risks (most obviously the risk from other rooftops) without TPUSA involvement.”
Brett Parkinson, legal counsel for the Kirks, said in a statement to ABC News, in part, that his assassination was “entirely preventable and, in fact, would not have happened had the State of Utah and UVU followed through on their stated security promises, which included protecting the rooftops surrounding the quad where Charlie was speaking.”
Parkinson added, “Those failures not only robbed Charlie Kirk of his life, but also robbed his family of their husband, father, son, and brother, with impacts that will compound for the rest of their lives. Justice and accountability under the law are key tenets of the American judicial system. This claim preserves the right of Charlie Kirk’s family to pursue accountability for Charlie’s death.”
Meanwhile, Tyler Robinson, the man accused of assassinating Kirk, will stand trial after a judge found that prosecutors have enough evidence to move forward on charges.
This article originally appeared on American Faith, and is reposted with permission.
