The Utah Valley University student who exchanged words with Charlie Kirk just seconds before the conservative activist was shot and killed has broken his silence.
Hunter Kozak called the assassination 'a tragedy' and urged those celebrating Kirk's death to 'stay peaceful.'
'It's hard to grapple with,' said Kozak in an emotional Instagram video posted on Thursday.
Kirk was speaking at a debate on Wednesday at Utah Valley University when authorities said a sniper fired from a distant rooftop.
Kozak, a mathematics student at UVU, was the final audience member to speak during the Q&A portion of Kirk's campus event when the Turning Point USA founder was fatally shot.
