State Superintendent Chris Reykdal’s statement on the tragic shootings Wednesday in Colorado and Utah
Wednesday, September 10, 2025
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| Chris Reykdal State Schools Superintendent |
As of the latest update from local police, at least three students, including the suspected shooter, were injured in a shooting at Evergreen High School.
The next state over, in Utah, a young political activist was killed after being shot during an event at Utah Valley University.
Nobody wants this. Every single one of us want our kids to go to school without the fear of gun violence. We want to be able to go to events, and to work, without the fear of gun violence.
My heart is with the individuals, families, and communities that are impacted by today’s violence. It’s with those in Colorado who were injured and are now in critical condition.
The next state over, in Utah, a young political activist was killed after being shot during an event at Utah Valley University.
Nobody wants this. Every single one of us want our kids to go to school without the fear of gun violence. We want to be able to go to events, and to work, without the fear of gun violence.
My heart is with the individuals, families, and communities that are impacted by today’s violence. It’s with those in Colorado who were injured and are now in critical condition.
It’s with the young activist's wife and children who now must navigate their grief. It’s with the high school and college students who witnessed something horrific, and their loved ones who worried about their safety.
And my heart is with all of the first responders who step in to provide protection, investigate, unify families, keep the public informed, and ultimately obtain justice.
Since 2020, gun violence has been the leading cause of death for children and teens in the U.S., making America an outlier when compared to other similar nations.
Our young people deserve better.
Since 2020, gun violence has been the leading cause of death for children and teens in the U.S., making America an outlier when compared to other similar nations.
Our young people deserve better.
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Our young people deserve better than Reykdal at the helm. In his statement, he deliberately conflates two separate events, making it seem like Charlie Kirk's murder happened in the context of school violence.
The truth is that Kirk was assassinated for political reasons by the same violent leftists that no state lawmaker of Reykdal's party ever calls out. Ever. These extremists are responsible for arson at UW, cordoning off parts of UW to prevent Jews from crossing, assaults on journalists in Seattle and Tukwila, and untold other acts of violence. When people refer to political opponents as literal Nazis, this is the next escalatory step.
Reykdal wants to make it about the gun rather than the shooter, but the gun was an ordinary bolt action hunting rifle that nobody claims to want to ban. The real story is the cartridges found loaded in the gun, which had, according to the FBI, "engraved wording on them expressing transgender and anti-fascist ideology."
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