Conservative Utah student says radical left-wing classmate threatened to 'Kirk' him before campus arrest

A blimpish pupil astatine the University of Utah who says a far-left agitator threatened to sprout him successful the cervix astatine a tabling lawsuit slammed assemblage campuses arsenic a breeding crushed for radicalism, and celebrated the apprehension of the alleged perpetrator.

"It was January 12, we were extracurricular tabling and engaging successful debates successful a format akin to those organized by, let's say, Turning Point USA," Riley Beesley told Fox News Digital. The lawsuit was hosted by Reawaken USA, a comparatively caller blimpish radical that tours assemblage campuses, inviting students to person an unfastened dialogue.

Beesley is simply a pupil astatine the University of Utah, and the vice president of the Utah Federation of College Republicans.

In an incidental that was caught connected camera, Beesley recounted that a wide pupil began heckling him and his chap College Republicans, calling them "Nazis," "fascists" and "pigs."

CHARLIE KIRK ASSASSINATION: EXCLUSIVE PHOTOS SHOW PATH TO CAMPUS ROOFTOP WEEKS LATER AS ACCESS SCRUTINIZED

Then, according to Beesley, Dean Stewart, 21, invoked slain blimpish person Charlie Kirk's sanction successful a menace to sprout him and the others who were tabling.

"And soon aft [he] declared to us, 'you should die,' followed by, 'I americium going to Kirk you,' which you could lone deliberation that means I'm either utilizing your imaginativeness going to sprout you oregon termination you," said Beesley.

"As helium walked off, helium positioned himself straight successful beforehand of respective field constabulary officers wherever helium gestured with his arms successful a mode mimicking aiming a firearm astatine us, thrusting them enthusiastically, arsenic I'd say, portion shouting, 'you should die' and calling america 'Nazi pigs,'" helium continued, adding that the constabulary watched the incidental unfold.

Another pupil who was contiguous for the tabling lawsuit antecedently told Fox News Digital that Stewart said helium hoped the students got "Kirked." 

Stewart was arrested conscionable moments aft making the shooting gestures. Both jailhouse records and the University of Utah confirmed his arrest. He was charged with disorderly conduct, making threats and disobeying a lawful order.

Dean Stewart is arrested by University of Utah constabulary connected Monday, Jan. 12, 2026.  (Riley Beesley )

"On Monday, January 12, Dean Stewart, 21, disrupted an lawsuit and yelled astatine a subordinate of Reawaken USA arsenic helium was debating successful beforehand of Marriott Library. Stewart said that helium should beryllium changeable successful the cervix and repeatedly made manus gestures of shooting him with a rifle," the schoolhouse said. 

PROSECUTORS PLAN TO 'DIRTY UP' KIRK SUSPECT TYLER ROBINSON TO SWAY JURY TOWARD DEATH PENALTY: FMR US ATTY

"So the constabulary witnessed this successful real-time, to which instantly they moved successful to apprehend the individual, they detained him," Beesley recalled.

Beesley, who was astatine Utah Valley University connected Sept. 10 erstwhile fishy Tyler Robinson allegedly changeable and killed blimpish titan Kirk, said that Stewart's actions flagrantly crossed the line.

"You're aiming a weapon astatine idiosyncratic and acting arsenic if you're motioning to sprout them. It's profoundly awful," helium said.

"Having been contiguous astatine Utah Valley University connected September 10th, 2025, and lasting with Charlie Kirk specified moments earlier his assassination, it's unsurprising that idiosyncratic could beryllium truthful consumed by hatred that their contiguous absorption upon seeing conservatives connected a assemblage field is to marque them 'Nazis,' marque them consciousness unwelcome done threats, arsenic we witnessed successful the situation, and arsenic this idiosyncratic did, punctual america of what the near is susceptible of, conscionable arsenic Tyler Robinson demonstrated to the full world, lone a abbreviated region distant from wherever we were now," helium continued.

The University of Utah field seen from the apical of the stadium anterior to a crippled betwixt the Utah Utes and TCU Horned Frogs astatine Rice Eccles Stadium connected Oct. 19, 2024, successful Salt Lake City, Utah.  (Aaron M. Sprecher/Getty Images)

Part of the statement astatine the Jan. 12 lawsuit regarded what Beesley says is simply a rising menace of governmental unit from the left.

Some of that blasted should beryllium placed astatine the feet of institutions of higher education, helium said.

DEFIANT TPUSA LEADER WON'T QUIT DESPITE CHAPTER FACING HARASSMENT, HOSTILITY AFTER KIRK ASSASSINATION

"The assemblage universities are radicalizing young radical successful profoundly destructive ways," helium said. "This is truly a genuine destructive harbor of hatred that resides wrong these individuals — that it's astir — it's pugnacious to see, successful cases similar this a tendency to truly person a speech aft this."

"I cognize it's precisely what we request to beryllium retired determination doing, but anytime that we spell retired determination connected our field successful Utah, is determination gonna beryllium a menace that idiosyncratic is going to sprout us? Because this is precisely what we've seen the past 2 times I've been retired determination trying to debate. One, I saw Charlie Kirk murdered, and two, present I'm having idiosyncratic accidental that they're gonna 'Kirk' me."

A spokesperson for the University of Utah directed Fox News Digital to a leafage connected the school's website that explains its anti-bias policy.

Charlie Kirk speaks astatine Utah Valley University connected Sept. 10, 2025 successful Orem, Utah, anterior to his assassination. (Trent Nelson/The Salt Lake Tribune/Getty Images)

"We enactment collaboratively to attraction for 1 different and make an inclusive assemblage wherever each consciousness a consciousness of safety, belonging and purpose," the leafage says.

CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD THE FOX NEWS APP

"As a spot of learning, teaching and research, wherever intelligence curiosity and the exploration of the afloat spectrum of quality thought and thought traditions, are fostered, we invited each viewpoints. We promote robust discussion, disagreement and debate."

Stewart could not beryllium reached for comment.