Fear, terror and confusion gripped Utah Valley University as students recounted the chaos following the assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk at their school.

One couple who witnessed the shooting said the loud bang initially did not sound like a gunshot, but the panic that ensued made them realize something was wrong.

"We were just talking for a little bit, and then we heard a loud noise, and at first I didn't think it was a gunshot. I thought it might be like someone, I don't know, setting off, like, a firework or something," said Spencer Evans, a senior at Utah Valley University. "But, everyone started running, and then we heard people say that they saw blood and so that's what started to get scary. So we were running out of there."

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