University of Utah student arrested for allegedly making threatening gestures

A College of Utah scholar was arrested Monday after a viral video caught him allegedly making gun gestures and threatening to shoot conservative campus audio system throughout a public debate exterior the college’s Marriott Library.

Dean Stewart, 21, was arrested by College of Utah police and charged with disorderly conduct, uttering threats and disobeying a lawful order, the college stated.

A video of the incident, which went viral on social media, appeared to point out Stewart making a capturing gesture at audio system from Reawaken USA, a conservative group primarily based on the College of Utah.

Reawaken USA has a campus tour program much like that of the late Charlie Kirk’s group Turning Level USA (TPUSA), by which audio system journey to numerous universities to debate political points.

A scholar allegedly threatened conservative debaters on the College of Utah. (Get up USA)

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“Holy s—, did you see that,” says 19-year-old Reawaken USA speaker Aden Nicholas within the background of the video.

Reawaken USA founder, president and CEO James Owen instructed Fox Information Digital that he and Nicholas had been debating a scholar in entrance of the Marriott Library when Stewart approached them.

“He known as us ‘Nazi pigs’ and began saying that somebody ought to shoot us within the neck,” Owen stated. “Then he stated, ‘I ought to kill you.’ He began making gun motions at us, went into the gang, got here again out after which saved making gun motions and stated, ‘I’ve to shoot you.’ He stated, “Do not get too shut or I would kill you.” As he walked away, he made a pump-action shotgun movement, after which the police acquired up and arrested him.

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College officers stated in an announcement that Stewart “disrupted an occasion,” instructed audio system to “shoot within the neck” and “repeatedly made hand gestures of capturing.” [them] with a gun.”

“He stated he ‘hoped we’d get shot within the neck’ and ‘get kirked,’” stated Nicholas, who had by no means protested on a university campus earlier than.

Kirk, the founding father of TPUSA, was murdered on September 10, 2025 whereas visiting Utah Valley College in Orem, Utah.

The College of Utah scholar allegedly made a capturing transfer on campus. (Get up USA)

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His accused killer, Tyler Robinson, is charged with aggravated homicide and faces the dying penalty if convicted.

Police responded “in a short time,” Owen stated, choosing up Stewart and asking Reawaken officers in the event that they wished to file expenses, they usually agreed.

Regardless of Monday’s incident, Reawaken USA continued its tour on Tuesday, with Owens noting a scholar who intervened throughout Stewart’s obvious outburst.

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“A type of college students who was extraordinarily hostile got here as much as the microphone and even stopped [Stewart] earlier than he went out to do [the shooting motion] the second time,” Owens stated. “Safety heard them say, ‘Hey dude, I do know we do not agree with these guys, however they appear very nice. I do not suppose it’s best to try this.’ … The scholars really responded. If you cannot consider it [it, our topic] was ‘the left is extra violent than the appropriate’, they usually sat there, and I feel they realized they wanted that[ed] to crush that.

The College of Utah confirmed that the particular person arrested within the incident was a 21-year-old scholar. (Aaron M. Sprecher/Getty Photos)

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“After the occasion, as we had been escorted out by our safety, [an attendee] got here as much as me and stated, “Hey James, I do know we have argued with you about it, however we will see the place you are proper. Are you right here tomorrow?'” he continued. “I stated, ‘Sure,’ and [Tuesday]once we got here [back]greater than 150 college students confirmed up. They instantly got here up and stated, “James, we seemed up all of the stats. We will see it.’ In entrance of me and Aden they stated, ‘What can we do?’ … We’re not making an attempt to personal the liberals. We’re making an attempt to bridge the hole, eradicate the polarization… and convey folks to the reality.”

Owen based Reawaken USA after Kirk’s dying, with a mission to “establish, develop and deploy the subsequent technology of cultural leaders.”

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“When Charlie Kirk died, everybody noticed a void,” Owen stated. “I had a variety of alternatives, a variety of organizations approached me to signal me. … As a substitute of focusing all the eye on me on tour, I made a decision I wished to do one thing extra.”

Reawaken USA teamed up with a lot of political influencers for the tour, together with Nicholas, a current school graduate who began working as a congressional marketing campaign supervisor on the age of 17.

“His imaginative and prescient for Reawaken was one thing that basically captivated me from the beginning,” Nicholas stated. “We known as some time in the past about one thing utterly unrelated, and towards the tip of the dialog James stated, ‘You already know, I actually suppose it’s best to begin influencing. Are you able to think about your self behind a debate desk?’

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“I’ve relations who particularly [said]”Are you able to promise you will not go to school campuses to debate?” I assumed it was all very ironic,” he continued. “I simply actually take pleasure in having discussions about completely different insurance policies, completely different cultural views, completely different political views, as a result of I feel that is one thing that we’re lacking in America. Whether or not you want Charlie Kirk or not, everybody admits that he was prepared to have the dialog, and that is what I used to be tremendous enthusiastic about.”

Reawaken USA will make 32 stops on its campus tour, touring to states together with Utah, California, New York and Pennsylvania.