Book on Kirk Shooting Published Prior to the Event

As people were coming to terms with the senseless violence that led to the tragic loss of American icon, Charlie Kirk, of course it would be natural to expect theories begin to emerge. In time, myriads of books would be written about it. But how does a book on the shooting get listed on Amazon the day before the shooting? The book is called, The Shooting of Charlie Kirk, by Anastasia J. Casey. As you can see here in Figure 1, the listing date is September 9 – one day prior to Charlie Kirk’s tragic assassination.

I heard about it on social media so, naturally, with all of the conspiracy theories, this needed some investigation and verification. Sure enough. There it was, with a listing date of September 9. Initially, when the search result was selected, as expected, it directed to the listing. Soon after, however, the listing was removed, but the search results remained. Numerous times, as this article was being written, the search results were refreshed and the listing was among the results. Eventually, prior to publishing this, the search results were also cleared of any indication of the book. At the time of the publishing of this article, the search results appear as shown in Figure 2. There are other titles by the name, but no longer any by an author, Anastasia J. Casey.

So what could explain this? And wouldn’t you think there might be a few people interested in talking to the author? Who is Anastasia J Casey? We turned to sometimes-reliable, Grok, to see what might be known about her, and found the following:

“Anastasia J. Casey is the author of The Shooting of Charlie Kirk: A Comprehensive Account of the Utah Valley University Attack, the Aftermath, and America’s Response*, published on September 11, 2025, in hardcover and September 9, 2025, as a Kindle edition. The book details a violent incident involving conservative activist Charlie Kirk at Utah Valley University on September 10, 2025, exploring the event, its aftermath, and broader societal implications like political polarization and campus safety. Beyond this, there is limited publicly available information about Casey’s background, such as her biography, profession, or other works, based on the provided sources. She appears to be a distinct author from others with similar names, like Casey D. Parisi, who wrote a different book on the same event.[](https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0FQMF466K)[](https://isbnsearch.org/isbn/9798264842788)[](https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0FQPNNPRL).”

(Interestingly, the ISBN information shown here didn’t appear until I pasted the text from Grok into the text editor.)

See anything wrong there? Grok is, of course, subject to hallucinations, so it called for the obvious follow-up question, “If Charlie Kirk was shot on September 10, how could this have been available on September 9?”, to which Grok replied:

“The discrepancy between the September 10, 2025, shooting of Charlie Kirk and the September 9, 2025, Kindle edition release date of *The Shooting of Charlie Kirk* by Anastasia J. Casey likely stems from a publishing error or confusion in the metadata. The hardcover edition is listed as published on September 11, 2025, which aligns with the event’s timeline, as it would allow time for the book to be written and published post-incident. The Kindle edition’s September 9 date, predating the shooting, is likely a mistake in the listing, such as a typo or an automated placeholder date not updated by the publisher. Alternatively, it could reflect an intended pre-release for a different book or an erroneous early digital release. No evidence suggests the book was actually available before the event, and such a discrepancy is common in publishing when metadata is not synchronized across formats.[](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killing_of_Charlie_Kirk).”

While Grok is running to the defense of anything that might be truly out of the ordinary, others discussing the mystery on social media were less charitable, with one person noting that listing dates may be assigned when they are initially started – not when they are ultimately published. Undoubtedly there will be an abundance of speculation.

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