the Guardian By Jenna Amatulli, Anna Betts and Maya Yang
Turning Point USA executive director can be seen in video getting struck but condition is unknown
Charlie Kirk, the powerful rightwing activist, Trump ally and executive director of Turning Point USA (TPUSA), has been shot on Wednesday while hosting an event in Utah.
In video posts circulating on social media, Kirk can be seen getting struck while speaking and sitting beneath a tent in the Utah Valley University courtyard. Kirk was there as part of The American Comeback Tour, which is hosted by the TPUSA chapter at Utah Valley. There is also video footage of students on campus running away from the sound of gunshots.
“Today at about 12.10 a shot was fired at the visiting speaker, Charlie Kirk,” the Uuniversity said in a statement. “He was hit and taken from the location by his security. Campus police is investigating, a suspect is in custody.”
The school added that the campus has been closed and that classes are canceled until further notice.
“Police are investigating,” the university added. “Leave campus immediately.”
A spokeswoman for Utah Valley University told the Times that Kirk was struck by a suspect who had fired from a building about 200 yards away and that the suspect was not a student.
The TPUSA press team confirmed to Fox News that Kirk had been shot, but that his condition was unknown.
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