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- Right-wing political commentator Charlie Kirk has died at age 31, according to President Donald Trump
- Kirk was fatally shot during a campus event at Utah Valley University on Wednesday, Sept. 10
- Kirk founded conservative advocacy group Turning Point USA in 2012, for which he served as executive director, and made a name for himself on social media and as a vocal supporter of Trump
Charlie Kirk has died at age 31 after being shot during a campus event at Utah Valley University on Wednesday, Sept. 10, according to President Donald Trump.
“The Great, and even Legendary, Charlie Kirk, is dead,” the president shared on Truth Social on Wednesday afternoon. “No one understood or had the Heart of the Youth in the United States of America better than Charlie. He was loved and admired by ALL, especially me, and now, he is no longer with us.”
Kirk, a right-wing media personality who founded conservative advocacy group Turning Point USA, was manning his signature “Prove Me Wrong” table on the first stop of his American Comeback Tour in Orem, Utah, when shots were fired. Video posted from the event appeared to show Kirk being struck in the side of the head or neck as he spoke to the crowd from under a white pop-up tent.
After the shot rang out, the crowd dispersed in a panic, with onlookers shouting, “Run, run, run!”
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