Conservative Activist Charlie Kirk Dead

Tonight, conservative firebrand and close ally of President Trump, Charlie Kirk, shot and killed by a sniper while speaking at a college in Utah. The 31-year-old was traveling the country, inviting people with differing views

to ask him questions, to disagree with him. It was during one of those events today he was shot in the neck.

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It's chaos as shots ring out on the campus of Utah Valley University. Students flee after conservative activist Charlie Kirk is targeted by an assassin. Kirk was addressing a gathering of students when he was shot in the neck. At the time, he was actually talking about gun

violence. You know how many mass shooters there have been in America over the last 10 years?

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All the broadcast networks broke into regular programming. They're coming on air with breaking news right now.

Conservative activist Charlie Kirk who appears to have been shot in the neck.

Brock Bales is a student at the university. There's a ton of people crying, screaming.

It was just chaotic.

Former Utah Congressman and Fox News personality, Jason Chaffetz, was also there.

I happened to be watching Charlie. I can't say I saw blood. I can't say I saw him get shot, but as soon as that shot went out, he fell back.

Megan Kelly broke down in tears.

I don't know how he is. I don't know if he's okay. I don't know what the state of his injuries are.

An active shooter at the Charlie Kirk event is on top of this building wearing jeans, black shirt, black vest.

How dare you?

Cops were seen detaining a man, his hands cuffed, his pants around his ankles, but according to a university spokesman, he's not the gunman. This is less

Trent in D. C. Moments after Charlie Kirk was shot today, President Trump cleared his schedule. His top administration officials gathered in the situation room to monitor events. Trump posting. We must pray for Charlie Kirk, a great guy from top to bottom.

Then at 4.40pm, he posted the terrible news. The great and even legendary Charlie Kirk is dead.

So who was Charlie Kirk? He was one of the most outspoken conservative voices in the country. And he also never shied away from controversy.

Charlie Kirk has been a staunch Trump supporter since the president's 2016 campaign. And here he is speaking at the GOP convention last year that nominated Trump. He also spoke at the presidential inauguration. Kirk has been called the Trump whisperer because of his closeness to the president and the administration. Here he is on stage with Donald Trump Jr. at the Turning Point Convention,

the organization he founded to promote conservative values on college campuses. He has millions of followers on social media and crisscrosses the country speaking at high school and college events. He has a reputation for getting crowds worked up, and he doesn't back down if you disagree with him.

He and his wife, Erica, have't back down if you disagree with him.

He and his wife, Erica, have two children, He and his wife, Erica, have two children, a boy and a girl.