Charlie Kirk Dead at 31, Trump Announces

Charlie Kirk — the controversial conservative commentator — has died after being shot within the neck on a school campus, Donald Trump introduced on social media.

POTUS made the announcement on his web site Truth Social Wednesday afternoon, claiming Kirk had died after sustaining accidents from a capturing on the Utah Valley University campus in Orem, UT.

As you already know … Kirk was shot round 1 PM native time at a Q&A with college students the place a whole lot of individuals, together with some protesters, had gathered.

Video of the capturing — which seems to indicate Kirk taking a bullet to the neck — is circulating on-line.

UVU launched an announcement which reads, partly, “There was a single shot fired from the highest of a close-by constructing about 200 yards away to the most effective of our information he has been hit and a suspect is in custody.

However, a spokesperson for the University rapidly modified their tune on whether or not the suspect is in custody. First, the rep mentioned the person was in custody … now the rep is saying he isn’t underneath arrest and has been launched.

Kirk gained nationwide recognition when he cofounded Turning Point USA at simply 18 years outdated. TPUSA is a nonprofit group dedicated to advocating for conservative politics on highschool and school campuses.

Charlie frequently went viral for movies wherein he debated liberal college students … and, his posts on X had been extremely divisive.

Kirk was a loyal ally of President Donald Trump … selling election fraud misinformation after the 2020 election. He additionally appeared earlier than a House Committee on the January 6 riots as a result of Turning Point despatched a number of buses to the rally. He pled the Fifth to questions posed by the committee, although his workforce mentioned they did hand over hundreds of paperwork to the committee.

After the capturing, President Trump tweeted out, “We must all pray for Charlie Kirk, who has been shot. A great guy from top to bottom. GOD BLESS HIM!”

Kirk met Erika Frantzve in 2018, and the 2 married in 2021. They share two youngsters — a daughter born in ’22 and a son born in ’24.

Kirk was 31.