Charlie Kirk, the conservative political activist and co-founder of Turning Point USA, was killed Wednesday after being shot at an event at Utah Valley University, President Donald Trump wrote on Truth Social.

Mr. Kirk, 31, the founder of a right-wing youth activist group, was shot while speaking at the university on Wednesday.

U.S. right-wing political activist Charlie Kirk was part of a constellation of influencers who helped amplify Republican President Donald Trump's agenda, galvanizing conservative youth and rising to international prominence with often inflammatory rhetoric focused on such issues as race,

The Ingraham Angle' panelists discuss the investigation into the assassination of Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk.

Mr. Kirk, the founder of the conservative political group Turning Point USA was fatally shot while speaking at a campus event at Utah Valley University, in Orem, Utah, as he spoke to a crowd assembled at an outdoor space. The event was the first stop on Mr. Kirk’s American Comeback Tour, with stops scheduled at college campuses throughout the fall.

Jesse Watters, a Fox News conservative political commentator, called Wednesday’s shooting unacceptable and denounced some politicians and members of the media for their thoughts on the shooting as “rats.

Charlie Kirk, the 31-year-old activist who was shot at an appearance at a Utah college Wednesday, personifies the pugnacious, populist conservatism that has taken over the Republican Party in the