Gov. Ron DeSantis spoke at a 9/11 memorial ceremony that was held at the Curlew Hills Memory Gardens in Palm Harbor on Thursday morning. The event was held to honor those who lost their lives in the attacks in New York City on Sept.

Kirk was shot at a conservative youth political event at the Utah Valley University on Wednesday and was reportedly in critical condition around the time DeSantis spoke in Miami. President Donald Trump said shortly after on social media that the "Great and even Legendary, Charlie Kirk, is dead."

Shortly after DeSantis spoke, President Donald Trump announced that Kirk had been killed in the shooting. "What happened today was not just an attack on Charlie personally but rea

DeSantis spoke at the ceremony to honor and remember the 3,000 victims and the first responders who stepped in to help.

Conservative activist Charlie Kirk was murdered Wednesday during a debate with college students on the Utah Valley University college campus.

At a 9/11 remembrance ceremony in Palm Harbor on Thursday, Gov. Ron DeSantis paused to address Kirk’s death, calling it an attack on free expression.

Kirk was no stranger to Florida. He owns a condo on Longboat Key and started his "American Comeback Tour" at the University of South Florida in Tampa in February before heading to the University of Florida in Gainesville and then Florida State University in Tallahassee.

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis demands justice on 'Jesse Watters Primetime' for Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk after he was assassinated on a college campus.

With the manhunt ongoing for Charlie Kirk’s killer, Utah’s Republican Gov. Spencer Cox warned Wednesday that “we still have the death penalty” in the state. Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis likewise called for a “quick death penalty prosecution.”