Several Minnesota politicians and mourners memorialized conservative activist Charlie Kirk on Wednesday, as news of his assassination at a college event in Utah shocked the nation. Kirk, the co-founder and chief executive of the youth organization Turning Point USA,

If your reaction to yesterday is to declare ‘war on the left,’ shame on you. YOU are the problem. Be better. Put your country first,” Walsh wrote.

The shooting of Kirk is the latest apparent act of political violence to rock the country. In June, Minnesota House Speaker Emerita Melissa Hortman and her husband, Mark, were assassinated in their Brooklyn Park home. Kirk was scheduled to appear at the University of Minnesota on Sept. 22.

The popular conservative activist killed while speaking at a college campus in Utah Wednesday was also scheduled for a Minnesota visit later this month.

Kirk's death followed attacks in recent years on Trump, state governors, state lawmakers, members of Congress and even the US Capitol.

There's a social media post that's gone viral on multiple platforms involving Minnesota Vikings wide receiver Justin Jefferson and Charlie Kirk, who was assassinated in Utah on Wednesday.

This is a tragedy. Charlie Kirk’s death is heartbreaking — for his wife, for his children, for his family, friends and community. And it is a tragedy for all Americans, because political violence is never acceptable. The killing is the latest in a disturbing string of attacks.

Our decline did not begin with the horrific slaying Wednesday of Charlie Kirk, a 31-year-old father and conservative media superstar, and it will not end with it.

But the core of the problem that killed Charlie Kirk, that killed Democratic Minnesota state Rep. Melissa Hortman and her husband in June, and threatens us all, is that instead of disagreeing with our political rivals, we dehumanize them, portray them as evil, deserving of the worst fate.

"Democrats own this," the South Carolina Republican claimed. Police say the shooting suspect is not in custody.