ExclusiveCharlie Kirk Dead After Being Shot at Utah Event: Trump

Charlie Kirk, 31, the founder of Turning Point USA, TPUSA, and a powerful conservative influencer, died after he was shot on Wednesday at an event at Utah Valley University in Orem, Utah, President Donald Trump said. He wrote in a social media post, The great and even legendary Charlie Kirk is dead. No one understood or had the heart of the youth in the United States of America better than Charlie. He was loved and admired by all, especially me. And now he's no longer with us. Melania and my sympathies go out to his beautiful wife, Erica, and family. Charlie, we love you. The suspect is reportedly still at large, though the university said earlier that a male suspect was taken into custody. Utah Valley University closed the campus and asked all people to leave. UVU campus is closed. Classes cancelled. Those on campus secure in place until police officers can escort you safely off campus. Police are currently going building to building escorting people off campus. Roads to campus are currently closed, it said in a statement.