MAGA Pundit Charlie Kirk Shot Dead at University Speaking Event
Charlie Kirk was shot down during a university event in UTAH on Wednesday.
The founder of Turning Point USA, 31 years old, spoke at the University of Utah Valley as part of his American tour when he was hit on the neck by a single ball. The videos taken by the participants in the event show that Kirk was bleeding abundantly on the side of his neck after the blow rang.
Kirk, a university dropout, had become one of the most eminent conservative activists in the country, attracting mass of young people to the republican cause by meeting them and debating them on university campuses across the country. He was one of the few conservative personalities to maintain regular contact with Donald Trump and was recognized for playing a critical role In re -elected Trump in 2024.
He was an activist firm against abortion, transgender care and, in particular, control of firearms.
Trump wrote in Kirk a brief British on Truth Social on Wednesday, announcing that he had not survived the attack.
“The big, and even legendary, Charlie Kirk, is dead”, Trump wrote. “No one understood or had the hearts of young people in America better than Charlie. He was loved and admired by all, especially me, and now he is no longer with us. Melania and my sympathies go to her beautiful wife Erika, and to her family. Charlie, we love you! “
The president too ordered The reports on government buildings are lowered to half of the staff until Sunday at 6:00 pm to honor Kirk, whom he described as a “great American patriot”.
Andrew Kolvet, Kirk spokesperson, also confirmed Kirk’s death. Kirk is survived by his wife Erika Frantzve and two children.
A few moments before being killed, Kirk discussed the question of armed violence in America with a member of the public on the Green campus.
“Do you know how many mass shooters have there have been in America in the past 10 years?” Asked the participant.
“Count or not count the violence of the gangs?” Church repliedA few seconds before being struck.
The conservative shooting brand has become well known for its fervent and often extreme arguments against the regulation of firearms. In 2023, Kirk said he thought it was worth it “to die from armed violence as long as the current rights of Americans in the second amendment remained intact.
“I think it is worth having a cost, unfortunately, of deaths by firearms each year so that we can have the second amendment to protect our other rights given by God”, Kirk said at the time. “It is a prudent affair. It is rational. No one speaks like that. They live in a complete alternative universe.”
Kirk’s comments in 2023 occurred a week after three children and three adults were killed at the Christian Covenant School in Nashville, Tennessee.
This story has been updated.
