OREM, Utah — Conservative activist Charlie Kirk , 31, was shot and killed in what Utah's governor called a "political assassination" while speaking at an event on Wednesday.

President Donald Trump confirmed Kirk's death 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," Trump wrote on social media. "He was loved and admired by ALL, especially me, and now, he is no longer with us. Melania and my Sympathies go out to his beautiful wife Erika, and family. Charlie, we love you!"

A man taken into custody immediately after Kirk was shot was eventually determined not to be the shooting suspect, but was charged with obstructing justice, officials said.

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