UPDATE, 9/10/2025, 3:47 p.m.: President Donald Trump announced on Truth Social that Charlie Kirk has died. A Kirk spokesperson confirmed the news to The New York Times. This article has been updated to include reactions from North Texas politicians.
"The Great, and even Legendary, Charlie Kirk, is dead," Trump wrote. "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 is no longer with us. Melania and my Sympathies go out to his beautiful wife Erika, and family. Charlie, we love you!"
UPDATE, 9/10/2025, 3:05 p.m.: Contrary to earlier reports, a suspect in the Charlie Kirk shooting is not in custody. The New York Times reports, "The police have determined that a person who was