President Donald Trump shared a tragic update to the shooting at Utah Valley University .

Charlie Kirk , co-founder of conservative youth advocacy organization Turning Point USA, died Sept. 10 after he was shot while hosting an event at Utah Valley University in Orem, Utah, Trump confirmed in a statement. He was 31.

"The Great, and even Legendary, Charlie Kirk, is dead,” the president, who was a friend of the right-wing influencer, wrote on Truth Social Sept. 10. “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.”

Referencing Kirk’s wife Erika Frantzve , with whom he shared daughter Sarah Rose , 3, and a 15-month-old son whose name has not b

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