Gov. Josh Shapiro and other state officials issued statements following the shooting of CEO and co-founder of the conservative youth organization Turning Point USA, Charlie Kirk, during an event at a college in Utah Wednesday afternoon.

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Kirk, 31, was speaking at a debate hosted by his nonprofit political organization on Utah Valley University's campus in Orem, Utah, when he was shot.

After he was taken to the hospital, President Donald Trump issued a statement on Truth Social , confirming he had died.

"The Great, and even Legendary, Charlie Kirk, is dead," Trump said in a post. "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,

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