Right-wing activist Charlie Kirk died after a shooting at an outdoor speaking event at Utah Valley University on Wednesday, according to President Trump.

NPR is working to independently verify Kirk’s death.

“The Great, and even Legendary, Charlie Kirk, is dead,” Trump wrote in a Truth Social post. “No one understood or had the Heart of the Youth in the United States of America better than Charlie.”

Utah Valley University said a suspect in the shooting is not in custody. In an email to NPR, university spokeswoman Ellen Treanor said a person had been detained earlier but said, “That individual was released, it is still an active investigation.”

The university said in a post that “at about 12:10 a shot was fired at the visiting speaker, Charlie Kirk. He was hit and taken from the locati

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