AUSTIN (KAMR/KCIT) — President Donald Trump released a statement ordering American flags to be lowered to half-staff until Sunday in honor of Conservative Activist Charlie Kirk, who was shot and killed on Wednesday at an event in Utah.

As was previously reported on Myhighplains, Kirk was speaking at an event at Utah Valley University in Orem during an event for the organization Turning Point.

President Trump issued the following statement via social media post:

A PROCLAMATION As a mark of respect for the memory of Charlie Kirk, by the authority vested in me as President of the United States by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, I hereby order that the flag of the United States shall be flown at half-staff at the White House and upon all public buildings and g

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