Charlie Kirk, founder of Turning Point USA, speaks during a "Unite and Win" rally held by Turning Point Action at the Arizona Financial Theatre in Phoenix, Arizona on Aug. 14, 2022.
Charlie Kirk, founder of Turning Point USA, speaks during the Turning Point USA's Young Latino Leadership Summit at the Arizona Biltmore Resort in Phoenix on April 18, 2021.

Officials are set to address the media after conservative media personality Charlie Kirk was fatally shot during a campus event in Orem, Utah.

President Donald Trump confirmed the news of Kirk's death, writing in a Truth Social post that "no one understood or had the Heart of the Youth in the United States of America better than Charlie."

Kirk, 31, was shot in the neck while hosting the first "prove me wrong table," a series of live debates held at schools and universities across the country, at Utah Valley University.

Kirk's collection of stops, where members of the audience got the chance to debate Kirk in a public setting, were dubbed "The American Comeback Tour." The event was scheduled for 12 p.m. local time on Sept. 10.

The university said campus is closed and classes are canceled until further notice. The details surrounding the shooting were not immediately available, but authorities have urged students and faculty to leave the area immediately and await police instruction.

Officials hold press conference after Charlie Kirk killed: How to watch

A news conference is set to begin at roughly 6:20 p.m. ET and will be livestreamed on the Utah Department of Public Safety's Instagram account, the agency confirmed to USA TODAY.

Who is Charlie Kirk?

Kirk has become a national figure as a conservative influencer and as the founder of Turning Point USA, an organization that pushes for conservative politics on high school and college campuses.

In 2024, he spoke at the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee, where he gave a speech focusing on what Kirk says he heard from young people around the U.S.

This story was updated with additional information.

Contributing: N'dea Yancey-Bragg, Joey Garrison, Josh Meyer, Aysha Bagchi, Dinah Voyles Pulver and Bart Jansen, USA TODAY

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