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Controversial political commentator Charlie Kirk was shot and killed during a speaking engagement at Utah Valley University in Orem, Utah today.

The conservative media figure was just 31 years old.

Kirk was rushed to a nearby hospital, where he was initially reported to be in critical but stable condition.

Less than an hour later, however, his death was announced by President Donald Trump:

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

“He was loved and admired by ALL, especially me, and now, he is no longer with us. Melania and my Sympathies go out to his beautiful wife Erika, and family. Charlie, we lov

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