San Diego County political leaders roundly condemned Wednesday's fatal shooting of conservative commentator Charlie Kirk during a speech in Utah, saying political violence is never acceptable.

Kirk, 31, was speaking at an event attended by hundreds of people on the campus of Utah Valley University when a single shot rang out and Kirk appeared to fall backward in his chair on stage. The Associated Press, citing a law enforcement source, initially reported Wednesday afternoon that Kirk was in critical condition, but around 1:45 p.m., President Donald Trump said Kirk had died.

"The great, and even legendary, Charlie Kirk, is dead," Trump wrote on social media. "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 al

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