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OREM, Utah - FBI Director Kash Patel announced that the suspected gunman taken into custody after the fatal shooting of conservative activist and Trump ally Charlie Kirk on Wednesday has been released.

The incident has drawn renewed attention to the threat of political violence across the United States.

The death was announced on social media by Trump, who praised the 31-year-old Kirk, the co-founder and CEO of the youth organization Turning Point USA , as "Great, and even Legendary."

Videos posted to social media show Kirk speaking into a handheld microphone while sitting under a white tent emblazoned with the slogan "The American Comeback" and "Prove Me Wrong." A single shot rings out and Kirk can be seen reaching for his neck with his right hand. Stunned spectators can

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