Conservative activist, Charlie Kirk, was shot and killed while speaking at Utah Valley University Wednesday as part of his American Comeback Tour .

Kirk was speaking under a tent on the Orem campus around 12:20 p.m. Wednesday, when a single gunshot rang out, striking him in the neck. Video footage posted on social media shows the large crowd scrambling for cover and fleeing the area. Kirk was rushed to a nearby hospital and President Donald Trump later announced on social media that Kirk had died.

"The Great, and even Legendary, Charlie Kirk, is dead," wrote the president. "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 ALL, especially me, and now, he is no longer with us. Melania and my Sympathies go out

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