Charlie Kirk hands out hats Wednesday before speaking at Utah Valley University in Orem, Utah. He was later fatally shot at the event. (Tess Crowley/The Deseret News via AP)
Charlie Kirk speaks before he is shot Wednesday during Turning Point’s visit to Utah Valley University in Orem, Utah. (Tess Crowley/The Deseret News via AP)
Charlie Kirk hands out hats Wednesday before speaking at Utah Valley University in Orem, Utah. He was later fatally shot at the event. (Tess Crowley/The Deseret News via AP)
OREM, Utah (AP) — Charlie Kirk, a conservative activist and close ally of President Donald Trump who played an influential role in rallying young Republican voters, was shot and killed Wednesday at a Utah college event in what the governor called a political assassination carried out from a