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Charlie Kirk, the conservative firebrand and founder of Turning Point USA, died after being shot while speaking at Utah Valley University on Wednesday.

Kirk, 31, was on campus for the first stop of his American Comeback Tour.

Kirk's murder is just the latest assassination attempt in an increasingly intense American political environment—it comes amid a spike in political violence across all parts of the ideological spectrum.

WASHINGTON - Charlie Kirk, the conservative firebrand and founder of Turning Point USA, died after being shot while speaking at Utah Valley University on Wednesday, according to President Donald Trump.

Kirk, 31, was on campus for the first stop of his American Comeback Tour .

Graphic video posted to social media shows Kirk on stage, sitting in

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