Seth Meyers began Late Night on Thursday by responding to the killing of Charlie Kirk, a right-wing influencer who was shot during an event at a Utah college campus on Wednesday. With a social media following in the tens of millions, Kirk aimed to spread right-wing ideologies through school campuses via his organisation Turning Point USA. He was a close ally of President Trump.

"As I'm sure you've heard by now, conservative activist Charlie Kirk was murdered yesterday at a college event in Utah," Meyers says in the clip above. "We are horrified by this grotesque tragedy and our condolences go out to his family and loved ones. It should never be a matter of political ideology to mourn, and to extend our fullest and deepest empathy to those who are suffering. Political violence is abhorrent

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