President Donald Trump said Charlie Kerk, founder of the Activists for the Conservative Youth Organization, died after he was shot during an event at the University of Utah Valley on Wednesday.
Trump said on social media: “The great Charlie Kerk Kirk, and even the legendary, died on social media.” No one understood or had the heart of young people in the United States of America better than Charlie. He was loved and admired by everyone, especially me, and now, he is no longer with us. Melania and my sympathy go out to his beautiful wife, Erika, and his family. We are Charlie, we love you! “
The school said shortly after the back, the Orem campus was shot towards Kirk, a visiting spokesperson, in the afternoon, in the afternoon.
Law enforcement officer at the University of Utah Valley works, where a right -wing activist, a commentator, Charlie Kerk, was shot during an event, in Urim, Utah, September 10, 2025.
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“He was injured and taken from the site before its security,” the university said.
The shooting suspect is still a student, according to Orem Police, which supports the University of Utah Valley in the investigation. The university had previously said that the suspect was in reservation.
Kirk, 31, was taken to the hospital after he was shot, according to Turning Point Usa, saying in a previous statement, “We are praying for him at this time.”
The father of two young children, one of Trump, was at the forefront of the increasing conservative youth movement. Kirk was deeply involved in examining the best positions of the administration after the elections, and was known as “Trump and Wespress”, in constant contact with senior advisers and the president himself.
“It is a horrific thing. It’s one of the most terrible things that I have ever seen,” Trump, Washington Correspondent, Jonathan Karl, ABC News correspondent in Washington.
“He was a great man,” Trump said. “He was a good man. He was an incredible man. No one loves him.”
FBI agents and ATF at the scene, according to Pam Bondi General Attorney.
The FBI director, Cash Patel, said that the agency “stands in full support for the continuous response and investigation.”
On July 15, 2024, the file, CEO of Turning Point Usa Charlie Kirk on the stage on the first day of the Republican National Congress in Milwoki, Wes.
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There was a discussion about the shooting when the shooting took place.
The Utah Valley student, Luke Petman, who is witnessing the shooting, told KTVX’s Solt Lake City that he heard a “great uproar.”
“We thought it was sweets. Then everyone began to overcome,” he told the station. “Then, look at Charlie Kerk and see blood coming from his neck.”
Senator Utah Mike Lee said he is “tracking the situation at the University of Utah Valley.”
“Please join me in prayer for Charlie Kerk and the students gathered there,” he said on social media earlier on Wednesday.
The right -wing activist and suspended in the United States, Charlie Kirk, appears at an event speaking at the University of Utah Wadi in Orim, Utah, September 10, 2025.
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Vice President JD Vance Kirk described as “a really good man and a young man” while urging prayers in the wake of the shooting.
Utah Ruler Spencer Cox He said he was briefed “after the violence directed to Charlie Kerk” during the visit of the conservative political activist to the campus.
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The university was the first station in the fall in “Turning Point Usa Tour”, which travels to the campus of multiple universities throughout the country.
This is May 28, 2025, Charlie Kerk, co -founder of Turning Point Usa, stands at the back of the room, where President Donald Trump speaks during the oath of the US temporary lawyer for Washington, DC, Janine Peru, at the White House in Washington, DC.
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It is expected to include an event that includes Kirk at the University of Utah Valley on Wednesday, a schedule of “proving me a mistake”, according to the tour.
Before visiting Kirk to Utah Valley University, some students started Seam online The university directors are asked to prevent him from coming.
The tour of Utah, Colorado, Minynabolis, Virginia and other places, according to its website.
The school said that the university campus at the University of Utah Valley was closed and the classrooms were canceled until further notice. There is no invitation to shelter in place at this time, according to Orem Dave Yong, who urged those to report anything suspicious of the police.
“We have been destroyed today,” Young said in a statement. “This type of violence should not happen anywhere, not to mention our society. This is in direct opposition to our values, which includes family, unity, respect and faith.”
Law enforcement officers at the University of Utah Valley work, where the right -wing activist and commentator, Charlie Kerk, was shot by President Donald Trump, during an event, in Urim, Utah, September 10, 2025.
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The incident sparked an immediate condemnation of the leaders on both sides of the political corridor.
Pennsylvania governor Josh Shapiro, a democratic, said on X.
“The attack on Charlie Kerk is disgusting, drawn, and easy. In the United States of America, we must reject political violence in every form,” said his colleague, Democratic Government, Gavin New Nohas in California.
“The attack was frightening and aggravated, and there is no place – at all – for violence in American politics,” said Republican governor of Nevada Joe Lombardo.
Kirk gave birth to two children, a 3 -year -old girl and one year old, with his wife Erika.
The Turning Point Usa group founded in 2012, at the age of 18.
The group helped strengthen Trump, especially with voters in high schools. The group and Kirk had huge followers with the conservatives, especially men, and was able to formulate this popularity in supporting the Trump campaign.
He was considered a huge star on the far right by many conservative critics and considered it to lead the next generation of Maga in Trump.
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