Live Updates: Charlie Kirk, Right-Wing Influencer, Apparently Shot in Utah
Charlie Kirk hosts a popular radio show on the Salem radio network and is the founder of Turning Point USA...one of the major Conservative youth movement organizations in the country. He hosts open debates with Leftists on college campuses around the country and is largely credited with causing a massive movement to the GOP, primarily among young men.
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Charlie Kirk, the head of Turning Point USA, the nation’s pre-eminent conservative youth organization, was apparently shot while speaking at a campus event at Utah Valley University on Wednesday, a university spokeswoman said.
The spokeswoman, Ellen Treanor, said that Mr. Kirk was apparently struck about 20 minutes after he began speaking to students and community members on campus. She said a suspect who had fired at Mr. Kirk from the Losee Center, a building about 200 yards away, had been taken into custody.
Charlie Kirk hosts a popular radio show on the Salem radio network and is the founder of Turning Point USA...one of the major Conservative youth movement organizations in the country. He hosts open debates with Leftists on college campuses around the country and is largely credited with causing a massive movement to the GOP, primarily among young men.
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Charlie Kirk, the head of Turning Point USA, the nation’s pre-eminent conservative youth organization, was apparently shot while speaking at a campus event at Utah Valley University on Wednesday, a university spokeswoman said.
The spokeswoman, Ellen Treanor, said that Mr. Kirk was apparently struck about 20 minutes after he began speaking to students and community members on campus. She said a suspect who had fired at Mr. Kirk from the Losee Center, a building about 200 yards away, had been taken into custody.