What to Know
- President Donald Trump announced right-wing activist Charlie Kirk was killed Wednesday at Utah Valley University in Orem. Turning Point USA, the organization he founded, later confirmed Kirk’s death.
- Around 90 minutes after he announced that “The subject for the horrific shooting today that took the life of Charlie Kirk is now in custody,” FBI director Kash Patel said that person had been released.
- Utah Gov. Spencer Cox described Kirk’s killing as “a political assassination” in remarks during a news conference.
- Kirk personified the pugnacious, populist conservatism that has taken over the Republican Party in the age of Trump.
- Two people who were taken into custody earlier in the day were found to have no ties to the shooting, the FBI and the Utah Public Safety Department said in a joint statement, which called the shooting a targeted attack.
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