The death of conservative activist Charlie Kerk after he was shot at the Utah College event

Participant founder and chief executive of the Youth Organization The turning point of the United States of America31 -year -old Kerk is the latest victim of spasms of political violence throughout the United States.

The videos posted on social media were published from the University of Utah Valley, Kirk speaking in a hand -handled microphone while sitting under a white tent with slogans “American return” and “Providing me a mistake”. It rings one shot out and can see Kirk reaching his right hand, where a large amount of blood flows from the left side of its neck. The amazing outstanders hear panting and screaming before people start escaping. AP managed to confirm the videos that were taken at the Surinsen Courtard Center on the campus of the University of Utah Valley.

“We confirm that he was shot and prayed for Charlie,” said Aubary Litch, Director of Public Relations at Turning Point Usa.

The person who was detained at the University of Utah Valley was not the suspect, according to a person familiar with the investigation that was not allowed to speak publicly. It was not clear whether the authorities were still searching on the campus for the suspect.

Kirk was speaking in a discussion hosted by his non -profit political organization. Immediately before the shooting, Kirk was taking questions for a member of the public about mass shooting and armed violence.

“Do you know how many Americans have been a transgender who have been a collective archers over the past ten years?” The audience members asked. Kirk replied, “A lot.”

The questioner continued, “Do you know the number of collective archers who have been in America over the past ten years?”

“Counting or not calculating gang violence?” He asked Kirk.

Then rang one shot.

The event was met with opinions divided into the campus. He received a petition via the Internet calling on university directors to prevent Kirk from appearing approximately 1,000 signatures. The university issued a statement last week, citing the rights of the first amendment and affirms “its commitment to freedom of expression, intellectual investigation and constructive dialogue.”

Last week, Kirk was published on x Pictures of news clips showing his visit to Utah colleges were arousing controversy. He wrote, “What is happening in Utah?”

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Trump and a group of Republican and Democratic officials criticized the shooting and offered a prayer for Kirk on social media.

“We must all pray for Charlie Kerk, who was shot. A great man from top to bottom. God bless him!” Trump was published on the social truth.

The shooting comes amid a rise in political violence in the United States throughout the ideological spectrum. The attacks include the assassination of a deputy in the state of Minnesota and her husband in their home in June, the shooting of the Colorado procession to demand the release of the hostages of the hostages and fire in the governor of Pennsylvania, a Jew, in April. The most prominent of these events is the shooting of Trump during the gathering of last year’s campaign.

Jasson Shaveitz, a former member of Utah, said in an interview with Fox A news channel heard one shot and saw Kirk returning.

“It looked like a close snapshot,” said Shaveitz, who seemed to be shaken while speaking.

He said that there is a light police in this event and Kirk was some security, but not enough.

“Utah is one of the safest places on this planet,” he said. “So we do not have these types of things.”

Turning Point was founded on the outskirts of Chicago in 2012 by Kirk, then 18 years old, William Montgomery, an activist in the Tea Party, to preach the campus of universities to obtain low taxes and a limited government. It was not immediate success.

But Kirk’s enthusiasm for the liberals in the academic circles eventually defeated a influential group of conservative financiers.

Despite early concerns, turning point Trump was enthusiastic with enthusiastically after receiving the Republican Party nomination in 2016. Kerk worked as a personal assistant to Donald Trump Junior, the older son of the president, during the general election campaign.

Soon after, Kirk was a regular presence on the cable TV, where he bent over the wars of culture and praised the president at the time. Trump and his son were equally advanced and often spoke at a turning point conferences.

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Riccher and Sherman told Washington. In this report, this report contributed to the Associated Press Nicholas Ricardi in Denver, Michael Pescker and Brian Sloisco in Washington.

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