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The FBI said it is working with state and local police \u201cto fully investigate and seek justice in the fatal shooting\u201d of Charlie Kirk, the founder of the conservative youth activist group Turning Point USA, at an event at Utah Valley University on Wednesday.<\/p>\n

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The FBI sought the public\u2019s help in finding the person who did it, asking anyone who had information, images, or videos of the crime to provide it to the police.<\/p>\n

FBI Director Kash Patel said earlier the agency \u201cstands in full support of the ongoing response and investigation.\u201d<\/p>\n

Utah Department of Public Safety Commissioner Beau Mason called the shooting a \u201ctargeted attack,\u201d and said the scene is a \u201cvery large area.\u201d<\/p>\n

Mason said the \u201conly information\u201d they have on the possible shooter was taken from CCTV on campus, and that the person was dressed in all dark clothing. The shot was fired on campus from a \u201clonger distance,\u201d potentially from a roof, he said.<\/p>\n

Separately, authorities said they are also looking at security camera video depicting someone dressed in all dark clothing and that \u201cthe shooter is believed to have fired from the roof of a building down to the location of the public event in the student courtyard,\u201d according to a statement from law enforcement officials last night.<\/p>\n

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In a video posted to social media, Trump said, \u201cIt\u2019s a long past time for all Americans and the media to confront the fact that violence and murder are the tragic consequence of demonizing those with whom you disagree.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cFor years, those on the radical Left have compared wonderful Americans like Charlie to Nazis and the world\u2019s worst mass murderers and criminals,\u201d he added. \u201cThis kind of rhetoric is directly responsible for the terrorism that we\u2019re seeing in our country today, and it must stop right now.\u201d<\/p>\n

Kirk, who was 31 and had two kids, was thought to be a close friend of Trump and a powerful figure in the conservative youth movement.<\/p>\n

At 18, he started the conservative group Turning Point USA in 2012. In the 2024 elections, he was credited with getting a lot of young voters to favor Trump.<\/p>\n

He was shot with one bullet at an outdoor gathering on the university\u2019s Orem campus shortly after noon. They took Kirk to the hospital, but he died later.<\/p>\n

Support and calls for prayers poured in across social media, including from President Donald Trump, Vice President JD Vance, and California Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe attack on Charlie Kirk is disgusting, vile, and reprehensible. In the United States of America, we must reject political violence in EVERY form,\u201d Newsom tweeted.<\/p>\n

The shooting occurred at approximately 12:20 p.m., according to a statement made by Ellen Treanor, Associate Vice President, Strategic Communication Management at Utah Valley University, to Fox News.<\/p>\n

In a statement on X, Vice President J.D. Vance wrote: \u201cSay a prayer for Charlie Kirk, a genuinely good guy and a young father.\u201d<\/p>\n

Utah Senator Mike Lee posted to X shortly after news of the shooting broke, writing, \u201cI am tracking the situation at Utah Valley University closely. Please join me in praying for Charlie Kirk and the students gathered there.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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