Trump ally Charlie Kirk shot dead at university event in Utah

Kirk was giving a presentation when shots were fired and "to the best of our knowledge he was hit and taken with his security team away from the premises"

Charlie Kirk speaks before he is shot during Turning Point's visit to Utah Valley University in Orem, Utah, Wednesday, September 10, 2025. Picture: Tess Crowley/The Deseret News via AP

US right-wing activist and commentator Charlie Kirk, an influential ally of President Donald Trump, was fatally shot in the neck on Wednesday at an event at a Utah university.

"The Great, and even Legendary, Charlie Kirk, is dead. No one understood or had the Heart of the Youth in the United States of America better than Charlie. He was loved and admired by ALL, especially me, and now, he is no longer with us," Trump wrote on social media.