Conservative influencer and activist Charlie Kirk has died after being shot in the neck during a speaking event at Utah Valley University in Orem, Utah on Sept. 10.
Videos circulating on social media show Kirk, 31, who was on campus as part of “The American Comeback Tour” hosted by conservative nonproft Turning Point USA, speaking in the university’s courtyard when he was shot in the neck. Livestream video showed crowds of people running from the area where the shooting occurred.
Kirk's death was initially confirmed by social media posts by President Donald Trump and Turning Point USA and later confirmed by officials during a news conference.
The university initially stated on social media that a suspect was in custody, but Scott Trotter, a university spokesman, told the New York Times and Deseret News that police determined the person who was taken into custody was not the shooter. Campus police declined to comment when reached by USA TODAY.
Utah Gov. Spencer Cox said during a news conference that a person of interest was in custody, though Utah's Commissioner of Public Safety Beau Mason said minutes before that: "The suspect is at large."
