Megyn Kelly breaks down after finding out Charlie Kirk had died

This is the emotional moment American journalist Megyn Kelly discovers while livestreaming that her friend Charlie Kirk, the Conservative influencer, had passed away after being shot at a rally in Utah.

Kirk, 31, was shot at 12.20 pm during an event at Utah Valley University by a gunman who was caught on camera dashing across a rooftop in the moments after he opened fire.

Kelly broke down in tears during a live broadcast from her political commentary show called The Megyn Kelly Show on YouTube, which has 3.8 million subscribers.

'Oh good God, he's dead,' the grief-stricken commentator said, her voice shaking with emotion. 'It's official, it's from the COO of Turning Point.'

She then read out the confirmation of his death posted on X by Turning Point USA -the Conservative youth organisation Kirk co-founded in 2012 when he was 18.