The brutal shooting of conservative activist Charlie Kirk on a college campus shocked the nation and is forcing it to confront what appears to be an increase in political violence across the country.
Kirk was shot by a rifle-wielding gunman during an event at Utah Valley University on Sept. 10. The killing ignited a social media firestorm amid a statewide search for the killer.
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Police arrested Utah resident Tyler Robinson, 22, on Sept. 11 as a suspect in the shooting.
With Robinson in custody, Utah Gov. Spencer Cox, a Republican, asked young Americans to reject violence in the wake of Kirk’s death. "You are inheriting a country where politics feels like rage, it feels like rage is the only option," Cox said.
