Updates Turning Point Usa Founder Charlie Kirk Dies Live Action

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-Nov 17, 2025, 7:34 PM

updates turning point usa founder charlie kirk dies live action

🚨 BREAKING: Conservative activist Charlie Kirk shot at Utah event, hospitalized, spokesperson says “We must all pray for Charlie Kirk, who has been shot. A great guy from top to bottom. GOD BLESS HIM!” - President Donald J. Trump PRAY FOR CHARLIE KIRK NOW🙏🏽 Jesus, save his life and protect him!

x.com/Non_user87/sta… Pray for @charliekirk11. He has boldly defended innocent life and is now fighting for his own. May God bring him swift healing and peace. Editor’s Note: A previous version of this story misspelled the name of the city where a vigil was held Wednesday night. It has been corrected to Orem, Utah.

We regret the error. LATEST UPDATES: Authorities search for Charlie Kirk’s shooter Conservative activist Charlie Kirk was killed by a single shot in a targeted attack during an outdoor event Wednesday at Utah Valley University, authorities said. Kirk co-founded the conservative youth organization Turning Point USA and was a close ally of President Donald Trump. WATCH: Prominent conservative activist Charlie Kirk killed at event in Utah Police initially took two people into custody but later released them.

Charlie Kirk, the founder of the conservative youth activist organization Turning Point USA, has died after he was shot during an event at Utah Valley University on Wednesday, President Donald Trump said. "The Great, and even Legendary, Charlie Kirk, is dead," Trump said on social media. "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. Melania and my Sympathies go out to his beautiful wife Erika, and family. Charlie, we love you!"

Utah Gov. Spencer Cox called the fatal shooting a "political assassination." The manhunt for the suspected shooter is still underway and the investigation is still ongoing, according to FBI Director Kash Patel. WARNING GRAPHIC CONTENT: Fox News contributor Jason Chaffetz joins ‘America Reports’ to share his firsthand account from the scene where TPUSA founder Charlie Kirk was shot at Utah Valley University. Charlie Kirk, the founder of Turning Point USA and father of two, is dead after being shot during a campus event at Utah Valley University Wednesday. President Donald Trump confirmed Kirk's death in a post on Truth Social.

"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. "Melania and my Sympathies go out to his beautiful wife Erika, and family. Charlie, we love you!" The FBI said "the subject" of the shooting is in custody.

Charlie Kirk stands in the Oval Office on May 28. The Turning Point USA founder played a pivotal role in rallying support for President Trump among young voters in last year's election. Andrew Harnik/Getty Images hide caption Charlie Kirk was barely old enough to vote when, at the age of 18, he launched Turning Point USA. The goal: build an organization for young conservatives that would represent for them what groups like MoveOn.org meant for progressives. "This was in the midst of the Obama presidency in the suburbs of Chicago where Obama was very well liked," Kirk recalled on his podcast last year.

"In my local high school, progressive, left-wing Marxist ideas were widespread, and I looked around and I was unimpressed by the conservative organizations that were out there." More than a decade later, Kirk not only met that goal, but he became perhaps the most influential voice in young conservatism, playing a crucial role in national politics, including President Trump's 2024 victory. He died on Wednesday at the age of 31, after being shot while hosting an event in Orem, Utah. His death was announced by Trump, who praised Kirk's political impact. Fox News correspondent Jonathan Hunt has the latest on the shooting at Utah Valley University on The Story. Turning Point USA founder and president Charlie Kirk was shot and killed on Wednesday during an event at Utah Valley University in Orem, Utah.

He was 31 years old. Kirk was shot in the neck while speaking to a large crowd from underneath a tent in the middle of an outdoor quad. Following the shooting, Kirk was transported to a local hospital where he was later pronounced dead. He was at the university for an event as part of Turning Point USA's "American Comeback Tour" that launched this spring. Kirk rose to prominence after he dropped out of college to pursue political activism and founded Turning Point USA (TPUSA) to serve as an organization that promotes conservative youth activism at high school and... TPUSA was founded as a non-profit by Kirk in 2012 after Tea Party activist Bill Montgomery encouraged him to pursue political activism in lieu of attending college and helped him launch the group.

Later that year, Kirk met Republican donor Foster Friess, who helped finance the nascent political organizing group. Turning Point USA Founder Charlie Kirk has died at age 31 after being shot at a speaking event at Utah Valley University, President Donald Trump announced Wednesday. “The Great, and even Legendary, Charlie Kirk, is dead,” the president wrote on Truth Social. “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.” “It is with a heavy heart that we confirm that Charles James Kirk has been murdered by a gun shot that took place during Turning Point USA’s ‘The American Comeback Tour’ campus event at...

“May he be received into the merciful arms of our loving Savior who suffered and died for Charlie. We ask that everyone keep his family and loved ones in your prayers. We ask that you please respect their privacy and dignity in this time.” Turning Point USA also sent an email to staff informing them of Kirk’s death, according to communications reviewed by the Caller. “It is with a heavy heart that we, the Turning Point USA leadership team, write to notify you that earlier this afternoon Charlie went to his eternal reward with Jesus Christ in Heaven,” part...

Updates Turning Point Usa Founder Charlie Kirk Dies Live Action

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