Update: See photos of the scene at the Utah university where Charlie Kirk was shot
Charlie Kirk, the CEO and co-founder of the conservative youth organization Turning Point USA, was shot Wednesday at an event at a Utah college, Turning Point said.
Kirk’s condition was not immediately known.
“We are confirming that he was shot and we are praying for Charlie,” said Aubrey Laitsch, public relations manager for Turning Point USA.
Kirk was attending an event at Utah Valley University.
Videos posted to social media appeared to show Kirk being struck while speaking.
The shooting comes amid a spike in political violence in the United States across all parts of the ideological spectrum.
The attacks include the assassination of a Minnesota state lawmaker and her husband at their house in June, the firebombing of a Colorado parade to demand Hamas release hostages, and a fire set at the house of Pennsylvania’s governor, who is Jewish, in April. The most notorious of these events is the shooting of President Donald Trump during a campaign rally last year.
Reactions to the incident poured in from politicians on both sides of the aisle.
Vice President JD Vance called for prayers for Kirk, whom he labeled a “genuinely good guy and a young father.”
California Gov. Gavin Newsom, a Democrat, called the incident “disgusting, vile, and reprehensible.”
“In the United States of America, we must reject political violence in EVERY form,” Newsom wrote on X.
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