{"id":12732,"date":"2025-09-11T09:36:13","date_gmt":"2025-09-11T01:36:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tingchao.xyz\/?p=12732"},"modified":"2025-09-11T09:36:19","modified_gmt":"2025-09-11T01:36:19","slug":"live-updates-conservative-activist-charlie-kirk-dead-in-utah-campus-shooting-person-in-custody-is-released","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tingchao.xyz\/?p=12732","title":{"rendered":"Live updates: Conservative activist Charlie Kirk dead in Utah campus shooting; person in custody is released"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignwide size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"553\" height=\"452\" src=\"https:\/\/tingchao.xyz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/3.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12733\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tingchao.xyz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/3.jpg 553w, https:\/\/tingchao.xyz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/3-300x245.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 553px) 100vw, 553px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Conservative activist Charlie Kirk was fatally shot Wednesday afternoon while speaking at a Utah college campus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Kirk, 31 and the co-founder of Turning Point USA, was struck by a gunshot to the neck, according to video footage from the event. A \u201cperson of interest\u201d is in custody, Utah Gov. Spencer Cox (R) said at a press conference. FBI Director Kash Patel later said a \u201csubject\u201d was released after questioning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>President Trump announced the death of one of his biggest allies on social media.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe Great, and even Legendary, Charlie Kirk, is dead,\u201d Trump posted on Truth Social. \u201cNo 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!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Lawmakers from both sides of the aisle and right-wing pundits mourned Kirk and condemned the political violence. And shouting broke out on the House floor after Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) held a moment of prayer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The assassination of the conservative activist sent a shockwave through the American conservative movement, with Kirk\u2019s sudden and public death eliciting emotional reactions from some of the country\u2019s most prominent figures on the right.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Also in the news:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>NATO\u2019s Article 4 invoked over Russian drones in Poland: What to know<br>Schumer ambushes Republicans with amendment to force vote on Epstein files<br>Mace yells at Jacobs on House floor over \u2018boob jobs is gender-affirming care\u2019 comment<br>Trump tied in knots by Mamdani questions in New York<br>Follow along for updates.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Conservative activist Charlie Kirk was fatally shot Wednesday afternoon while speaking at a Utah college campus. 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