Conservative political activist Charlie Kirk was shot dead at a university in Utah on Wednesday, Donald Trump has said.
The close ally of the US president was speaking with students at an outside event at Utah Valley University, a public university in Orem, south of Salt Lake City, when he was struck in the neck.
Trump announced his death 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. Melania and my Sympathies go out to his beautiful wife Erika, and family. Charlie, we love you!”