Charlie Kirk, the conservative firebrand and founder of Turning Point USA, has been shot at an event at Utah Valley University, ABC News writes. A suspect is reportedly in custody.
“We must all pray for Charlie Kirk, who has been shot,” President Donald Trump wrote on social media after the attack. “A great guy from top to bottom. GOD BLESS HIM!” Vice President JD Vance posted a photo of him with Kirk, writing “Dear God, protect Charlie in his darkest hour.”
The denouncement of the shooting was immediately bipartisan, with California Governor Gavin Newsom posting that the attack was “disgusting, vile, and reprehensible,” moments after news broke. “In the United States of America, we must reject political violence in EVERY form.”
Immediately after Fox News broke the news to their viewers, contributor Jason Chaffetz called into the network with an eyewitness account, having been in attendance at Kirk’s America’s Comeback tour which started on Wednesday. “I was watching Charlie,” Chaffetz said after catching his breath from running away from the scene to safety. “I can’t say that I saw blood. I can’t say that I saw him get hit, but I did see him fall immediately backwards into his left. And I can just hope and pray that somehow he survives that.”
This story is developing…
