Charlie Kirk's organization Turning Point USA confirmed in an internal email sent to staff that Kirk has died following a shooting at a rally at UVU earlier today, and they stated that they will be closed until at least next Monday.

Charlie Kirk, Turning Point USA founder and executive director and close ally of President Donald Trump, was shot in the neck on Wednesday at a Utah Valley University event, and has been confirmed dead by the White House.

Charlie Kirk, the CEO and co-founder of the conservative youth organization Turning Point USA, was shot and killed Wednesday at an event at a Utah college, Turning Point said.

Video obtained from a Utah Valley University student shows the moments before Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk was assassinated on Wednesday.

The shooting comes amid a spike in attacks on political figures in the United States across all parts of the ideological spectrum.

Turning Point has released a statement, a day after political activist Charlie Kirk was shot dead during a campus event.

Kirk was a driving force behind the modern conservative movement on college campuses. Utah’s governor called his death “a political assassination.”

Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk was shot and killed at Utah Valley University where he was scheduled to appear as part of his American Comeback Tour.

I interviewed Charlie multiple times and our exchanges were sometimes intense. I pressed him, he pushed back, but in the end he was always cordial. Always willing to engage,” she said. His killing is the latest in a string of acts of political violence — from the attempted assassination of then-candidate Trump in Butler,