American political activist and Trump supporter Charlie Kirk killed

Political activist and Trump supporter Charlie Kirk was shot during his speech at the Utah Valley University campus in Utah. Kirk was wounded in the neck. He was taken to the hospital in critical condition. Shortly after, US President Donald Trump said that Kirk had died.

Trump announced on his social media platform Truth Social that he had ordered flags to be lowered across the country for four days, until Sunday evening, as a sign of mourning.

"The great and even legendary Charlie Kirk is dead. No one understood or empathized with young people in the United States of America better than Charlie. EVERYONE loved him and admired him, especially me, and now he is no longer with us. Melania and I express our condolences to his beautiful wife Erica and family. Charlie, we love you!", Trump wrote.

31-year-old Charlie Kirk is a well-known Trump supporter and podcast host; he founded the student organization Turning Point USA to promote conservative values in schools, colleges, and universities.

Kirk was shot from a distance of 100 to 200 meters. Initially, local authorities stated that they had detained a suspect in the attack, but later it turned out that the shooter has not yet been apprehended.