Overview

• Federal authorities released a person-of-interest photo and offered a $100,000 reward as the multiagency investigation continues and no suspect has been identified.
• Kirk was shot in the neck while taking audience questions at a Utah Valley University event and later died at a hospital, officials said.
• Turning Point USA issued a tribute calling Kirk a leader and a “martyr to free speech,” and asked for prayers for his wife, Erika, and their two young children.
• President Trump announced Kirk’s death and ordered flags flown at half-staff through Sunday, and The Independent reports he plans to award Kirk the Presidential Medal of Freedom posthumously.
• Kirk co-founded Turning Point USA at 18 and grew it into a national operation with thousands of campus presences and tens of millions in annual revenue, drawing both fervent support and sharp criticism for his rhetoric and tactics.