Overview

• Kirk was struck while seated during a student Q&A at Utah Valley University in Orem, according to videos posted online.
• Police say a wider search is under way after determining the detained individual was not the shooter.
• President Donald Trump announced Kirk’s death on Truth and urged prayers, as messages of sympathy also arrived from Democrats.
• Reports highlight Kirk’s outsized role as founder of Turning Point, which built a large youth network and raised about $92 million in 2023.
• Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni condemned the killing, calling it an atrocious murder and a wound to democracy.