Overview

• Charlie Kirk, 31, was shot in the neck during a Utah Valley University appearance around 12:10 p.m. local time and later died at a hospital.
• Witnesses and university officials said the single shot came from a nearby building roughly 200 yards away from where he was speaking.
• Federal and state authorities released security images of a person of interest and offered a $100,000 reward for information leading to an arrest.
• The FBI confirmed a person of interest had been detained for questioning and later released, and forensic work is underway on a recovered bolt‑action rifle.
• Tributes continue from national figures, and Kirk’s widow, Erika, who posted Psalm 46:1 hours before the shooting, is with their two young children.