Overview
- Jay Leno called into The Tim Conway Jr. Show and labeled the killing of Charlie Kirk “the death of free speech,” condemning the use of violence over debate.
- Charlie Kirk was shot Wednesday during a Turning Point USA event at Utah Valley University in Orem, Utah.
- Authorities say no suspect has been apprehended, and investigators have released images of a person of interest.
- The ATF reports it found a weapon near the scene along with cartridges engraved with wording expressing transgender and anti-fascist ideology.
- President Donald Trump ordered U.S. flags flown at half-staff and said he will award Kirk a posthumous Presidential Medal of Freedom.