Overview

• Kirk was shot around 12:10 p.m. local time while speaking at Utah Valley University in Orem, with widely shared videos verified by the Associated Press showing him bleeding from the neck.
• President Donald Trump announced Kirk’s death on Truth Social and ordered U.S. flags at federal sites flown at half-staff through Sunday.
• Authorities corrected initial reports of a person in custody, saying that individual was not the shooter, and the assailant remains at large as the FBI assists local police.
• Utah Governor Spencer Cox condemned the killing and called it a political assassination, while leaders including California Governor Gavin Newsom urged rejection of political violence.
• Kirk, 31, was a prominent conservative organizer and podcaster who founded Turning Point USA, and his UVU appearance had drawn campus petitions seeking to block the event.