Charlie Kirk, the powerful rightwing activist, Trump ally and executive director of Turning Point USA (TPUSA), has died after being shot in the neck on Wednesday while speaking at a university campus event in Utah.
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In video posts circulating on social media, Kirk, 31, can be seen being struck by a bullet while speaking and sitting beneath a tent in the Utah Valley University courtyard. Video footage also shows students on campus running away from the sound of gunfire. A spokesperson for Utah Valley University told the New York Times Kirk was struck by a suspect who had fired from a building about 180 metres away.
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