“The great and even legendary Charlie Kirk is dead. Nobody understood or had a major heart for young people in the United States than Charlie. He was loved and admired by everyone, especially by me, and now he is no longer with us. Melania and I make condolences of his beautiful wife Erice and family. Charlie, we love you!” – wrote Donald Trump.
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The circumstances of the incident
A single shot was fired in the courtyard of the university from the crowd of people, when Charlie Kirk began to speak at his planned rally. The services detained one person – but it turned out that this is not the perpetrator – informs Associated Press.
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– From what we know, [Charlie Kirk] He was hit and was led out of the university together with the security team – said the university spokesman in an interview with NBC News.
Recordings appeared on the network from the moment of shooting the activist, but we do not publish them because of the drasticity of the event. After a dramatic incident, the gathered crowd began to run away in panic, which was also immortalized in social media.
Who was Charlie Kirk?
Charlie Kirk was an American conservative activist, political commentator and one of the most recognizable representatives of the young generation of the Right in the US, observed by millions of users in social media. In 2012, at the age of 18, he founded the Turning Point USA (TPUS) organization. This is a conservative youth movement that promotes right -wing values on university campus.
Kirk was known for the promotion of Protrumpian ideas, criticism of pandemic policy and negating scientific consensus on climate change.
