Charlie Kirk Capturing: Chris Pratt, Savannah Chrisley, Jimmy Kimmel and Extra React
Charlie Kirk is being remembered.
After the conservative activist was shot lifeless at age 31 whereas talking at an occasion at Utah Valley College Sept. 10, celebrities and politicians alike spoke out to pay tribute.
Kirk—who co-founded the conservative youth advocacy group Turning Level USA—was about 20 minutes right into a presentation on the Orem, Utah, faculty when a suspect fired a gunshot from a constructing about 200 yards away, a spokesperson for the college instructed NBC Information.
The political activist was taken to a hospital shortly after, however President Donald Trump confirmed he had died later that day.
“Nobody understood or had the Coronary heart of the Youth in the USA of America higher than Charlie,” the 79-year-old wrote on Fact Social Sept. 10. “He was liked and admired by ALL, particularly me, and now, he’s now not with us.”
Providing his condolences to Kirk’s spouse Erika Frantzve Kirk, with whom he shared a 3-year-old daughter and a 15-month-old son whose names haven’t been shared publicly, Trump added, “Melania and my Sympathies exit to his lovely spouse Erika, and household. Charlie, we love you!”
