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Trump calls Charlie Kirk shooting ‘dark moment for America’: LIVE UPDATES Trump says ‘virtual manhunt’ underway for Charlie Kirk’s murderer: LIVE UPDATES
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The US president has vowed to hunt down those funding “radical left” violence after the assassination of the conservative activist The US president has expressed hope the assassin will be caught soon
US President Donald Trump has called for a crackdown on political violence after Conservative activist Charlie Kirk was shot and killed during a Turning Point USA event at Utah Valley University on Wednesday. The 31-year-old was struck by a single rifle round while speaking on stage to hundreds of students. US President Donald Trump has said that the Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI) is conducting a “virtual manhunt” for the killer of conservative activist Charlie Kirk. He was shot and killed during a Turning Point USA event at Utah Valley University on Wednesday. The 31-year-old was struck by a single rifle round while speaking on stage to hundreds of students.
The suspected gunman fired from a rooftop on the Orem campus before fleeing the scene. Despite initial reports of a person in custody, the FBI later confirmed that a “subject of interest” had been released after questioning, and the attacker remains at large. The suspected gunman fired from a rooftop on the campus in Orem before fleeing the scene. He was recorded on multiple videos, with the FBI describing him as a male of “college age” but refusing to release any more details regarding his appearance until he is caught.
Kirk, founder of the conservative youth organization Turning Point USA, was widely known for his campus debates with progressive students and for his close alliance with President Donald Trump. Kirk, founder of the conservative youth organization Turning Point USA, was widely known for his campus debates with progressive students and for his close alliance with President Donald Trump. 
The US president has described Kirk as a “martyr for truth” and called his murder a “dark moment for America.” The US president has described Kirk as a “martyr for truth” and called his murder a “dark moment for America.” 
The activist’s death has triggered a wave of reactions, with Democrats condemning “political violence” and Republicans, including Trump, blaming what they describe as hostile rhetoric from the “radical left.”The activist’s death has triggered a wave of reactions, with Democrats condemning “political violence” and Republicans, including Trump, blaming what they describe as hostile rhetoric from the “radical left.”