"The killing, captured in graphic detail in video clips that rapidly spread around the internet, occurred during a midday event attended by 3,000 people at Utah Valley University in Orem, Utah, about 65km south of Salt Lake City. Seconds before he was shot, the married father of two young children was being questioned by an audience member about gun violence, according to multiple videos of the event posted online."
"In one clip, blood could be seen gushing from Kirk's neck immediately after a shot rang out, and he slumped in his chair. Kirk, co-founder and president of the conservative student group Turning Point USA, was pronounced dead at a local hospital hours later. His murder stirred immediate expressions of outrage and denunciations of political violence from Democrats and Republicans alike."
Kirk, 31, a podcast-radio commentator and influential ally of President Donald Trump, was fatally shot during a midday event at Utah Valley University in Orem attended by about 3,000 people. Seconds earlier he had been questioned about gun violence. Video shows blood gushing from his neck and him slumping in his chair; he was pronounced dead at a local hospital hours later. The rifle bullets believed to have killed him were reported engraved with 'trans and antifascist ideology.' The killing prompted bipartisan denunciations of political violence, and police focused a manhunt on multiple active crime scenes.
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