Conservative activist Charlie Kirk has been shot while addressing students at an event at Utah Valley University, in an attack caught on camera.
Kirk, a fervent supporter of President Donald Trump, is the founder of Turning Point USA, a group that seeks to spread conservative ideas to students on US campuses.
Officials say he had just begun speaking when a single gunshot rang out. Videos verified by BBC show him jolting backwards in his chair as students scatter in panic.
Police quickly detained a suspect, who authorities say is not a student. Trump has posted, “We must all pray for Charlie Kirk, who has been shot. A great guy from top to bottom. God bless him.”
A spokeswoman for Utah Valley University, Ellen Treanor, said the gunfire came from the Losee Center, a building about 200 yards away.
Another spokesman, Scott Trotter, told the BBC: “A single shot rang out in the quad near the food court on the Utah Valley University Orem Campus as Mr Charlie Kirk began speaking at his planned rally.”
“We can confirm that Mr Kirk was shot, but we don’t know his condition,” he said. (BBC)
