SACRAMENTO, Calif. —

Minutes after conservative political activist Charlie Kirk was shot during an event on the Utah Valley University campus, California Gov. Gavin Newsom publicly decried the shooting.

"The attack on Charlie Kirk is disgusting, vile, and reprehensible," Newsom said on social media platform X. "In the United States of America, we must reject political violence in EVERY form." This content is imported from Twitter. You may be able to find the same content in another format, or you may be able to find more information, at their web site.

The attack on Charlie Kirk is disgusting, vile, and reprehensible. In the United States of America, we must reject political violence in EVERY form. — Gavin Newsom (@GavinNewsom) September 10, 2025

A statement from the university said

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