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Charlie Kirk, a well-known American conservative speaker and activist was shot in the neck by a sniper Wednesday afternoon at an outdoors event at a university in Utah.

Video of the shooting shows it to be a serious and grave injury, although his condition has not been released.

Kirk, 31, was speaking at an outdoor event at the Utah Valley University campus. He was seated, talking into a microphone under a tent with red and blue signs saying “The American Comeback” and “Prove Me Wrong.”

He had just finished a sentence with the words “gang violence” and was moving the microphone towards his lap when a single, sharp snap sound can be heard followed by a boom. Kirk jerks in his seat. A hole is clearly seen in the left side of his neck and blood

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