Conservative activist Charlie Kirk has died after being shot Wednesday at an event at Utah Valley University , President Donald Trump said.

The shooting comes amid a spike in political violence in the United States across all parts of the ideological spectrum.

Kirk was being treated and for a period in critical condition, a law enforcement official briefed on the shooting told The Associated Press. The official spoke on the condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to publicly discuss the matter. Kirk co-founded Turning Point USA in 2012 at the age of 18, and soon became a regular presence on cable TV, where he leaned into the culture wars and heaped praise on then-President Trump.

The person who was taken into custody at Utah Valley University was not the

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