On Wednesday afternoon, Florida leaders came out to provide their thoughts after conservative influencer Charlie Kirk was killed during a college event at Utah Valley University.

Videos posted on social media show the 31-year-old activist speaking with a handheld microphone at the event before a gunshot rang out, and Kirk could be seen reaching up as blood gushed from the left side of his neck.

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He was hospitalized shortly afterward , though President Donald Trump — a political figure whom Kirk publicly championed and advocated for — later took to the social media platform Truth Social to announce Kirk’s death.

Trump also declared an order to lower all American flags across the U.S. to half-staff until Sunday at 6 p.m. in honor of Kirk’s legacy.

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