OREM, Utah — Charlie Kirk, a conservative activist and close ally of President Donald Trump, was shot and killed Wednesday at a Utah college event in an act that the state's governor called a "political assassination."

A "person of interest" was in custody Wednesday evening, Utah Gov. Spencer Cox said, though no charges were immediately announced. "This is a dark day for our state," Cox said, calling the killing a "political assassination."

"We are actively looking for anyone and everyone who has any information related to the shooting," he said.

Utah authorities said the shooter wore dark clothing and fired from a roof on campus some distance away.

Trump announced the death of the 31-year-old Kirk on social media, praising the co-founder and CEO of the youth organization Turning Point

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