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The New York Yankees held a moment of silence ahead of Wednesday night's game against the Detroit Tigers to honor conservative influencer Charlie Kirk. Kirk died after being shot at a speaking event in Utah earlier in the day.

The team displayed a photo of Kirk on their jumbotron ahead of the game with the message "remembering Charlie Kirk ."

CHARLIE KIRK, TURNING POINT USA FOUNDER, DEAD AT 31 AFTER UTAH CAMPUS SHOOTING

"Before tonight's game we held a moment of silence in memoriam of Charlie Kirk. Kirk founded the youth activist group ‘Turning Point USA’ and had become a fixture on college campuses. Charlie Kirk, a husband and father of two children, was 31 years old," the team said in a post on X.

"The conservative a

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