Former President Barack Obama responded to the news that Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk, 31, had died after being shot while speaking at an event at Utah Valley University, and noted that “this kind of despicable violence has no place in our democracy.”

“We don’t yet know what motivated the person who shot and killed Charlie Kirk, but this kind of despicable violence has no place in our democracy,” Obama wrote in a post on X. “Michelle and I will be praying to Charlie’s family tonight, especially his wife Erika and their two young children.”

Deseret News reported that several law enforcement agencies have “evacuated and locked down” the university campus in search of the shooter after Kirk was shot “in the neck” while holding a Q&A with students:

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