OREM, Utah (AP) — Charlie Kirk, a conservative activist and close ally of President Donald Trump who played an influential role in rallying young Republican voters, was shot and killed Wednesday at a Utah college event in what the governor called a political assassination carried out from a rooftop.

“This is a dark day for our state. It’s a tragic day for our nation," said Utah Gov. Spencer Cox . "I want to be very clear this is a political assassination.”

It wasn’t immediately clear late Wednesday whether any suspect was in custody or if the shooter was still at large as law enforcement provided evolving and difficult-to-reconcile information. FBI Director Kash Patel, who earlier in the day posted on social media that a “subject” had been taken into custody, later wrote that the per

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