Sorrow and horror seeped into the American psyche Wednesday as news spread of the killing of conservative commentator Charlie Kirk, founder of Turning Point USA and a devout evangelical Christian.

In announcing Kirk’s death, his organization said on social media , “May he be received into the merciful arms of our loving Savior, who suffered and died for Charlie.”

Utah religious leaders joined commenters, politicians and friends in expressing their grief and concern.

“This tragedy has been made more personal in that the assassination of Charlie was committed in our own backyard, on the campus of Utah Valley University in Orem,” said the Rev. Gregory Johnson, who leads Standing Together, a consortium of the Beehive State’s evangelical churches.

The 31-year-old Kirk offered “a biblica

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