NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WTVF) — Political activist Charlie Kirk was supposed to visit the Mid-State as early as next week.

He was set to speak at the Culture & Christianity Conference in Murfreesboro on Friday.

He was shot and killed while speaking at a university campus event in Utah on Wednesday.

"I'm a combination of heartbroken and devastated and fricking livid," said former television anchor Sage Steele, who was set to be a speaker alongside Kirk at World Outreach Church. "I love you, Charlie. I love you, Erika."

Meanwhile, local conservative commentator Steve Gill says Kirk was a prominent figure in the conservative world, despite his young age.

"We were at a lot of conferences and events and things together," he started. "And he was again, the person you saw onstage was the person

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