NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) — A high-profile conservative activist is dead after a shooting on Wednesday at Utah Valley University.

Charlie Kirk, 31, was rushed to the hospital in critical condition but did not survive.

Kirk was scheduled to speak later this month at World Outreach Church in Murfreesboro, one of several stops ahead of a fall tour that is now cut short by tragedy.

Witnesses said Kirk was on stage while speaking when he was shot. News of his death spread quickly, sparking reaction nationwide and here in Tennessee.

"He is someone who fought with words, and today, someone silenced those words," Meredith Ophelia, with the Nashville Young Republicans, said.

Kirk founded Turning Point USA in 2012. The organization grew to more than 850 campus chapters, known for bringing conserv

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