Political leaders on both sides of the aisle in Massachusetts condemned the rising tide of political violence in the U.S. after conservative activist Charlie Kirk was shot and killed during an event at a Utah university on Wednesday.

Kirk, 31, was the co-founder and CEO of Turning Point USA, and became a prominent conservative figure, regularly appearing on cable TV, where he leaned into the culture wars and heaped praise on President Donald Trump.

Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey, a Democrat, wrote on X that she was “holding the Kirk family in my heart and praying that the individual responsible is brought to justice.”

“Violence has no place in our politics — ever. What happened to Charlie Kirk is horrific and we condemn it in the strongest possible terms," Healey wrote. “The growth

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