President Donald Trump urged supporters Thursday to respond peacefully to the killing of right-wing campaigner Charlie Kirk, as the murderer continued to evade a manhunt more than 24 hours after the shooting put an already divided US on edge.

Trump, who soon after the killing angrily pledged a wide-ranging response against the “radical left,” told reporters that Kirk had been “an advocate of nonviolence.”

“That’s the way I’d like to see people respond,” he said.

Kirk, a 31-year-old superstar on the Republican right who sparked surging youth support for Trump, was shot while addressing a large crowd at Utah Valley University on Wednesday.

Trump cited “big progress” in the investigation.

However, authorities said the gunman remained at large a day later.

“Multiple leads are currently b

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