Politicians across Montana are mourning the shooting death of conservative activist Charlie Kirk at a Utah college campus on Wednesday.

Kirk was best known as the co-founder of Turning Point USA, a nonprofit focused on engaging young people in right-wing political action. He was also an outspoken ally of many of Montana’s top Republican politicians.

“I’ve known Charlie since he was a teenager,” said Gov. Greg Gianforte following news of Kirk’s death. “He was at my home in Bozeman last summer. He’s a friend.”

All four members of Montana’s federal delegation dedicated social media posts to Kirk’s death, calling him a friend, “a good man and a patriot” and a “tireless defender of our First Amendment rights.”

State Rep. Braxton Mitchell, R-Columbia Falls, described Kirk as “not only a frie

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