U.S. right-wing activist and commentator Charlie Kirk, an influential ally of U.S. President Donald Trump, was fatally shot in the neck on Wednesday at an event at a Utah university in what the governor described as a political assassination.
It was not clear whether the suspect had been identified or arrested. FBI Director Kash Patel said in a social media post around 6:20 p.m. that the "subject" in the case was in custody. Minutes later, at a news conference that included an FBI agent, Utah Department of Public Safety Commissioner Beau Mason said the suspect remained at large.
"The Great, and even Legendary, Charlie Kirk, is dead. No one understood or had the Heart of the Youth in the United States of America better than Charlie. He was loved and admired by ALL, especially me, and now, he is no longer with us," Trump wrote on social media.
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