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Maya Yang

‘A lot of blood’: local reporters describe moment when Charlie Kirk was shot

The crowd reacts after Charlie Kirk is shot during Turning Point USA's visit to Utah Valley University in Orem, Utah, on 10 September.
The crowd reacts after Charlie Kirk is shot during Turning Point USA's visit to Utah Valley University in Orem, Utah, on 10 September. Photograph: Tess Crowley/AP

Charlie Kirk was being asked a question about mass shootings when he was shot in the neck in Utah.

On Wednesday, the rightwing activist, staunch ally of Donald Trump and executive director of Turning Point USA, the leading conservative youth organization, was speaking at a campus event at Utah Valley University in Orem, near Salt Lake City, when he was shot.

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