**LIVE UPDATES** Charlie Kirk Fatally Shot During Speaking Event at Utah Valley University

Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk was fatally shot during a speaking event at Utah Valley University on Wednesday in an apparent political assassination.

***See below for live updates. All times Pacific.***

10:01 p.m.: The local Catholic community in Scottsdale, Arizona, where Charlie Kirk’s family lives, gathered tonight for a Rosary prayer vigil for Charlie.

“Charlie was our friend. His family are our neighbors. He attended our Church. We loved him and America loves him too. It’s time now for us to pray and ask for Our Lady to usher his soul into heaven.”

They ended the vigil by singing “God Bless America” loud enough “so that Charlie can hear us.”

9:15 p.m.: There was a large candlelight vigil for Charlie Kirk tonight in Boise, Idaho.

9:14 p.m.: Students at Clemson University gathered for a prayer vigil for Charlie Kirk.

9:00 p.m.: Statement from Vice President JD Vance:

8:59 p.m.: The students at Ole Miss and Mizzou remember Charlie Kirk.

8:27 p.m.: Students at Texas Tech and Liberty U held vigils today to honor Charlie Kirk and pray for his family.

8:19 p.m.: The FBI has provided a tipline for the public to submit any information, photos, or videos that can help with the investigation.

“The FBI is working alongside our local and state law enforcement partners in Utah to fully investigate and seek justice in the fatal shooting of Charlie Kirk at Utah Valley University. Anyone with information, photos, and video from the incident can help the FBI identity more answers by sharing the files here,” the statement on X reads.

“We have full resources devoted to this investigation, including tactical, operational, investigative and intelligence,” Special Agent Robert Bohls of the FBI’s Salt Lake City office said in a statement attached to the X post.

7:40 p.m.: Time magazine’s latest cover is a photo of today’s assassination scene with the headline “Enough.”

7:36 p.m.: Variety reports that MSNBC has fired political analyst Matthew Dowd due to the horrible on-air comments he made today when news broke that Charlie Kirk had been shot.

MSNBC President Rebecca Kutler issued a statement earlier apologizing for Dowd’s comments, which she described as “inappropriate, insensitive and unacceptable.”

7:25 p.m.: In yet another reminder that evil exists in this world, the vile feminist website Jezebel paid witches to put a curse on Charlie Kirk just two days before he was assassinated.

“If the far-right misogynist with a bad haircut wants to villainize independent women, Jezebel is more than happy to be the hag of his nightmares,” an article on Jezebel stated on Monday. “Are you interested in punishing Kirk for the years of regressive rhetoric he’s shouted at America’s youth and anyone within earshot? Here at Jezebel, we’re about to find out if there’s a spell for that.”

It’s clear from the article that they targeted Charlie because he was a devout Christian and an unapologetic supporter of the pro-life movement. He was also a vocal critic of the toxic and destructive feminist ideology espoused by Jezebel.

During a recent episode of The Charlie Kirk Show, Charlie encouraged his Evangelical listeners to embrace the Virgin Mary as a solution to “toxic feminism.”

“I believe that one of the ways that we fix toxic feminism in America is Mary is the solution,” he said.

6:50 p.m.: Statement from First Lady Melania Trump:

6:44 p.m.: The New York Times spoke with Tanner Maxwell, the attendee at today’s event who recorded video showing a person running across the roof of the building where university officials say the shooter was:

From Tanner Maxwell’s vantage point behind the tent under which Mr. Kirk was speaking at Utah Valley University, he couldn’t see or hear as well as he wanted to, he said in a phone interview.

He moved to get a better view of the crowd in order to take a video to show his friends. As he pulled his phone out to start filming, he heard a single gunshot. His video, which begins immediately after the shot, captures people dropping to the ground or running for cover.

Here is the video he recorded:

The Times also analyzed this video taken before the fatal shooting, which appears to show a person laying on the roof of the building where the shooter would have been:

The shooter remains at large at this time. The two suspects who had been detained earlier have been released, and, according to Lt. Cameron Roden of the Utah Department of Public Safety, there are currently no other suspects in custody.

6:17 p.m.: The Kennedy Center held a moment of silence for Charlie Kirk this evening.

5:55 p.m.: President Trump posted the following video on Truth Social:

5:05 p.m.: FBI Director Kash Patel reports that the assassin is still at large. The person of interest who was in custody has now been released, and the investigation continues.

5:04 p.m.: More video is emerging that may show the escape of the shooter and his position on the roof before the shooting.

4:40 p.m.: In a post on X, Harrison Butker thanked Charlie Kirk for his “strong witness for Christ” and included the ancient words of the Requiem aeternam: “Eternal rest grant unto them, O Lord, and let perpetual light shine upon them. May their soul and the souls of all the faithful departed, through the mercy of God, rest in peace.”

4:32 p.m.: The New York Yankees held a moment of silence for Charlie before tonight’s game.

4:29 p.m.: MSNBC’s President Rebecca Kutler issued the following statement regarding her network’s appalling early coverage of the assassination of Charlie Kirk:

“During our breaking news coverage of the shooting of Charlie Kirk, Matthew Dowd made comments that were inappropriate, insensitive and unacceptable. We apologize for his statements, as has he. There is no place for violence in America, political or otherwise.”

4:26 p.m.: A crowd gathers outside of the White House where the flag has been lowered to half staff in honor of Charlie Kirk.

4:22 p.m.: Charlie Kirk’s wife, Erika, posts daily Bible passages on X. This morning she posted Psalm 46:1: “God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.”

4:16 p.m.: Voices on the political left are weighing in:

4:05 p.m.: Donald Trump Jr. writes about the “unimaginable loss” of his friend Charlie Kirk:

3:52 p.m.: Beau Mason, the commissioner of Utah’s Department of Public Safety, confirmed that they apprehended a person earlier who was not actually the shooter. However, Utah Gov. Spencer Cox stated that another “person of interest in custody” is now in custody. He added that “at this point, there is no information that would lead us to believe that there is a second person involved.”

Referring to this as “a dark day for our state” and “a tragic day for our nation,” Gov. Cox declared, “I want to be very clear that this is a political assassination.” He also noted that Utah has the death penalty.

3:30 p.m.: Watch the FBI press briefing here:

3:25 p.m.: FBI Director Kash Patel says they have a suspect now in custody.

3:24 p.m.: Turning Point USA issued the following statement:

3:22 p.m.: Police scanner audio says the at-large suspect was seen fleeing campus.

3:06 p.m.: Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (R-FL) blames Democrats and journalists for the assassination: “EVERY DAMN ONE OF YOU WHO CALLED US FASCISTS DID THIS.”

3:05 p.m.: Breitbart’s Washington Bureau Chief Matthew Boyle tells the War Room’s Steve Bannon on everyone to carry on Charlie’s mission.

3:05 p.m.: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu remembers Kirk as “a lion-hearted friend of Israel… We lost an incredible human being.”

3:03 p.m.: Tribute from HHS Secretary Kennedy: “A bullet has silenced the most eloquent truth teller of an era… Charlie is already in paradise with the angels.”

2:45 p.m.: Reform UK leader Nigel Farage reacts: “He was phenomenal… I’m desperately sad.”

2:39 p.m.: Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT): “I’ve known Charlie since he was a teenager. Someone who had an uncanny ability to communicate complex messages and break them digest and make them digestible, understandable to people everywhere.”

“I’m devastated and will miss him. My heart goes out to all those who mourn his passing today.”

2:27 p.m.: President Trump orders ALL U.S. flags in the nation to be flown at half mast.

2:20 p.m.: House Democrats OBJECT to a request for prayer after Kirk’s apparent assassination:

2:16 p.m.: CNN runs footage of Kirk’s final words at the public event here.

2:08 p.m.: Kirk remembered for his faith and devotion to his family:

2:03 p.m.: Gov. JB Pritzker goes partisan, blames Trump’s “rhetoric” for Charlie Kirk’s assassination.

1:57 p.m.: Scott Jennings: “He was enormously influential in that when an issue was emerging, when something was happening and people were sorting out their own views on it — ‘How should I feel about this?’ — Charlie was one of the first people they turned to… We’ll never forget Charlie, for being that next generation of conservative leader, rallying people when you might not have thought it was cool to do so. But he did it anyway, and he made it cool.”

1:52 p.m.: Utah Gov. Spencer Cox: “We will bring to justice the individual responsible for this tragedy.”

1:47 p.m.: President Trump eulogizes “legendary” Charlie Kirk: “No one understood or had the Heart of the Youth in the United States of America better than Charlie”

1:36 p.m.: Kirk’s broadcast platform, Real America’s Voice: “Charlie Kirk Has Passed”

1:29 p.m.: Speaker Mike Johnson asks for prayers for the Kirk family, says “this is detestable, what’s happened.”

1:28 p.m.: Eyewitness: “It sounded like it came up from behind me, up the hill. And it was just one pop. And then we all dropped to the ground, and then they told us all to run.”

1:23 p.m.: Footage of Kirk being rushed from the scene:

1:20 p.m.: Hollywood actor Chris Pratt: “God help us”

1:19 p.m.: UVU: No suspect in custody.

1:15 p.m.: Utah lawmaker says Charlie Kirk has died, according to a local reporter.

1:14 p.m.: The New York Times reports that the elderly man in a blue shirt seen in multiple social media clips is not the suspect.

The police have determined that a person who was taken into custody after the shooting was not actually the shooter, according to Scott Trotter, a university spokesman. The university had earlier said a suspect was in custody.

1:08 p.m.: An eyewitness states the suspect shouted “I’d do it again” after police detained him. According to ABC’s Aaron Katersky, Kirk was talking about transgender mass shooters when the shot was fired.

1:05 p.m.: Shockingly, Brian Stelter nails this moment: “We only have a democracy if we settle our disagreements with words, not with violence.”

1:03 p.m.: More celebs trying to score political points.

12:57 p.m.: A witness shares that she ran from the scene of the shooting, leaving her shoes and keys behind:

12:54 p.m.: MSNBC’s “maybe a supporter accidentally shot him” hot take is even worse than the initial brief clip:

12:49 p.m.: Author Stephen King with a ghoulish hot take:

12:41 p.m.: Sen. Chris Murphy (D-CT) mentions Charlie Kirk on the Senate floor.

12:40 p.m.: White House Situation Room & Sec. of State. Marco Rubio are monitoring the investigation of the shooting.

12:36 p.m.: California Governor Gavin Newsom is under fire for condemning the attack on Kirk after engaging in violent rhetoric recently. Kirk was a guest Newsom’s podcast, where the Democrat played the moderate and spoke out against transgender athletes in women’s sports (while changing nothing about California’s trans-affirming policies).

12:34 p.m.: Important to note that Kirk’s event today was billed as a “Prove Me Wrong Table,” encouraging civil debate and the exchange of ideas.

12:32 p.m.: Utah Valley University statement says “shots were fired from a building about 200 yards” away from Kirk. “Campus is closed for the rest of the day and our campus police have a suspect in custody.”

12:28 p.m.: Democrat lawmakers unanimously condemn the shooting and political violence.

12:25 p.m.: Even worse: a guest on MSNBC speculates that the assailant may be “a supporter shooting their gun off in celebration” of Kirk.

12:21 p.m.: MSNBC’s Katy Tur immediately disrespects Kirk by describing him as a “polarizing figure” and worrying about the Trump administration “using this [shooting] as a justification for something.”

12:17 p.m.: Utah Valley University has confirmed that the suspect is in custody.

12:15 p.m.: A well connected source tells Breitbart News that Charlie Kirk is alive at the hospital and is receiving a blood transfusion but is in very rough shape.

12:13 p.m.: There are unconfirmed reports that the suspect may be in custody.

12:10 p.m.: **GRAPHIC CONTENT WARNING** video of the shooting here.

12:09 p.m.: Statements from FBI Director Kash Patel and Attorney General Pam Bondi, who reports that FBI and ATF are on the scene.

12:07 p.m.: There are videos circulating on social media of the shooting.

More videos from the shooting:

This is a developing story.