{"id":2015132,"date":"2025-09-11T21:19:15","date_gmt":"2025-09-11T21:19:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2015132"},"modified":"2025-09-11T21:19:15","modified_gmt":"2025-09-11T21:19:15","slug":"charlie-kirk-turning-point-usa-co-founder-dead-at-31-after-being-shot-in-neck-at-political-event","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/charlie-kirk-turning-point-usa-co-founder-dead-at-31-after-being-shot-in-neck-at-political-event\/","title":{"rendered":"Charlie Kirk, Turning Point USA Co-Founder, Dead at 31 After Being Shot in Neck at Political Event"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div data-article-body=\"true\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Charlie Kirk has died after <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/entertainment\/celebrity\/articles\/charlie-kirk-shot-during-event-190355971.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:he was shot;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\">he was shot<\/a> during a political event at Utah Valley University in Orem, Utah, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.tmz.me\/M6pIf6O\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:TMZ;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">TMZ<\/a> reported. He was 31.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Kirk, a right-wing media personality and the co-founder of conservative nonprofit Turning Point USA, was speaking at the university as part of his America Comeback Tour on Wednesday (Sept. 10).<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">President Donald Trump posted about Kirk&#8217;s death on Truth Social.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;The Great, and even Legendary, Charlie Kirk, is dead,&#8221; Trump tweeted. &#8220;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. Melania and my Sympathies go out to his beautiful wife Erika, and family. 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