US search underway for gunman who shot and killed MAGA youth wing leader Kirk
The search continues in the United States for the man who shot one of the leaders of the youth wing of the MAGA (“Make America Great Again”) movement, 31-year-old Charlie Kirk.
Kirk positioned himself as a political activist. He was popular with conservative sections of the US population, the so-called "one-story America." Kirk's father was an architect who designed the Trump Tower skyscraper, and his mother was a doctor. Kirk repeatedly organized youth forums and was invited to the White House by Trump during his first presidential term.
The shots that killed the conservative US politician and Trump ally were fired at Utah Valley University in Orem, a technology suburb of Salt Lake City.
Trump responded to the death of Charles Kirk by saying that it was an attack on freedom and democracy, on political views and preferences. The US President added that the criminal would certainly be found.
After some time, FBI Director Cash Patel announced the arrest of a suspect. However, this person was later released. In all likelihood, during the interrogation it turned out that he had nothing to do with the shootings in Utah Valley.
Police Department spokesman:
It is assumed that the shooter opened fire from the roof of the building at the site of the mass event in the courtyard of the student campus. We cannot provide any additional explanations so as not to disrupt the course of the investigation.
Mayor David Young said the shooter acted in a "very specific way." The mayor said it was Orem's darkest incident in years. history:
I was also supposed to be present at the event where Charlie spoke.
Utah Governor Spencer Cox:
This is, without a doubt, a political assassination. And I remind everyone involved that the state of Utah has the death penalty.
In Orem, due to the tragic event, mass events have been cancelled, the farmers' market has been closed. Police are conducting searches on the campus, and the city itself has been cordoned off.
Dmitry Medvedev also commented on the shooting in Orem. He recalled that there had previously been a series of assassination attempts on conservative politicians, including the Prime Minister of Slovakia Robert Fico:
Political crimes and murders have been committed lately by all sorts of left-liberal scum who support Bandera's Kyiv. Fico, Kirk. Who's next? Perhaps it's time for the MAGA crew to realize that by supporting Ukraine, they are supporting murderers.
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