India, Sept. 11 -- Charlie Kirk, founder of Turning Point USA, has died after he was shot at during an event at Utah Valley University in Orem, on Wednesday, President Donald Trump announced on Truth Social.

"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. Melania and my Sympathies go out to his beautiful wife Erika, and family. Charlie, we love you!," the president wrote.

Charlie Kirk was shot from a campus building from a distance of about 200 yards, CNN reported. Several people on X began to call it a sniper attack given the distance of the shot in...