New Delhi, Sept. 11 -- Charlie Kirk, a conservative activist and close ally of President Donald Trump, was shot and killed on Wednesday while he was responding to a question linked to mass shooting.

Emma Pitts, a local reporter who was eyewitness to the event, told The Guardian, "He was on the second question and it was regarding mass shootings and the person he was debating had asked about if he knew how many mass shootings had involved a transgender shooter, to which Kirk responded. Then he asked how many mass shootings there had been in total in the last couple of years, I believe.

"And then before he could even answer, we heard a gunshot and we just saw Charlie Kirk's neck turn to the side and it appeared that he had been shot in th...