On Tuesday afternoon, Sep. 10, conservative activist Charlie Kirk was shot during an open question-and-answer session with college students in Orem, Utah.

The incident happened around 2:20 p.m. in an open area on the campus of Utah Valley University. Kirk sustained a single gunshot wound to the neck, which is believed to have been fired from a building roof approximately 200 yards away from the event’s area. He was rushed to the hospital and was reported in critical condition until approximately 4:40 p.m., when President Donald Trump provided an update, stating “The Great, and even Legendary, Charlie Kirk, is dead,” via Truth Social.

Kirk was on the first of 15 stops of his ‘American Comeback Tour,” which was aimed to initiate dialogue regarding political values at college campuses across the country. According to UVU Campus Police Chief Jeff Long, there were over 3,000 people attending the event.

Kirk was the co-founder and CEO of Turning Point USA, an organization promoting conservative beliefs towards young voters. He is survived by his wife Erika, and two children ages three and one.

According to a recent press conference from Utah, a suspect was initially taken into custody, later named George Zinn, but later released after he did not match the suspect’s description. Utah Governor Spencer Cox also said a person of interest has been taken into custody. The FBI is joining local authorities to investigate the incident, which is being labeled as a targeted attack.

“I want to be very clear, this is a political assassination,” Utah Governor Spencer Cox. “When someone takes the life of a person because of their ideas or their ideals, then the very  constitutional foundation is threatened. I don’t care what his politics are, I care that he was an American. Our nation is broken.”

More details will be released when they are made available.