The conservative activist Charlie Kirk was shot and killed.

That's where we're starting The Seven from the Washington Post.

I'm Hannah Jewell.

It's Thursday, September 11th.

Let's get you caught up with today's seven stories.

Charlie Kirk was shot yesterday at Utah Valley University in the city of Orem.

The right-wing influencer had been speaking to a crowd of about 3,000 people when a single gunshot rang out.

Graphic video of the shooting spread online showing him suddenly slumping over.

An eyewitness named Danielle described the crowd's reaction in a video shared by Reuters.

She said she was about 15 feet away from Kirk.

I just all I hear is screaming and I see people running and I'm like, it's not safe to run. It's not safe to get up. It's not. And all I'm saying is please God, please God, please God, because I don't want to die. I don't want anybody else to die. And I think I just saw a guy die, you know?

Later, it was confirmed that Kirk had died. He was 31 years old.

Kirk was one of the most prominent right-wing voices in the age of Donald Trump.

He was a strong ally of the president and founded the youth-focused conservative nonprofit

Turning Point USA. He had millions of fans. Two suspects were taken into custody,

but later released. A search is ongoing, and the shooter's identity and motive are not yet known.

But in a tribute video from the Oval Office, President Trump said he was filled with grief

and blamed his political opponents.

For years, those on the radical left have compared wonderful Americans like Charlie to Nazis

and the world's worst mass murderers and criminals. This kind of rhetoric is directly responsible

for the terrorism that we're seeing in our country

today, and it must stop right now.

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