Crime alert. I'm Nancy Grace, breaking crime news now. Straight out to Nicole Parton for the latest.

Nancy, we begin today out of Utah covering the breaking news and the tragic death of Charlie Kirk.

The FBI announced that it is working with state and local law enforcement agencies to, quote,

thoroughly investigate and pursue justice for the tragic shooting of Charlie Kirk,

the founder of the Conservative Youth Organization Turning Point USA, which occurred during an event

at Utah Valley University yesterday on Wednesday.

The Bureau has requested public assistance in the ongoing manhunt for the shooter,

encouraging people with information, photographs, or videos from the incident to come forward.

FBI director Cash Patel expressed the agency's full support for the ongoing response and investigation.

A press conference is scheduled for 9 a.m. Eastern on Thursday, and UVU will remain closed until September 14, as stated in a notice on the university's website.

Kirk, a 31-year-old father of two, was known to be a very close advisor to former President Donald Trump and played a significant role in the conservative youth

movement in America. He established Turning Point USA in 2012 at just 18 years old and was instrumental

in garnering substantial support for Trump among younger voters in the 2024 elections.

During the outdoor event at the university's campus, shortly afternoon,

Perk was shot by a single bullet. He was rushed to a hospital but was later declared dead.

And I witnessed Jeremy King tells Fox 7 exactly what he saw in the moments leading up to the shooting.

So what sounded like either a firecracker or a low caliber, 22, because we're up front,

right, we're not near the shooter. And so it took a minute to realize this wasn't staged.

This was actually happening. He fell back in his chair. And at that moment, everyone went down. Everyone that I

could see went down. I stood over my wife looking for an active shooter. At that point, we didn't

know what was going on. And very quickly, they escorted Charlie out. At that point, I knew, you know, this is just a single shot event, or it felt like it was just a single shot event.

So we evacuated what looked like the quickest way out, which happened to be following Charlie.

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