Charlie Kirk dead at 31 after being shot in the neck in Utah | 10 Sept 2025 | Charlie Kirk has died after being shot in the neck at an event at Utah Valley University, President Donald Trump confirmed. The conservative commentator, 31, was hit by a single bullet while speaking to crowds at the public university in Orem on Wednesday afternoon. Father-of-two Kirk, known for his fierce MAGA views and thrilling debates with college kids across the country, collapsed immediately after being hit by the gunfire. He was rushed to hospital, where he tragically succumbed to his injuries. “The Great, and even Legendary, Charlie Kirk, is dead,” Trump wrote on Truth Social. “No one understood or had the Heart of the Youth in the United States of America better than Charlie.” Kirk’s spokesman Andrew Kolvet also confirmed the conservatives death, just before 5pm EST.