URGENT: Campus killing lays bare America's bloody and broken politics

BREAKING NEWS UPDATE Campus killing lays bare America's bloody and broken politics27 minutes agoShareSaveAnthony ZurcherNorth America correspondentShareSaveStudents flee as Charlie Kirk is shot while speaking to a crowd of hundredsMoments before the crack of a gunshot changed everything, thousands of students had gathered under clear blue skies at an idyllic Utah college to hear from a man considered a rock star in conservative campus politics.As the 31-year-old Charlie Kirk sat under a tent, debating political opponents taking their turn at a microphone, many gathered on the lawns cheered and some protested. Seconds later, they were all running in terror.The activist was struck in the neck by a bullet, mortally wounded. KEY DETAILS: • The episode playing out as cameras rolled, some showing the murder in bloody detail.The images will be hard to forget - particularly for the many young conservatives for whom Kirk held celebrity status. • The leader of their movement, regardless of the ultimate motive behind his killing, will now be viewed as a martyr for the cause.Kirk, in the past, had warned of what he said was the threat of violence from his critics of which he had many, given his provocative style of conservativism. • Nonetheless he was willing to travel to college campuses, where the politics frequently tilt to the left, and debate all comers.LIVE: Fatal shooting of Charlie Kirk - latest updatesPROFILE: The conservative influencer who rallied a youth movementHe was an advocate of gun rights and conservative values, an outspoken critic of transgender rights, and a staunch, unapologetic Donald Trump supporter. This is a developing story. More details will be provided as they become available. *Source: Bbc*