The shooting of a prominent political organizer at a college event raised immediate national concern about political violence, campus safety and the risks faced by high‑profile speakers.

Charlie Kirk was one of them — a conservative activist and Trump adviser who, after seven years of running a nonprofit, began playing in the same podcasting sandbox as people like Ben Shapiro on the ...

Authorities said the gunshot came from about 200 yards away, likely from a perch atop the Losee Center building, which is on the opposite side of the plaza from where Kirk was speaking.