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FBI Director Kash Patel said Wednesday that authorities took into custody the suspected gunman who shot and killed conservative activist Charlie Kirk on the Utah Valley University campus.

"The subject for the horrific shooting today that took the life of Charlie Kirk is now in custody. Thank you to the local and state authorities in Utah for your partnership with @fbi. We will provide updates when able," Patel posted on X.

A former Utah Valley University student who attended the event where conservative commentator Charlie Kirk was killed on Wednesday described the event's security to CNN as "fairly mild."

"I would say security was fairly mild for the amount of people that were there," Dallin Smith told CNN's Jake Tapper on Wednesday. "I don't think they expected that many people. It seemed like a little bit more than some of the other events that you can watch."

NBC News, White House correspondent Vaughn Hillyard reported that after far-right activist Charlie Kirk was shot and killed at a Utah Valley University event on Wednesday, Washington had "come to a halt."

Speaking to MSNBC host Nicolle Wallace, Hillyard said that, given the relationships that Kirk had with lawmakers, the attack has paused regular business as those on the right awaited the official word about Kirk's death.

Rep. Jared Moskowitz (D-FL) buried his Republican colleagues in mockery during a congressional hearing this week for parroting President Donald Trump's denials that his signature on the bawdy doodle in deceased sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein's birthday book was authentic.

In particular, Moskowitz called on House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer (R-KY) to put his money where his mouth is.

GOP strategist Scott Jennings remembered the late conservative activist Charlie Kirk on Wednesday after Kirk was shot dead while speaking at an event on the Utah Valley University campus.

Kirk was shot in the neck from about 200 yards away, according to CNN. He was seated under a tent when the shot was fired. Police have not yet arrested the gunman, according to reports.

President Donald Trump ordered the whole of government to lower flags to half-staff in honor of Charlie Kirk.

Writing on Truth Social, Trump announced, "In honor of Charlie Kirk, a truly Great American Patriot, I am ordering all American Flags throughout the United States lowered to Half Mast until Sunday evening at 6 P.M."

Reports that Trump ally Charlie Kirk had died left two prominent conservative figures in tears.

Kirk died shortly after being shot at an event in Utah. Speaking to Glenn Beck after the incident, former Fox News host Megyn Kelly said that she trusted the outlets reporting it, but that she didn't want to believe it.

Following the shooting of right-wing activist and Donald Trump ally Charlie Kirk at Utah Valley University in Orem, while politicians on both sides of the aisle offered prayers, the chairman of the Utah Republican Party put out a statement blaming the attack on liberalism on college campuses.

"The attack on Charlie Kirk and free speech is evil, pure and simple," said the statement put out by Robert Axson. "The hate, violence and evil being peddled by radical extremists has no place in this country! Schools and social media have become breeding grounds for liberal hate. Enough!"

Shortly after conservative activist Charlie Kirk was shot on Wednesday, MAGA began spinning the incident as a politically motivated attack.

Kirk was shot in the neck while giving a speech on the Utah Valley University campus. President Donald Trump said on Wednesday that Kirk died of his wounds.

The Utah Valley University announced that the shooter of Turning Points USA president Charlie Kirk was not arrested.

A previous statement from the school said that one person was in custody, and a video of an older white man being detained was circulating with claims that he was the shooter.