When Joe Rogan learned that Charlie Kirk had been killed while taping his podcast, he was almost rendered speechless.
After hearing the heartbreaking news during a conversation with actor Charlie Sheen, Rogan, 58, was shown with his hands on his head in grief.
“This just happened, we just found out Charlie Kirk was shot,” he said in shock on his podcast. “Is he dead?” he questioned his production crew.
“That’s f**king awful,” Sheen replied.
Rogan took a moment to collect himself, taking a deep breath before talking into the microphone again, saying: “Whoa!”
Short ‘yes’ responses from Rogan, who seemed stunned as Sheen spoke.
“Murdered for having a different opinion from somebody else, different ideology from somebody else,” Sheen said.
“Yeah,” Rogan replied. “Do they even have a suspect?” he asked the production crew.
Kirk, 31, was shot in the neck on Wednesday while attending an event on a Utah university campus.
The incident occurred while the MAGA star, dressed in a white t-shirt, was answering questions from guests inside a tented gazebo.
Kirk was asked how many mass shooters there had been in the previous ten years before the shot was fired.
“Counting or not counting gang violence?” the commentator said, before lowering his microphone.
Less than a second later, he was shot.
The young people in the audience screamed as Kirk’s closest friends and family hurried to his aid.
The father of two, who was well-known for his extreme MAGA beliefs and heated arguments with college students nationwide, passed out right away after taking a single bullet to the neck from a distance of roughly 200 yards.
Just seconds before he was hit, Kirk was responding to a question concerning mass shootings. Two and a half hours after being taken to the hospital in severe condition, he was pronounced dead.
The FBI and Utah police are conducting a massive manhunt for the killer, who is still at large.
A photo of the suspect has been made public by the FBI, which is also offering a $100,000 reward for information that leads to the killer’s capture.
After Kirk was shot dead at Utah Valley University, federal authorities claimed to have discovered a powerful gun in the woods, but they acknowledged they have yet to identify the murderer.
On Thursday, the manhunt for Charlie Kirk’s killer began its second day.
The crowd went into terror when Kirk was shot in the neck. He passed away in spite of the security and staff’s desperate attempts to save him.
Following the incident, two individuals were briefly detained; however, detectives subsequently determined they were not suspects and released them.
Kirk leaves behind Erika Frantzve, his wife, with whom he has a 16-month-old son and a 3-year-old daughter. In May, the pair commemorated the fourth anniversary of their marriage.
The tributes to the late political analyst were led by President Donald Trump. Trump posted on Truth Social, “The Great, and even Legendary, Charlie Kirk, is dead.”
“He was loved and admired by ALL, especially me, and now, he is no longer with us. Melania and my Sympathies go out to his beautiful wife Erika, and family. Charlie, we love you!”
In observance of Kirk, the President has directed that all American flags be flown at half-staff until Sunday at 6 p.m. EST.
