Shock at the White House as news breakspublished at 20:08 British Summer Time
Bernd Debusmann Jr
Reporting from the White House
We’ve just heard from President Trump, who posted on Truth Social that:
“We must all pray for Charlie Kirk, who has been shot,” he wrote. “A great guy from top to bottom. GOD BLESS HIM!”
As news of the shooting broke, I was in the “upper press” area of the White House, where senior officials such as Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt have their offices.
I first learned that the shooting had taken place when a young female staffer gasped and exclaimed “oh my god, Charlie Kirk has been shot!” as I stood outside the office of a senior White House official. It elicited more gasps from other nearby White House staff.
The staffer got up from her desk, still looking at her phone and then quickly walked out of the area.
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