Thursday’s Top Stories Thursday’s Five Facts [1] New Mexico reacts to the shooting death of Charlie Kirk – Charlie Kirk was speaking at a college campus in Utah when he was shot and killed on Wednesday afternoon.

Kirk twice visited New Mexico to speak in recent years, including just a month ago at a conservative Albuquerque church.

"It's tragic that increased political violence could be seen as a threat to our democracy and our way of life," KOAT political expert Brian Sanderoff said.

Months before his own assassination, slain conservative activist Charlie Kirk warned his followers on social media that "assassination culture is spreading on the left."

Public officials and law enforcement have been raising the alarm that political violence is on the rise in America.

Three days after the shooting death of political activist Charlie Kirk, the number of threats against elected officials has increased. Two officials in New Mexico are now on that list, with the FBI making an arrest in New Mexico on Thursday.

Conservative commentator Charlie Kirk was shot on Wednesday at an event at Utah Valley University in Orem, Utah, Fox News reported, citing a spokesperson for the influential ally of U.S. President Donald Trump.

Just days after a gunman shot and killed Kirk at a Utah university, Erika Kirk addressed her husband's supporters and the nation as a whole, saying she would continue Charlie Kirk