Yet as Kirk's supporters continue to pay tribute to him, senior US government figures are threatening action against anyone praising the death of the controversial right-wing activist - a testament to the climate of political division and polarisation in which his killing took place.

Conservative activist Charlie Kirk was killed by a sniper during his visit to Utah Valley University. Tyler Robinson, the suspect, confessed to the crime. Kirk's death, which occurred during his American Comeback Tour,

Charlie Kirk’s assassin Tyler Robinson had become increasingly political in recent years — and seethed about his victim’s upcoming campus appearance just before killing him. officials

Tyler Robinson’s grandmother says their entire family are Republicans: ‘I don’t know a single Democrat’ - Tyler Robinson’s grandmother is speaking out in defense of her grandson, who is accused of kil

One liberal commentator wrote on social media about the suspect: "We find out it's a white guy from a Republican family in Utah who loved guns."

Erika Kirk, the widow of Charlie Kirk, called her husband a martyr and said that she would continue her husband’s conservative organization.