Shooter of Charlie Kirk evades capture as manhunt pushes into third day

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

86% : "Charlie Kirk was a great person, a great man - great in every way, especially with youth" Trump told reporters.
71% : Vice President JD Vance credited him with helping Trump win the 2024 presidential election and select people appointed to the Trump administration.
66% : Trump said he would award Kirk the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation's highest civilian honor.
53% : Hopefully we'll have him and we will deal with him very appropriately," Trump said.
49% : Trump himself has survived two attempts on his life last year, one that left him with a grazed ear during a campaign event and another two months later foiled by federal agents.
17% : Reuters has documented more than 300 cases of politically motivated acts of violence across the ideological spectrum since supporters of Trump attacked the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021.
12% : President Donald Trump said investigators were making progress in tracking down the gunman who fired a single rifle shot on Wednesday that struck the neck of Kirk, a 31-year-old author and podcast host who helped galvanize the conservative youth vote and return Trump to the White House.

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