Utah college where Charlie Kirk was killed is a lesser-known school but the state’s largest
- Charlie Kirk, a 31-year-old conservative activist and founder of Turning Point USA, was fatally shot on September 10, 2025, at Utah Valley University in Orem, Utah.
- The shooting occurred during a public event while Kirk answered questions from an audience of about 3,000, with the sniper firing from a nearby rooftop approximately 140 yards away.
- Kirk was transported to a hospital where he later passed away, while authorities briefly detained two individuals before releasing them and continue searching for the shooter with assistance from the FBI and local law enforcement.
- President Donald Trump ordered flags to fly at half-mast, praised Kirk as understanding youth better than anyone, and plans to award him a posthumous Medal of Freedom.
- Kirk's death highlights increasing recent threats against US politicians and raises concerns about national political violence and discourse, as expressed by Utah Governor Cox and others.
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Trump advisers fear for their lives following Charlie Kirk’s assassination
According to a report published by the The Wall Street Journal, US authorities will increase security around President Donald Trump in the wake of the assassination of American conservative activist Charlie Kirk. The White House is said to be in a state of mourning, with a number of senior Trump advisers deeply concerned about their personal safety. Charlie Kirk, moments before being shot. Photo: Reuters Kirk, a prominent right-wing activist, wa…
Charlie Kirk didn't die for his culture war views. He died for free speech.
(RNS) — Had I been born four decades later or he four decades earlier, I would have been Charlie Kirk’s target audience. As a Christian and politically conservative graduate student at a liberal state university back then, I felt marginalized and silenced by most (not all) of my professors and my peers, including my officemate, who asked me to remove my pro-life signs from our office door, which was already festooned with her pro-LGBTQ material.…
Wild Theory Claims Charlie Kirk Was Eliminated By Friends To Keep Attention Off “That Letter”
As the search for answers and the conservative advocate Charlie Kirk’s assassin continues, a conspiracy is taking root on the internet, and it involves “a letter” that has since become a political lightning rod. Kirk had just kicked off his Turning Point tour and was sitting mic-in-hand on the Utah Valley University campus when a sniper’s bullet ripped through the side of his neck, ultimately taking his life. Less than two months prior, Kirk app…
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