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Charlie Kirk, founder and CEO of Turning Point USA with over 3,500 chapters nationwide, was shot in the neck during a campus event attended by about 3,000 people, police said.
- At a Turning Point USA event Wednesday, Charlie Kirk was speaking when a shooter fired from a rooftop, with about 3,000 in attendance, police said.
- Founded in 2012 by Charlie Kirk, co-founder, and Bill Montgomery, co-founder, Turning Point USA is a conservative political advocacy organization focused on students and campus activity.
- Authorities announced Friday that Tyler Robinson, the arrested 22-year-old, was taken into custody Thursday night after investigators received over 7,000 leads and a family tip prompted a confession.
- The president ordered flags lowered to half-staff and said he would posthumously award the Presidential Medal of Freedom to Kirk, while Republican and Democratic politicians condemned the attack and Utah Valley University canceled classes and closed the campus until at least Monday.
- Kirk's prominence as Turning Point USA's founder and CEO means investigators face challenges after authorities said the shooter fired from a distant rooftop and recovered rifle evidence engraved with messages, underscoring broader implications amid a string of attacks on U.S. politicians.
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Former UMD Turning Point Leader Reflects on Death of Charlie Kirk
DULUTH, Minn. — Political tensions on college campuses continue to rise, with students often caught between free speech and fierce backlash. The recent assassination of Charlie Kirk has reignited those debates, especially for one former UMD student who once led a chapter of Kirk’s organization. Charlie Kirk built a national movement by engaging young conservatives — including students at the University of Minnesota Duluth. One of them was Sam Sp…
Brooks and Capehart on Americans’ reactions to the killing of Charlie Kirk
New York Times columnist David Brooks and Jonathan Capehart of MSNBC join Amna Nawaz to discuss the week in politics, including the fatal shooting of Charlie Kirk and the tough questions it raises about the political environment in the country.
He was in the FBI's hands since Thursday evening, but US President Trump has been waiting to be interviewed by Fox & Friends to reveal to the country the turning point in the investigation (ANSA)
Utah Democrats receive threatening voice messages in wake of Charlie Kirk's killing
Charlie Kirk, who founded Turning Point USA, speaks before former President Donald Trump’s arrival during a Turning Point USA Believers Summit conference, July 26, 2024, in West Palm Beach, Fla. Joe Raedle/Getty Images, FILE (UTAH) — Just hours after an assailant gunned down conservative commentator Charlie Kirk on the Utah Valley University campus Wednesday, voice messages containing a torrent of expletive-laden insults were sent to Democratic …
Charlie Kirk’s Legacy Chronicled in PragerU Tribute
From his founding of Turning Point USA at age 18 to his creation of the largest conservative youth activist organization in the country, Charlie Kirk’s legacy of contribution to American society is chronicled in a new PragerU video paying tribute to Kirk following his assassination at a Utah university event on Wednesday.
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