Turning Point founder and Scottsdale resident Charlie Kirk killed in Utah shooting
Charlie Kirk hands out hats before speaking at Utah Valley University in Orem, Utah, Wednesday, Sept. 10, 2025. (Tess Crowley/The Deseret News via AP)
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Charlie Kirk, founder of Phoenix-based Turning Point USA, was shot in Utah and killed.
Kirk was doing a question-and-answer event at Utah Valley University in Orem, Utah, and was with hundreds of students. The event was caught on video by multiple bystanders.
Multiple media outlets reported Kirk had died following a message from President Donald Trump posted to Truth Social.
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Turning Point founder and Scottsdale resident Charlie Kirk killed in Utah shooting
Tess Crowley
Charlie Kirk hands out hats before speaking at Utah Valley University in Orem, Utah, Wednesday, Sept. 10, 2025. (Tess Crowley/The Deseret News via AP)
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Charlie Kirk, founder of Phoenix-based Turning Point USA, was shot in Utah and killed.
Kirk was doing a question-and-answer event at Utah Valley University in Orem, Utah, and was with hundreds of students. The event was caught on video by multiple bystanders.
Multiple media outlets reported Kirk had died following a message from President Donald Trump posted to Truth Social.
A suspect is in custody according to UVU authorities and the campus is on lockdown.
Kirk is a close political ally with Donald Trump and has campaigned with many political figures like Kari Lake and Andy Biggs.
Lake immediately took to X to pray for the Kirk family and speak out against the suspect.
Charlie Kirk is a husband, father, son and friend. He is an incredible man who loves America. He has been shot in what appears to be an assassination attempt in Utah.
I am holding Charlie, his wonderful wife Erika and their children is deep prayer.
Former Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords, a Democrat who was shot at a mass shooting in Tucson in 2011, condemned the shooting in a post on X.
I'm horrified to hear that Charlie Kirk was shot at an event in Utah.
Democratic societies will always have political disagreements, but we must never allow America to become a country that confronts those disagreements with violence.
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