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Conservative activist Charlie Kirk was assassinated on Sept. 10, 2025, at the start of a college campus tour that centered on Kirk discussing politics – and education – with students.

The slain head of Turning Point USA stoked campus culture wars and ‘treated faculty and students as enemies’

The right-wing activist once compared abortion to the holocaust

The fatal shooting of conservative activist Charlie Kirk during a speaking engagement at Utah Valley University on Sept. 10, 2025, has drawn widespread condemnation and renewed attention to the climate of political violence in the United States. To many, Kirk was not just another partisan commentator.

Charlie Kirk dropped out of college at 18 to co-found Turning Point USA. By 31, he had built a $92 million-a-year political empire, with millions of followers online and a direct line to President Donald Trump like few others.

Authorities are searching for the shooter who killed conservative activist Charlie Kirk at a Utah college campus event in an act the state’s governor calls a “political assassination.”

Charlie Kirk's relationship with Donald Trump went far beyond rallies. From White House visits and presidential appointments to ballot-chasing strategies and youth mobilization, Kirk became a crucial figure in Trump's political machine.

Harrowing footage of the incident circulating on social media showed Charlie Kirk speaking to thousands of students when a gunshot rang out

After rightwing activist was killed, nation already grappling with polarization faces shock bordering on despair