LOGAN, Utah (AP) — Thousands of supporters came together to honor Charlie Kirk Tuesday night as Turning Point USA’s college tour returned to Utah for the first time since its founder was assassinated on a college campus in the state earlier this month.
The event at Utah State University in Logan was about two hours north of Utah Valley University, where Kirk was killed Sept. 10 by a gunman who fired a single shot through the crowd while Kirk was answering student questions.
Conservative podcast host Alex Clark kicked off the event, which she described as the the group’s largest on-campus tour stop.
“I’m not here to eulogize Charlie Kirk,” she said, but to “pass the torch on to every single one of you.”
Hours before the event, the Logan campus temporarily evacuated a building but later deemed it safe after a “non-explosive” device was found. Authorities are investigating but the university does not believe the package was a threat or related to the Turning Point event, school spokesperson Amanda DeRito told The Associated Press.