Conservative activist and Turning Point USA co-founder Charlie Kirk was shot and killed during an outdoor event at Utah Valley University in Orem, just north of Provo. Kirk was participating in an event at the school as part of his organization’s “The American Comeback Tour” when he was shot and killed. President Trump confirmed Kirk’s death, sharing in a Truth Social post: “The Great, and even Legendary, Charlie Kirk, is dead. No one understood or had the Heart of the Youth in the United States of America better than Charlie. The Utah Department of Public Safety said in a press release: “We initially took in George Zinn as a suspect.