RALEIGH — Hundreds turned out in Raleigh’s Moore Square on Monday for a memorial held in honor of Charlie Kirk, the Turning Point USA’s 31-year-old leader who was assassinated on the Utah Valley University Campus last Wednesday. Von Canon spoke about having the privilege of meeting Kirk and described him as a “happy warrior.”“The one word that comes to mind when I think of Charlie Kirk is courageous,” Von Canon said. Marsh described all of the help Kirk had given her over their years before turning to addressing “the lies” people might be reading about Kirk. “One of the most disheartening things I have seen is that Charlie deserved it because he believed in gun rights. Ford, a board member for Turning Point USA’s NC State University chapter, spoke about Kirk and his organization building up the next generation of conservative leaders.