On Sept. 10, conservative political activist Charlie Kirk was shot and killed at Utah Valley University during a Turning Point USA event. The shooting followed the assassination of Melissa Hortman, a Minnesota state lawmaker, and the assassination attempt of President Donald Trump. Faculty Response to Shooting Aftermath“Nobody was really anticipating that sort of event,” said Matthew Burbank, a political science professor at the University of Utah. And so with this polarization happening, it’s making it so people can’t compromise.”Brooklynn Gallup, Secretary for the U’s chapter of Utah College Democrats, echoed a similar statement. Kirk was scheduled for a second event at Utah State University before his death.