The Brief

Turning Point USA is in the news following the shooting of its CEO and co-founder Charlie Kirk at an event at a Utah college on Wednesday.

The nonprofit organization’s mission is to build a conservative grassroots activist network on high school and college campuses nationwide, per their website.

What is Turning Point USA?

The backstory:

Turning Point USA was founded in suburban Chicago in 2012 by Charlie Kirk, then 18, with a mission to identify, educate, train, and organize students to promote the principles of fiscal responsibility, free markets and limited government, according to its website .

Kirk was speaking at a debate hosted by the organization when he was shot.

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