Turning Point USA founder and president Charlie Kirk was shot and killed on Wednesday during an event at Utah Valley University in Orem, Utah. He was 31 years old.

Kirk was shot in the neck while speaking to a large crowd from underneath a tent in the middle of an outdoor quad. Following the shooting, Kirk was transported to a local hospital where he was later pronounced dead. He was at the university for an event as part of Turning Point USA's "American Comeback Tour" that launched this spring.

Kirk rose to prominence after he dropped out of college to pursue political activism and founded Turning Point USA (TPUSA) to serve as an organization that promotes conservative youth activism at high school and college campuses.

TPUSA was founded as a non-profit by Kirk in 2012 after

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