Orem • Bouquets of flowers, tealights and small American flags surrounded a Timpanogos Regional Hospital sign in Orem Wednesday evening.

About 100 people gathered outside to mourn commentator Charlie Kirk, fatally shot as he spoke hours earlier at Utah Valley University.

A motorcade of marked and unmarked police cars, led by two motorcycle officers flashing their lights, left the hospital just before 8 p.m. People waved flags and cheered, “We love you, Charlie,” as the coroner’s van drove away.

“God bless you, Charlie,” one man said as the motorcade passed.

(Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) People gather outside Timpanogos Regional Hospital in Orem in support of Charlie Kirk after he was shot and killed at Utah Valley University, Wednesday, Sept. 10, 2025.

While officers h

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