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Thousands gather at Utah Valley University for a "Vigil of Unity" following last week's Charlie Kirk shooting.

Campus and religious leaders share messages of peace, hope and healing.

Kirk admirers from across the country have traveled to Utah in his honor.

On an Orem campus still reeling from last week’s slaying of Charlie Kirk, thousands gathered Friday to grieve together — and, collectively, begin healing.

Utah Valley University officials, students and folks of all ages and backgrounds from across the United States assembled at the school’s UCCU Center for a “Vigil for Unity” in memory of slain conservative activist Charlie Kirk, who was killed during a campus event on Wednesday, Sept. 10.

Kirk, 31, a married father of two, was killed by a single bullet during a “Prove M

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