By HANNAH SCHOENBAUM and JILL COLVIN, The Associated Press

LOGAN, Utah (AP) — Thousands of supporters came together to honor Charlie Kirk Tuesday night as Turning Point USA’s college tour returned to Utah for the first time since its founder was assassinated on a college campus in the state earlier this month.

The event at Utah State University in Logan was about two hours north of Utah Valley University , where Kirk was killed Sept. 10 by a gunman who fired a single shot through the crowd while Kirk was answering student questions.

Conservative podcast host Alex Clark kicked off the event, which she described as the the group’s largest on-campus tour stop.

“I’m not here to eulogize Charlie Kirk,” she said, but to “pass the torch on to every single one of you.”

Hours before the

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