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April 12, 2026: Tyler Robinson has been charged with several felonies, including aggravated murder, in the death of Charlie Kirk, 31.

ABOVE: Charlie Kirk memorial — candlelight vigil in Burlington, Kentucky

Charlie Kirk, founder and CEO of Turning Point USA, was killed while speaking to students at Utah Valley University in Orem, Utah.

🙏R.I.P. Charlie Kirk 🇺🇸 ✝️

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Brandi Buchman and Lydia O'Connor at HuffPost:

Right-wing commentator Charlie Kirk, 31, has died Wednesday after being shot while speaking at Utah Valley University. President Donald Trump confirmed his death, announcing it on social media. “The Great, and even Legendary, Charlie Kirk, is dead,” Trump wrote on Truth Social. “No one understood or had the Heart of the Youth in the United States of America better than Charlie. He was loved and admired by ALL, especially me, and now, he is no longer with us. Melania and my Sympathies go out to his beautiful wife Erika, and family. Charlie, we love you!” Turning Point USA, Kirk’s conservative nonprofit, also confirmed his death.

“May he be received into the merciful arms of our loving Savior who suffered and died for Charlie,” the organization said in a statement. “We ask that everyone keep his family and loved ones in your prayers. We ask that you please respect their privacy and dignity in this time.”

[...] Footage of the incident in Orem, Utah, circulating online appears to show Kirk being shot near his neck and bleeding profusely. The incident occurred roughly 20 minutes after Kirk began speaking. Police do not have a suspect in custody, the university says. Kirk was shot while fielding a question about mass shootings in America, video of the event shows. When asked if he knew how many mass shootings there had been in the U.S. in recent years, Kirk asked the attendee, “Counting or not counting gang violence?” He was shot immediately after. [...]

Kirk founded Turning Point USA nearly a decade ago and became a right-wing darling in short order. He previously served as an aide to Trump during Trump’s first presidency.

Kirk hosted “The Charlie Kirk Show,” a program where he frequently espoused hard-right views, often with links to white nationalist conspiracy theories. A report from the Southern Poverty Law Center in May noted that Kirk’s foray into right-wing politics started out with his promotion of a “secular worldview” for conservatives that encouraged the separation of church and state but that shifted and his message began to align more with the religious far-right.

This afternoon, while at Utah Valley University (UVU) in Orem, Utah for the American Comeback Tour hosted by Turning Point USA (TPUSA), right-wing commentator Charlie Kirk was shot and killed. The Orem, UT event at UVU was the first stop on the American Comeback Tour.

Kirk leaves behind his wife and two children, along with numerous co-workers at TPUSA. Kirk was born and raised in the Chicagoland suburbs, and that is where he founded TPUSA.

I HATED everything this guy and his organization stood for, and there is no excuse whatsoever for him to be killed doing the most American thing: our right to freedom of speech.

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Fulton Library, UVU, Orem, UT, USA

The first pic is still a mystery to me, something about “Hendrix” and “backstage” and “Orem Utah” but I tried googling it and didn’t find anything. So I asked the facebook page that posted it and they said  it was taken in “Osmond Studios in  Provo Utah in 1985″.

The second pic seems to have been taken the same day as those Wendy Hagen pics. 

In the fourth pic that’s Billy’s uncle.