EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
Conservative activist Charlie Kirk was fatally shot at Utah Valley University, prompting a massive federal manhunt and swift suspect arrest.
OREM, Utah — Prominent conservative activist and Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk was fatally shot during an outdoor campus appearance at Utah Valley University on September 10, 2025, an assassination that convulsed the American political landscape and triggered an exhaustive multi-agency federal manhunt.
Kirk, 31, was addressing a crowd of students and supporters shortly past noon when gunfire erupted from an elevated vantage point overlooking the gathering. He was rushed in critical condition to a regional trauma center, where medical staff pronounced him dead.