One year after Charlie Kirk was assassinated at Utah Valley University, the people who stood feet from him when he was killed returned to the campus Thursday night in what Turning Point USA (TPUSA) described as a deliberate effort to "reclaim" the space in his honor."We’re doing an event in Utah right now at UVU, a deliberate act reclaiming that space in his honor and for his legacy," TPUSA spokesman and "The Charlie Kirk Show" Executive Producer Andrew Kolvet told Fox News host Jesse Watters Thursday night.Andrew Sypher, TPUSA’s chief field officer, told the gathering at UVU in Orem that he had been standing about 10 feet to Kirk’s left when the fatal shot rang out on Sept.10, 2025.CHARLIE KIRK ASSASSINATION: NEW UVU PRESIDENT SAYS IT WILL CONTINUE TO ‘HOST THE FRAYS,’ EMBRACE FREE SPEECHA view of the location where Charlie Kirk was shot one year ago.
(Alec Thornock for Fox News Digital)"Steps from these doors is the ground where evil unfolded," Sypher said."We did not come back to rehearse the crime scene."Instead, Sypher said, they returned because "this is where they tried to end him" and "this is where we refuse to let the last word be a gunshot."ERIKA KIRK URGES CONSERVATIVE STUDENTS NOT TO BACK DOWN IN FIRST SCHOOL YEAR SINCE CHARLIE'S ASSASSINATIONFor the students of UVU’s TPUSA chapter, the anniversary marked a return to the campus where some witnessed Kirk’s assassination."A year ago, our lives changed forever," chapter President Sage Lloyd told the crowd. Lloyd said students experienced "fear, grief, confusion, and heartbreak" and had every reason to walk away.INSIDE CHARLIE KIRK’S EFFORT TO DEVELOP THE NEXT GENERATION OF CONSERVATIVE VOICESPeople gather around a large wooden cross on a grass lawn in a campus courtyard at Utah Valley University in Orem, Utah, Thursday.
Turning Point USA hosted its "Freedom Built to Last" memorial service to mark the first anniversary of founder Charlie Kirk's death at the courtyard site.(Getty Images)"...