POLITICAL ACTIVIST CHARLIE KIRK WAS SHOT AND KILLED DURING ONE OF HIS TRADEMARK PUBLIC APPEARANCES AT A COLLEGE IN UTAH. HE WAS 31.

HERE ARE SOME KEY THINGS TO KNOW ABOUT HIM.

CHARLIE KIRK WAS A CO FOUNDER OF THE CONSERVATIVE YOUTH ORGANIZATION TURNING POINT USA, ENERGIZING TEENS WHO RARELY VOTE.

IT CLAIMS MORE THAN 250,000 STUDENT MEMBERS.

KIRK WAS A REGULAR PRESENCE ON COLLEGE CAMPUSES. HE REGULARLY FACED OFF AGAINST LIBERAL COLLEGE STUDENTS.

CHARLIE KIRK WAS A BACKER OF DONALD TRUMP DURING THE PRESIDENT’S INITIAL 2016 RUN.

TRUMP PRAISED KIRK, WHO STARTED AS AN UNOFFICIAL ADVISER DURING TRUMP'S CAMPAIGN.

TRUMP POSTED TO TRUTH SOCIAL, "HE WAS LOVED AND ADMIRED BY ALL, ESPECIALLY ME."

KIRK WAS AN ADVOCATE OF A NEW CHRISTIAN CONSERVATISM.

HIS EVANGELICAL CHRISTIAN BELIEFS WERE INTERTWINED WITH HIS POLITICAL PERSPECTIVE. HE ARGUED THAT THERE WAS NO TRUE SEPARATION OF CHURCH AND STATE.

KIRK DIED DOING WHAT MADE HIM A POTENT POLITICAL FORCE — RALLYING THE RIGHT ON A COLLEGE CAMPUS.

THE EVENT WAS KICKING OFF A PLANNED SERIES OF KIRK COLLEGE APPEARANCES FROM COLORADO TO VIRGINIA DUBBED “THE AMERICAN COMEBACK TOUR.”