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President Donald Trump will award Charlie Kirk a posthumous Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation’s highest civilian honor.

Trump made the announcement Thursday at a 9/11 memorial event in New York.

Kirk, the conservative activist and founder of Turning Point USA, was shot and killed at Utah Valley University Wednesday afternoon during the first stop of his American Comeback Tour.

Kirk was speaking to a crowd of about 3,000 people when a single gunshot was heard and Kirk's head thrust back as he fell, video shows. Kirk had a security detail and there was a small police presence at the event, but there was no security check for people who attended.

A general view of a wreath laid by mourners outside the US Embassy in Pretoria on September 11, 2025 following the fat

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