PHOENIX (KVOA) - Charlie Kirk’s casket returned home to Phoenix, Thursday, marking a somber homecoming for the 31-year-old conservative activist, who was shot and killed at Utah Valley University just a day ago.

Kirk's casket flew from Utah to Phoenix’s Sky Harbor International Airport, his body joined on Airforce Two by family, friends and Vice President JD Vance.

Roughly fifteen minutes away at Turning Point USA’s Phoenix headquarters, a memorial continued to grow as people came to pay their respects. Brianna Landahl, a supporter of Kirk, shared how impactful the event felt to her and her husband, Tristan.

"We're younger, we never really saw 9/11 and that stuff, so it feels like a huge day for us to see something that big I never thought we would see it, especially with Charlie so soo

See Full Page