Hundreds of attendees honored political activist Charlie Kirk at UNLV on Monday evening, less than a week after he was fatally shot at a Utah university during a debate with students less than 400 miles north of Las Vegas.

The “Healing Vigil” was organized by UNLV’s chapter of Turning Point USA, a grassroots nonprofit founded by Kirk when he was a teenager.

People who formed long lines were screened by metal detectors Monday before entering a large Student Union ballroom, which was filled to capacity.

Alex Silva, president of UNLV’s Turning Point chapter, said the day Kirk died was “one of the darkest and most horrific moments in recent history.”

Speaking from a podium flanked by a portrait of Kirk, 31, holding up a fist, Silva said Kirk was a “true American patriot.” He described Kirk

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