Largest student vigil held on the campus where Charlie Kirk got his start

TEMPE, Ariz. — Students at Arizona State University, the birthplace of Turning Point USA, honored the late Charlie Kirk in a memorial ceremony on Monday evening.

Kirk was fatally shot on Sept. 10 at Utah Valley University. Tyler Robinson, the 22-year-old accused of killing Kirk, made his first court appearance on Tuesday.

People across the world are grieving, holding vigils in cities and countries Kirk had never even visited.

The service at Desert Financial Arena, which attracted about 9,000 people, became “the largest student organized vigil in the country,” Troy Holderby, the president of ASU College Republicans, told the Deseret News the next morning. He credited Turning Point USA for logistical help.

Dan Beazley, of Northville, Mich., stood outside the stadium with his 10-foot cros