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New College of Florida will commission a statue to honor slain conservative activist Charlie Kirk.

Kirk, the 31-year-old founder of Turning Point USA, was fatally shot on September 10 in Utah.

New College of Florida will commission a statue of slain conservative activist Charlie Kirk to be erected on campus.

The founder of Turning Point USA , 31, was fatally shot during an event at Utah Valley University in Orem, Utah, on Sept. 10. Police arrested 22-year-old Utah resident Tyler Robinson as a suspect in the shooting.

“Charlie Kirk knew that universities are ground zero for free speech and the marketplace of ideas. These ideas are not luxuries, but the foundation of a free republic,” New College President Richard Corcoran said.

“His life and tragic death

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