PROVO, Utah — Utah Valley University students returning to campus Wednesday clustered silently, staring down at the still-barricaded courtyard where an assassin struck down conservative activist Charlie Kirk in an attack that upended the nation.

Care stations offering stuffed animals, candy and connections to counseling dotted the campus that is still reeling more than a week after the shooting.

On Tuesday, prosecutors charged a 22-year-old Utah man with capital murder, saying that during the frantic search to find Kirk’s assassin, he texted his romantic partner and confessed to carrying out the attack he planned for more than a week.

Prosecutors revealed a series of incriminating texts, a hidden note and DNA evidence while announcing the charges and their intent to seek the death penal

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