A large crowd of people gather in front of the courthouse in Prescott, Ariz., Sept. 13, 2025, to pray for conservative activist Charlie Kirk, who was shot and killed Sept. 10 during a Turning Point USA event at Utah Valley University in Orem. Kirk was co-founder of Turning Point USA. (OSV News photo/Bob Roller) Just a few months before he was assassinated on September 10, Turning Point USA Founder Charlie Kirk — a conservative campus activist and an outspoken evangelical Christian — said that upon his death, he would want to be remembered for his Christian faith.
“If everything completely goes away, how do you want to be remembered?” Jack Selby, host of The Iced Coffee Hour, asked Kirk at the end of a June 29 interview.
“I want to be remembered for courage for my faith,” Kirk answered. “That would be the most important thing. The most important thing is my faith.”
Kirk was shot and killed on the afternoon of September 10 while conversing with students at Utah Valley University as part of his ‘The American Comeback Tour.’