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SEATTLE, WASHINGTON - SEPTEMBER 10: Attendees hold candles during a candlelight vigil and prayer event for Turning Point USA Founder Charlie Kirk on September 10, 2025 in Seattle, Washington. Kirk was shot dead while speaking at Utah Valley University earlier in the day. (Photo by David Ryder/Getty Images)

Turning Point USA receives over 50K new inquiries to launch chapters following Kirk’s assassination

Turning Point USA is reportedly seeing a surge of student applications to establish new chapters following Charlie Kirk’s assassination, while his widow, Erika, has pledged to make the organization “louder and greater than ever.”

(L) George Zinn, 71. (Photo via: Salt Lake County Sheriff's Office. / (R) Utah County Attorney General Jeff Gray speaks during a press conference after charges were filed against Tyler Robinson, the suspect in the killing of political activist Charlie Kirk, at the Utah County Health and Justice Building in Provo, Utah, on September 16, 2025. Robinson has been formally charged with the murder of Kirk, and the prosecution added a notice of intent to seek the death penalty. Six other charges include obstruction of justice and witness tampering. Kirk, a close ally of President Donald Trump, was shot dead last week during a speaking event on a Utah university campus. (Photo by GEORGE FREY / AFP) (Photo by GEORGE FREY/AFP via Getty Images)

71-year-old Man arrested for false confession after Charlie Kirk murder, also facing CSAM charges

A 71-year-old man who was detained moments after the fatal shooting of Turning Point USA co-founder Charlie Kirk has been arrested on charges of attempting to mislead authorities by falsely confessing to the murder. He has also been booked for possessing child sexual abuse material (CSAM).