Charlie Kirk’s career in photos

By Kit Doyle · September 11, 2025
Charlie Kirk speaks at the 2018 Conservative Political Action Conference in National Harbor, Maryland. (Photo by Gage Skidmore/Creative Commons) Charlie Kirk hands out hats before speaking at Utah Valley University in Orem, Utah, Wednesday, Sept. 10, 2025. (Tess Crowley/The Deseret News via AP) Charlie Kirk speaks during Turning Point's visit to Utah Valley University in Orem, Utah, Wednesday, Sept. 10, 2025. (Tess Crowley/The Deseret News via AP) Joseph Vogl stands outside Timpanogos Regional Hospital on Wednesday, Sept. 10, 2025, in Orem, Utah. (AP Photo/Alex Goodlett) Members of the U.S. Secret Service counter sniper team walk onto the roof of the White House after the American flag at the White House in Washington was lowered to half-staff after Charlie Kirk, the CEO and co-founder of Turning Point USA, was killed at an event in Orem, Utah, Wednesday, Sept. 10, 2025. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon) Turning Point USA Founder Charlie Kirk joins President Donald Trump on stage as the president finishes speaking at Turning Point USA Teen Student Action Summit at the Marriott Marquis Hotel in Washington, Tuesday, July 23, 2019. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik) From left, Republican National Committee deputy press secretary Raffi Williams; Rep. Mia Love, R-Utah; Charlie Kirk, Turning Point USA, and Sen. Ben Sasse R-Neb., participate in a panel discussion during the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in National Harbor, Md., Thursday, Feb. 26, 2015. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster) Jerry Falwell Jr., left, the former president of Liberty University, and Charlie Kirk, the founder of Turning Point USA. The two started the Falkirk Center at Liberty University in 2019. (Taylor Irby/The News & Advance, via AP) People pay their respects at a makeshift memorial at the national headquarters of Turning Point USA after the shooting death of Charlie Kirk, CEO of the organization, Wednesday, Sept. 10, 2025, in Phoenix. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin) Kyle Rittenhouse, right, is introduced to a cheering crowd by Charlie Kirk, middle, founder of Turning Point USA, at a panel discussion at the Turning Point USA America Fest 2021 event, Monday, Dec. 20, 2021, in Phoenix. The panel discussion, called "Kenosha On Camera," comes a month after Rittenhouse's acquittal on charges in the deadly Kenosha shootings in 2020. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin) Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk speaks to a crowd awaiting then Republican presidential candidate President Donald Trump at the Turning Point Believers' Summit, July 26, 2024, in West Palm Beach, Fla. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon) Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., pauses as he talks to reporters at the Capitol in Washington, , Wednesday, Sept. 10, 2025, on the shooting of Charlie Kirk, the CEO and co-founder of Turning Point USA. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) A well-wisher unfurls an American flag as she attends a Catholic rosary prayer vigil after Charlie Kirk was shot and killed during a Utah college event Wednesday, Sept. 10, 2025, in Scottsdale, Ariz. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin) Charlie Kirk, left, and Pastor Rob McCoy speak at the TPUSA Faith First Annual Pastors Summit in 2022. (Video screen grab) Turning Point USA Founder Charlie Kirk introduces then Republican presidential nominee President Donald Trump at a campaign rally at Thomas & Mack Center, Thursday, Oct. 24, 2024, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/John Locher) Charlie Kirk takes the stage for one of his monthly Turning Point USA Faith “Freedom Night in America" events at Dream City Church in Phoenix, Arizona, in May 2023. (Video screen grab) People attend a vigil at Timpanogos Regional Hospital for Charlie Kirk, the CEO and co-founder of Turning Point USA who was shot and killed, on Wednesday, Sept. 10, 2025, in Orem, Utah. (AP Photo/Alex Goodlett) Charlie Kirk speaks during a Turning Point Action town hall on March 17, 2025, in Oconomowoc, Wis. (AP Photo/Jeffrey Phelps, File)
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