Updated at 7:59 p.m. on Thursday, Sept. 18, 2025.
More than 7,000 people filled Colorado State University’s Canvas Stadium in Fort Collins Thursday evening as students and community members attended the vigil of Charlie Kirk hosted by Turning Point USA.
The event was meant to feature Kirk’s famed “prove me wrong” debate-style forum on the Colorado State University campus. The conservative activist was fatally shot last week while speaking at Utah Valley University. That event was the first stop on his national American Comeback Tour. CSU was the next stop.
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Attendees wait to enter Canvas Stadium at Colorado State University in Fort Collins, Colo., on Sept. 18, 2025, for a vigil for Charlie Kirk hosted by Turning Point USA.
