Charlie Kirk’s fall tour of college campuses, the “American Comeback Tour,” will continue “with all scheduled events” following Kirk’s shooting death, a spokesperson for the conservative commentator’s organization Turning Point USA told The Salt Lake Tribune on Saturday.
Prior to his death, Charlie Kirk had been scheduled to appear at Utah State University later this month as part of the tour. His appearance at Utah Valley University, where he was shot and killed on Wednesday, was the first stop of 15.
“Turning Point USA’s fall campus will continue on with all scheduled evening events,” Aubrey Laitsch, public relations manager for Turning Point USA, told The Tribune. “In honor of Charlie Kirk’s life, mission, and legacy, some of the most influential voices in the conservative movement have generously offered to speak in his place at these events. Their commitment ensures that Charlie’s vision for America carries forward with strength and conviction.”
Charlie Kirk’s wife, Erika Kirk, initially announced that the tour would continue during a speech Friday evening in her first public remarks since her husband’s death.
“Our campus tour this fall will continue,” she said in her remarks, which were shared by Turning Point USA and filmed from her late husband’s office at the organization’s headquarters in Arizona. “There will be even more tours in the years to come.”
A planned festival in Phoenix, as well as Charlie Kirk’s radio show and podcast, will continue as well, she said.
“In a world filled with chaos, doubt and uncertainty, my husband’s voice will remain,” she added, “and it will ring out louder and more clearly than ever.”
Charlie Kirk had been slated to visit the USU campus Sept. 30, appearing at his usual “Prove me wrong table” at noon. An evening event was scheduled to begin at 6:30 p.m. the same day.
A spokesperson for Utah State University said Saturday that the school did not yet have information about any possible tour appearances on campus and directed questions to the school’s Turning Point chapter.
Kaitlin Griffiths, the president of the USU Turning Point chapter, said in an interview with The Tribune Saturday that her group had not yet received details about any plans for the tour, but that they planned to hold an event in Kirk’s honor Sept. 30th, when he had originally been scheduled to visit the campus.
“We want to find some way to remember him, find some way to carry on what he was doing,” Griffiths said. “I’ve been getting endless, endless amounts of people wanting something to happen on September 30, so I think that no matter what, something will be going on.”
Tyler Robinson, a 22-year-old from the St. George area, was arrested and named as a suspect in the shooting Friday. He is being held without bail on suspicion of aggravated murder, felony discharge of a firearm causing serious bodily injury and obstruction of justice, according to court records.
Robinson “briefly attended” Utah State University, the school confirmed in a statement Friday, having been enrolled at the university’s main Logan campus for one semester in 2021 before taking a leave of absence, spokesperson Amanda DeRito said.
A video posted on Robinson’s mother’s Facebook account, which has since been taken down, featured Robinson reading a $32,000 scholarship offer from Utah State University.
In her Friday evening remarks, Erika Kirk addressed her husband’s attacker, though she did not mention Robinson by name.
“The evil-doers responsible for my husband’s assassination have no idea what they have done,” she said. “They killed Charlie because he preached a message of patriotism, faith and of God’s merciful love. They should all know this: If you thought that my husband’s mission was powerful before, you have no idea. You have no idea what you just have unleashed across this entire country.”
— Charlie Kirk (@charliekirk11) September 13, 2025
Erika Kirk also urged high school and college students to find and join a local Turning Point USA chapter.
“He wants you to make a difference and you can,” she said. “You can. The movement’s not going anywhere. And it will only grow stronger when you join it.”
Griffiths said Saturday that requests to join the USU chapter have skyrocketed since Charlie Kirk’s death in Orem Wednesday.
“It seems to be growing exponentially because of this,” she said.
Turning Point USA also released details for Charlie Kirk’s memorial service Saturday, which will be held at State Farm Stadium — home of the Arizona Cardinals NFL team — in Glendale, Arizona Sept. 21. The event, the organization said, will be attended by President Donald Trump.