Overview

• The board unanimously elected Erika Kirk to lead Turning Point USA and announced the decision on X.
• Charlie Kirk, 31, was shot and killed on Sept. 10 during a Turning Point event at a Utah university.
• Investigators arrested suspect Tyler Robinson about 33 hours after the shooting in St. George, and prosecutors have charged him with aggravated murder and intend to seek the death penalty.
• Erika Kirk has pledged to continue the organization’s campus-focused outreach that her husband co-founded in 2012.
• The killing has intensified partisan reactions and mobilization around the group, which has been closely aligned with President Donald Trump.