Students from Utah University where Kirk was killed by the promise to continue their debate

Scott Sperri recorded his name on signing.

A 22-year-old university student Valley has been watching the video Charlie Kirk for years and attributed a conservative fire that he was a catalyst in his own political participation.

Now, this Thursday afternoon, a few minutes before his political hero was going to speak on a campus, Mr. Sperri thought that it was time to pay him forward, joining his head Turning Point USA – Kirk co -founded in 2012 to compete for conservatism at the college campus.

A few minutes after picking up the place to see how Kirk talked, Mr. Sperrra watched as a sniper bullet sounded, and blood began to pour out of his neck. According to him, he still cannot shake the images, but believes that the loss only strengthens the movement that kirk inspired him to join.

“If you are trying to silence such a voice, they do not leave – you only strengthen it,” the second year student said. “There will now be a million Charlie Kirks, and I feel that this is what we need to do.”

As the immediate shock of the attack calms down, some of the university Utah Vali stated that he was replaced by a deep sense of determination to continue what the kirk began.

Students with different political ideologies – including those who severely oppose Kirk’s beliefs – said the BBC that they feel a personal sense of responsibility for ensuring healthy discussions on college campuses.

With affiliates in more than 850 colleges, Turning Point USA – which kirk was co -founded Helping Donald Trump win the White House.

Kirk, who had millions of followers on the Internet, often visited campuses across the country to discuss issues such as gender, race, weapons control and immigration. His views – and his confrontational style – often summoned criticism on the left and attracted protesters to his events on the campus.

At the State University’s State University, San Francisco last spring, One student called it “furious” While others accuse him of using real-life students as “bait onslaught” -on often posted his hot arguments with liberals on the Internet, where exchanges will be viral.

The murder threw the University of Utah’s Valley into the center of the political division of America. Shortly after Kirk was shot dead, some who disagreed with him went to social media to blame Kirk, which openly supported the possession of the weapon. The case, observers and politicians, said the conservatives were “radical” attack.

The focus of some students felt the need to enter the ideological fight.

“This is the first political thing we’ve ever done. We are not as political as it,” said a first-year student McCinker, waving his cousin on a campus, who called Kirk a hero and said he was not afraid.

“It happens in our campus, and then, seeing people who support the shooting is just radicalized us,” he added, nothing plan to continue political participation. “It’s all changed.”

The valley located in a valley surrounded by exalted mountains is the largest university in the state. He sits on the hill, with the look of a clear blue lake and a granite temple 218 feet for the Church of Jesus Christ of the Saints in recent days. The state, which is also a conservative support, has the largest concentration of Mormons in the US, and religion plays a major role in this community.

Many expressed confusion in why Kirk was aimed here. Ben Forster, a second -year student, noted how Kirk often stopped in much more liberal areas where he could be more.

“It was here that his martyrdom was created,” he said, reflecting on his university. “I mean that this is a martyr’s death: he was killed in a discussion.”

Despite the fact that he disagreed with Kirk’s position, Mr Forster was attended by the event on Wednesday in Utah to see the spectacle and hear different perspectives – what he hopes will not stop at his university and others after the attack.

“I don’t care what his opinions were,” he said. “He exercised his right to a public forum to talk and discuss – and that’s good.”

The signs of what happened here are wherever you look at the campus.

Law enforcement agencies that block the entrances, improvised memorials with candles and flowers, signs in apartments and roads announced by Kirk with a hero after being beaten before thousands during one of the discussions in a city campus.

Some students told the BBC that they leaned toward each other after – some discussed what was next. It is clear that part of this future will include political awakening for some on campus.

Several students made calling posters, hanging them in their apartments with reports, reading “Freedom” and “You can’t kill the truth”. Near campus on campus, hats and flags in the company style are sold. All day and all night people go through the entry into the campus circle, playing the horns – either support or in opposition.

Jab Jacobi, another student of the second year, has been participating in the US University’s leadership for years and has been a volunteer at an event on Wednesday-first stop at a planned 15-session “American return” in the colleges.

It switched on after becoming a supporter of Kirk’s trademarks in campuses.

“I just liked that he really made people think,” he said. “Regardless of your policy, it will participate and intrigue so many young people. It provided the way to people to participate.”

“Something similar – it will really help only what Charlie did,” Mr. Jacob added, saying that he believed that the number of people involved in the “rotary point of the United States”.

One of these new additions is Mr. Sperri.

“We’re going to keep the way,” he said. “We owe Charlie.”