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‘A safer place than before’: Utah Valley University President speaks one year after Charlie Kirk was shot on campus

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OREM, Utah (ABC4) — One year ago, conservative influencer Charlie Kirk was fatally shot on Utah Valley University (UVU) campus. com to speak about his first few weeks on campus and the variety of emotion flooding through the community as the one-year anniversary of the shooting dawns.

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