Authorities investigating incident at Missouri TPUSA event where guest called for killing of more figures like Charlie Kirk

Published September 25, 2026 11:19am ET



Authorities are investigating a Thursday incident from a University of Missouri Turning Point USA event where a guest said more figures like Charlie Kirk should be killed.

TPUSA’s UM chapter demanded that the school “take swift, decisive action” after the guest showed up to debate a TPUSA speaker on the Columbia campus while wearing a Kirk-themed shirt covered in fake blood. Footage shows the individual, whom TPUSA called a student, agreeing during dialogue that some people should be killed over protected speech.

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