Yankees hold moment of silence for Charlie Kirk
Charlie Kirk is remembered before a game between the New York Yankees and the Detroit Tigers at Yankee Stadium on Sept. 10, 2025. Credit: Jim McIsaac
The Yankees held a moment of silence for Charlie Kirk before Wednesday night's game at Yankee Stadium against the Tigers.
Kirk, a conservative activist and close ally of President Donald Trump who played an influential role in rallying young Republican voters, was shot and killed at the Utah Valley University campus where he was speaking Wednesday.
Before tonight's game we held a moment of silence in memoriam of Charlie Kirk.
— New York Yankees (@Yankees) September 10, 2025
Kirk founded the youth activist group “Turning Point USA” and had become a fixture on college campuses. Charlie Kirk, a husband and father of two children, was 31 years old. pic.twitter.com/Fz5xPlmdu0
Videos posted to social media from Utah Valley University show Kirk speaking into a handheld microphone while sitting under a white tent emblazoned with the slogans “The American Comeback” and “Prove Me Wrong.” A shot rings out, and Kirk can be seen reaching up with his right hand as blood gushes from the left side of his neck.
“This is a dark day for our state. It’s a tragic day for our nation," Utah Gov. Spencer Cox said Wednesday. "I want to be very clear this is a political assassination.”
An unabashed Christian conservative who often made provocative statements about gender, race and politics, Kirk launched his organization, Turning Point USA, in 2012, targeting younger people and venturing onto liberal-leaning college campuses where many GOP activists were nervous to tread.
The shooting drew swift bipartisan condemnation as Democratic officials joined President Donald Trump, who ordered flags lowered to half-staff and issued a presidential proclamation, and other Republican allies of Kirk in decrying the violence.
Trump is scheduled to attend the Yankees game on Thursday night.
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