LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- Students and local leaders attended a candlelight vigil Sunday night at the University of Kentucky to honor Charlie Kirk, who was shot and killed while speaking at a college in Utah last week.
That's according to reporting from WLEX in Lexington.
Congressman Andy Barr spoke at the the event, sharing Kirk's mission and faith. Students sang songs and offered prayers.
U.S. Senate candidate Nate Morris also spoke.
"The people that are here tonight, they were moved by Charlie, and they are going to continue his fight and they're going to continue his mission going forward," Morris said.
"I was really just kind of depressed for Gen Z because I didn't think we had voices, I didn't think we were going to make a difference at all," Jackson Van Campen, a student at UK, said. "I thought everything was going downhill, but this is definitely a turning point."
A public memorial service, titled "Building A Legacy," in remembrance of Kirk, is scheduled for Sept. 21 at State Farm Stadium in Glendale, Arizona.
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