The report said UVU deferred key decisions about the event to Turning Point USA, Kirk's own organization. According to the review, Kirk's aides pushed for an outdoor venue over the objections of campus security officials. Those officials never properly assessed the risks that came with that choice.
Kirk, 31, was addressing a crowd on campus when he was shot. The review lays out a chain of decisions, an outdoor setting chosen against advice, no formal written plan, and a university that let the organization running the event steer the safety calls, that together left the event without the kind of planning security experts expect for a high-profile public appearance.
For UVU, the findings raise hard questions about how campuses vet outside groups and outdoor gatherings involving public figures who draw large crowds and strong reactions. For Turning Point USA, the report puts scrutiny on how much control an outside organization had over security decisions on a public university campus.