A memorial honoring Kirk at the Timpanogos Regional Hospital is filled with "We love you, Charlie" posters, flowers and American flags.
Adams said it's vital that Americans put their phones down, as Kirk encouraged, to contribute something constructive to the community.
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"This is a turning point for America as we see what we want to become, what we want to do, what we want America to be, and surely we don't want America to be filled with hate. We want to fill it with love, with the type of discourse and free speech that Charlie represented," Adams said.
Utah Attorney General Derek Brown told Fox News Digital that Utahns can honor Kirk's life by modeling his commitment to open dialogue.
"He engaged in a productive, respectful dialogue, and he showed a model for how to engage productively with people that you might disagree with," Brown said, adding that "he was modeling the very behavior that he encouraged people to do" until the moment he died.
As attorney general, Brown has collaborated with local and federal law enforcement agencies and the U.S. Department of Justice to ensure Kirk's assassin "pays the price for what he's done."
"If that's state law, if that's federal law, if that is a combination of both, we'll make sure justice is served in this case," Brown said.
While Brown carries out his job, he said it's the community's job to "learn how to cope with what's happened, to learn how to heal."
"I have people close to me in my own family and on my own staff even, who were part of the experience. They were there, they saw it happen. I think it's important for us to process the trauma and the experience and to understand what it is and, ideally, to use it to bring us together," he said.
A memorial honoring conservative influencer Charlie Kirk at the Timpanogos Regional Hospital in Orem, Utah. (Fox News Digital/Deirdre Heavey)
A memorial honoring Kirk at the Timpanogos Regional Hospital is filled with "We love you, Charlie" posters, flowers and American flags. More signs and flowers have been placed for Kirk on Utah Valley University's campus.
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Flags are flying throughout the state at half-staff this week, and many also gathered for a vigil at the Utah State Capitol on Wednesday evening hours after Kirk's assassination.
Deirdre Heavey is a politics writer for Fox News Digital.
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