Bowdoin College postponed a weekend vigil for slain conservative activist Charlie Kirk after learning of a potential threat.
The Maine Information Analysis Center received an anonymous tip about a potential threat targeting a Bowdoin student group’s planned vigil to pay tribute to Kirk, according to Shannon Moss, a spokesperson for the Maine Department of Public Safety.
The center was unable to validate the threat but alerted the Brunswick college, which postponed the event out of an abundance of caution.
A new date for the event has not yet been set, according to a spokesperson for the college, Doug Clark.
The safety and security of our students, faculty, staff, and visitors will always be the college’s top priority,” Clark said.
Over the weekend, hundreds gathered from Bangor to Portland to remember Kirk, 31, who was killed last Wednesday while speaking to a crowd at Utah Valley University in Orem.
Kirk, who was the co-founder and CEO of Turning Point USA, a prominent booster group for President Donald Trump, was visiting Utah Valley University as the first stop on his America Comeback tour.
The alleged shooter, 22-year-old Tyler Robinson, fired a single shot with a rifle from a rooftop before fleeing and blending into the campus crowd.
He turned himself in to police Thursday. He had no known criminal history.
Robinson’s family have said that he had become more political , but Utah Gov. Spencer Cox stressed Sunday that it’s too early to speculate about a motive.