Explosion Rocks Utah State Campus Hours Before TPUSA Event

A Turning Point USA stop in Utah was thrown into chaos Tuesday afternoon after police evacuated Utah State University’s Old Main building and carried out a controlled explosion of a suspicious package.

Campus alerts went out just after 3 p.m. telling students and staff to immediately clear Old Main and avoid elevators while officers swept the building. Minutes later, witnesses reported hearing the words “fire in the hole” before a loud blast echoed across the quad. Authorities later confirmed the sound came from a controlled detonation performed by the bomb squad.

No injuries have been reported, but the scene rattled a campus still reeling from the tragic assassination of TPUSA founder Charlie Kirk earlier this month at another Utah university.

The event, part of TPUSA’s “This Is the Turning Point Tour,” was slated to begin at 6:30 p.m. and feature appearances by Sen. Mike Lee, Rep. Andy Biggs, former Congressman Jason Chaffetz, and Gov. Spencer Cox.

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