Kirk, 31, was speaking with students under a pop-up tent during his “The Great American Comeback Tour” on Sept. 10 in the campus courtyard when he was hit by a single gunshot.

At a press conference hours after the shooting, Commissioner Beau Mason of the Utah Department of Public Safety said the suspected gunman — later identified by authorities as 22-year-old Tyler Robinson — allegedly shot Kirk from the roof of a nearby building on campus.

Kirk was transported to Timpanogos Regional Hospital where he later died.

Authorities said they believe the assassination was a targeted attack on the conservative activist.

UVU said in its press release that the review will be conducted with an “external organization,” which university officials did not name in its announcement.

“We believe the findings of the comprehensive, third-party independent review of this targeted act of violence will offer valuable insights on how college campuses improve response and preparedness moving forward,” said Astrid S. Tuminez, president of UVU, in a statement. “We will integrate the findings into our efforts to strengthen and improve safety practices for UVU and all of Utah higher education.”

In the days since the tragedy on campus, questions have arisen regarding the level of security on hand that day and what safety precautions were in place.

Braden Jensen, who spoke with the Daily Herald just moments after the shooting occurred, said he felt there should have been more security measures deployed for such an atmosphere.

“It was pretty chaotic,” he said. “It seemed like there was pretty lackluster security.”

During the aforementioned press conference on Sept. 10, Captain Jeffrey Long of the UVU Police Department said more than 3,000 were in attendance to see Kirk, and that six officers were working the event.

He also noted that the school had coordinated with Kirk’s security team that traveled with him prior to the event.

“You try to get your bases covered, and unfortunately, today, we didn’t; and because of that, we had this tragic incident,” Long said during the Sept. 10 briefing.

During its meeting Monday morning, the Utah School Security Task Force offered a brief statement about the assassination and expressed condolences to Kirk’s family.

“There’s no place for violence here in Utah on our college campuses or in this country,” Sen. Ann Millner, R-Ogden, and co-chair of the School Security Task Force said. “Our universities must remain marketplaces of ideas, places where students, faculty and the broader community can engage in open, respectful and vigorous debate.”

Millner said the outside firm’s investigative review into UVU’s security protocols should ensure that the process is fair and unbiased, so that any solutions put forth are based on facts and not speculation.

“We expect the findings will provide valuable insights on how we can strengthen safety practices for UVU and all of Utah’s higher education institutions,” she said.

No other information was revealed during the task force’s meeting regarding what areas of security the review will focus on, how long the investigation will take and if the findings will be made public.

Meanwhile, UVU said that it will continue to offer mental health care and various resources for its campus community for the remainder of the semester. The university said it stands defiant in its commitment to free speech, intellectual inquiry and constructive dialogue.