Charlie Kirk
Wife Erika Makes First Public Statement Since Shooting
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Erika Kirk — the wife of Charlie Kirk — is set to speak for the first time since he was killed at Utah Valley University … and, TMZ is streaming her comments live.
Mrs. Kirk will speak to the world via Turning Point USA’s website and social media pages at 5:15 PT. She has not yet spoken out or even posted about Charlie since he was shot on Wednesday.
It comes at the end of a tragic and difficult week for the Kirk family. A shooter killed Charlie on Wednesday while he spoke at a Q&A event on the campus in Orem, UT.
Kirk was shot in the neck, then rushed to the hospital, where he was ultimately pronounced dead.
After a two-day manhunt, law enforcement arrested 22-year-old Tyler Robinson and booked him on charges of aggravated murder, felony felony discharge of a firearm causing serious bodily injury and obstruction of justice. These are all state charges.
Robinson allegedly spoke ill of Charlie prior to the shooting … and bullet casings connected to the shooting carried antifascist messages on them.
An outpouring of condolences followed Kirk’s death … with politicians on both sides of the aisle denouncing political violence. President Donald Trump has promised to award Kirk posthumously with the Presidential Medal of Freedom.
Charlie’s body was flown on Air Force 2 from Utah back to his home in Arizona. Vice President J.D. Vance accompanied the body back to the Grand Canyon State.
The Kirks share two children — one three and the other just one year old. Charlie was just 31.
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