{"id":13498,"date":"2025-09-13T00:06:04","date_gmt":"2025-09-13T00:06:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/umyonews.site\/index.php\/2025\/09\/13\/charlie-kirks-wife-speaks-out-for-first-time-since-shooting-live-stream\/"},"modified":"2025-09-13T00:06:04","modified_gmt":"2025-09-13T00:06:04","slug":"charlie-kirks-wife-speaks-out-for-first-time-since-shooting-live-stream","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/umyonews.site\/index.php\/2025\/09\/13\/charlie-kirks-wife-speaks-out-for-first-time-since-shooting-live-stream\/","title":{"rendered":"Charlie Kirk&#8217;s Wife Speaks Out For First Time Since Shooting, Live Stream"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<h2 class=\"article__header--headline-fragments\">\n                          <span class=\"article__header--hf1 text-uppercase h3\">Charlie Kirk<\/span><br \/>\n                          <span class=\"article__header--hf2 text-uppercase h1\">Wife Erika Makes First Public Statement Since Shooting<\/span><br \/>\n                      <\/h2>\n<p>        <!--\/.social-media-container--><\/p>\n<p>\n                        Published <time class=\"published-datetime\" datetime=\"2025-09-12T17:05:52-07:00\">September 12, 2025 5:05 PM PDT<\/time>\n                                                                            <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<section id=\"cb-c1a048b81191b267a26da056cf33ccdb\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-video-block canvas-video-block-permalink canvas-video-block--default  canvas-block-is-first \">\n<div class=\"video-block\">\n<div class=\"ratio ratio-16x9\">\n<div id=\"video-player-207d88d9-7fc0-55e4-a9d0-d2aefb3c7da3-393991474-image-holder\" class=\"ratio ratio-item video-block__image-holder\">\n          <button class=\"ratio-item icon-video--shadow video-block__icon\" id=\"video-player-207d88d9-7fc0-55e4-a9d0-d2aefb3c7da3-393991474-play-btn\"><br \/>\n            <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Play video content<\/span><br \/>\n          <\/button><br \/>\n                    <img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" data-expand=\"600\" loading=\"eager\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg xmlns%3D'http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg' viewBox%3D'0 0 728 410'%2F%3E\" data-src=\"https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/1a\/16by9\/2025\/09\/12\/1a8f73d26d0e47cd8899555919834720_md.png\" alt=\"charlie-kirk-and-erika-kirk-livestream\" width=\"728\" height=\"410\" class=\"lazyload img-fluid\"\/>\n                  <\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-c1a048b81191b267a26da056cf33ccdb--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-c3163ee388582d7482e95a37e87b35b3\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p><strong>Erika Kirk<\/strong> &#8212; the wife of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/charlie-kirk\/\"><strong>Charlie Kirk<\/strong><\/a> &#8212; is set to speak for the first time since he was killed at Utah Valley University &#8230; and, TMZ is streaming her comments live.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-c3163ee388582d7482e95a37e87b35b3--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-7697e2efef705225280099c54daf3d93\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>Mrs. Kirk will speak to the world via Turning Point USA&#8217;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.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-7697e2efef705225280099c54daf3d93--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-7e48bb9373c3fec5b38edbeda6a2c7ca\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-gallery-block canvas-gallery-block-permalink canvas-gallery-block--default  \">\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-7e48bb9373c3fec5b38edbeda6a2c7ca--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-c805848862b239cfa4f7c46c2741e3f7\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>It comes at the end of a tragic and difficult week for the Kirk family. A shooter <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2025\/09\/10\/charlie-kirk-shot\/\"><strong>killed Charlie<\/strong><\/a> on Wednesday while he spoke at a Q&amp;A event on the campus in Orem, UT.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-c805848862b239cfa4f7c46c2741e3f7--><br \/>\n<a id=\"continued\" class=\"continued-anchor\"\/><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-6733a32d04576b5d6b92ed6bb0776fdf\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>Kirk was shot in the neck, then rushed to the hospital, where he was ultimately pronounced dead.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-6733a32d04576b5d6b92ed6bb0776fdf--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-7fe5643f3e15699fb0326da2f100e3f4\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-image-block canvas-image-block-permalink canvas-image-block--default  \">\n<div class=\"image-block\">\n                  <a class=\"js-click-image js-track-link image-lightbox-preview\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:image-asset:image_jpg_20250912_7d8031319e88467c8150718d1118a809\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:9887b87f-4e0f-469a-a337-2c729486a32b\" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;image&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"img-wrapper\">\n<p>                          <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-expand=\"600\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg xmlns%3D'http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg' viewBox%3D'0 0 728 546'%2F%3E\" data-src=\"https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/7d\/4by3\/2025\/09\/12\/7d8031319e88467c8150718d1118a809_md.jpg\" alt=\"tyler robinson launch\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" class=\"lazyload img-fluid image-block__img-fluid img-aspect-auto\"\/>\n                <\/div>\n<p>                                  <\/a>\n      <\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-7fe5643f3e15699fb0326da2f100e3f4--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-df0b31fa9e8571150a9ef823bfd69709\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>After a two-day manhunt, law enforcement arrested 22-year-old <strong>Tyler Robinson<\/strong> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2025\/09\/12\/tyler-robinson-arrested-murder-charlie-kirk-shooting\/\"><strong>booked him<\/strong><\/a> on charges of aggravated murder, felony felony discharge of a firearm causing serious bodily injury and obstruction of justice. These are all state charges.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-df0b31fa9e8571150a9ef823bfd69709--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-7f0545bd03cc46e4dd7d9c0b45de0656\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>Robinson allegedly spoke ill of Charlie prior to the shooting &#8230; and bullet casings connected to the shooting carried antifascist messages on them.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-7f0545bd03cc46e4dd7d9c0b45de0656--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-fc538d02fd70acad384b237064fbc304\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-video-block canvas-video-block-permalink canvas-video-block--default  \">\n<div class=\"video-block\">\n<div class=\"ratio ratio-16x9\">\n<div id=\"video-player-b5a248d7-773c-496f-8ceb-a2a52ce30552-129495526-image-holder\" class=\"ratio ratio-item video-block__image-holder\">\n          <button class=\"ratio-item icon-video--shadow video-block__icon\" id=\"video-player-b5a248d7-773c-496f-8ceb-a2a52ce30552-129495526-play-btn\"><br \/>\n            <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Play video content<\/span><br \/>\n          <\/button><br \/>\n                    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-expand=\"600\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg xmlns%3D'http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg' viewBox%3D'0 0 728 410'%2F%3E\" data-src=\"https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/74\/16by9\/2025\/09\/11\/74394dc0331b4b0b98906aa563da45c4_md.jpg\" alt=\"091125_donald_trump_kirk_kal\" width=\"728\" height=\"410\" class=\"lazyload img-fluid\"\/>\n                  <\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-fc538d02fd70acad384b237064fbc304--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-de2354d544c32c9e32f8c31f9d27d55a\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>An outpouring of condolences followed Kirk&#8217;s death &#8230; with politicians on both sides of the aisle denouncing political violence. President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/donald-trump\/\"><strong>Donald Trump<\/strong><\/a> has promised to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2025\/09\/11\/donald-trump-charlie-kirk-presidential-medal-of-freedom\/\"><strong>award Kirk<\/strong><\/a> posthumously with the Presidential Medal of Freedom.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-de2354d544c32c9e32f8c31f9d27d55a--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-61e920a9e5202efe1fdfbee892c9b56a\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>Charlie&#8217;s body was flown on Air Force 2 from Utah back to his home in Arizona. Vice President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/jd-vance\/\"><strong>J.D. Vance<\/strong><\/a> accompanied the body back to the Grand Canyon State.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-61e920a9e5202efe1fdfbee892c9b56a--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-4bf9fd73e9a85b4a3ef1c94005965519\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-image-block canvas-image-block-permalink canvas-image-block--default  \">\n<div class=\"image-block\">\n                  <a class=\"js-click-image js-track-link image-lightbox-preview\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:image-asset:image_jpg_20250911_1ed4c8bdb1124890b93eab742abf8706\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:9887b87f-4e0f-469a-a337-2c729486a32b\" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;image&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"img-wrapper\">\n<p>                          <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-expand=\"600\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg xmlns%3D'http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg' viewBox%3D'0 0 728 546'%2F%3E\" data-src=\"https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/1e\/4by3\/2025\/09\/11\/1ed4c8bdb1124890b93eab742abf8706_md.jpg\" alt=\"charlie kirk erika Lane Frantzve getty main\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" class=\"lazyload img-fluid image-block__img-fluid img-aspect-auto\"\/>\n                <\/div>\n<p>                  <\/a>\n      <\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-4bf9fd73e9a85b4a3ef1c94005965519--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-e14662d39f9c6a7ad3b45fb0c14e33a1\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  canvas-block-is-last \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>The Kirks share two children &#8212; one three and the other just one year old. Charlie was just 31.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-e14662d39f9c6a7ad3b45fb0c14e33a1--><\/p><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2025\/09\/12\/charlie-kirk-wife-erika-speaks-out-for-first-time\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Charlie Kirk Wife Erika Makes First Public Statement Since Shooting Published September 12, 2025 5:05 PM PDT Play video content Erika Kirk &#8212; the wife of Charlie Kirk &#8212; is set to speak for the first time since he was killed at Utah Valley University &#8230; and, TMZ is streaming her comments live. 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