Charlie Kirk's wife Erika quoted Bible verse just before UVU shooting: ‘God is our refuge’
Charlie Kirk, conservative activist and close Trump ally, died on Wednesday after being shot during a Utah University event
Charlie Kirk, conservative activist and close Trump ally, died on Wednesday after being shot during a Utah University event. The president confirmed the 31-year-old's passing with a post on Truth Social.
Trump wrote: "The Great, and even Legendary, Charlie Kirk, is dead. No one understood or had the Heart of the Youth in the United States of America better than Charlie. He was loved and admired by ALL, especially me, and now, he is no longer with us. Melania and my Sympathies go out to his beautiful wife Erika, and family. Charlie, we love you!”
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“Eternal rest grant unto him, O Lord,” Vice President JD Vance tweeted.
Kirk is survived by his wife Erika and two children. The MAGA influencer's wife quoted a verse from the Bible just before the UVU shooting.
“Psalm 46:1 - God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble,” Erika wrote on X, platform formerly known as Twitter.
{{/usCountry}}“Psalm 46:1 - God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble,” Erika wrote on X, platform formerly known as Twitter.
{{/usCountry}}Charlie Kirk's last words
{{/usCountry}}Charlie Kirk's last words
{{/usCountry}}Kirk was speaking at a debate hosted by his nonprofit political organization on Wednesday. Just before shots rang, he was taking questions about mass shootings and gun violence, The Associated Press reported.
{{/usCountry}}Kirk was speaking at a debate hosted by his nonprofit political organization on Wednesday. Just before shots rang, he was taking questions about mass shootings and gun violence, The Associated Press reported.
{{/usCountry}}“Do you know how many transgender Americans have been mass shooters over the last 10 years?” an audience members asked. Kirk responded: “Too many.”
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The questioner followed up: “Do you know how many mass shooters there have been in America over the last 10 years?”
“Counting or not counting gang violence?” Kirk asked.
Videos posted to social media show Kirk speaking into a handheld microphone while sitting under a white tent. A single shot rang out and the 31-year-old could be seen reaching up with his right hand as a large volume of blood gushed from the left side of his neck.
