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Erika Kirk, widow of conservative activist Charlie Kirk, has shared an emotional tribute to her late husband while revealing her decision to forgive the man accused of his death.
Charlie Kirk, 31, was fatally shot on September 10 while attending an event at Utah Valley University during his Turning Point USA comeback tour. Despite immediate efforts by his security team to get him to a hospital, he was pronounced dead shortly afterward.
Authorities announced two days later that 22-year-old Tyler Robinson had been arrested and charged with multiple offenses, including aggravated murder, obstruction of justice, and felony discharge of a firearm causing serious bodily injury.
During her husband’s memorial service, Erika delivered a moving message of forgiveness toward the alleged shooter. “That young man, that young man,” she said. “On the cross, our Savior said: ‘Father, forgive them for they not know what they do.’ That man, that young man, I forgive him. I forgive him because it was what Christ did, and it is what Charlie would do. The answer to hate is not hate. The answer we know from the gospel is love and always love, love for our enemies and love for those who persecute us.”
Erika also recounted the painful moment she saw Charlie’s body in the hospital. She described the scene and the surgeon’s words after examining the fatal injury. “I saw the wound that ended his life. I felt shock, horror, and a level of heartache that I didn’t even know existed. But there was something else too. Even in death, I could see the man that I love… I also saw on his lips the faintest smile,” she said. Doctors confirmed that the shooting was so instantaneous that nothing could have saved him.
“There was no pain, there was no fear, no agony. One moment Charlie was doing what he loved, arguing and debating on campus… then he blinked and saw his Savior in paradise,” Erika added.
She closed her tribute with a message encouraging others to carry forward Charlie’s legacy through faith and courage. “Charlie’s life was a turning point for this country. It was a miracle… Choose prayer, choose courage, choose beauty, choose adventure, choose family, choose a life of faith. Most importantly, choose Christ.”
Watch her speak below…
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