Overview

• Speaking Friday from her late husband’s desk, Erika Frantzve delivered an emotional address declaring that those responsible “have no idea what they have unleashed.”
• Frantzve promised the work Charlie Kirk championed would continue and said her husband “gave his life” for family and country.
• Kirk, 31, was fatally shot in the neck during a university debate at Utah Valley University earlier this week.
• President Donald Trump posted a tribute to Kirk, later said he spoke at length with Frantzve and described her as devastated, and stated he intends to attend a funeral in Arizona with details not yet announced.
• The couple married in 2021, have two young children, and had chosen to keep their family life private by withholding their children’s names and images.