Overview

• On Sept. 25, Allen posted on X that Erika Kirk’s words moved him to say, “I forgive the man who killed my father.”
• The eulogy was delivered at a memorial for Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk at State Farm Stadium in Glendale, Arizona, attended by tens of thousands.
• Erika Kirk told mourners, “That man, that young man, I forgive him,” citing Christ’s example and her husband’s values.
• Tyler Robinson, 22, is facing an aggravated murder charge in the shooting of Charlie Kirk at a Utah Valley University event earlier in September.
• Allen referenced that his father, Gerald M. Dick, died in a 1964 crash caused by a drunk driver, a loss he has previously described as formative.