💔 Conservative Commentator Charlie Kirk, 31, Tragically Killed — Wife Shares She Hasn’t Told Their Kids Yet, Viral Video Sparks Outpouring 😢

Charlie Kirk, a right-wing political commentator, was shot and killed at Utah Valley University on Sept. 10. He was 31.

The political pundit was sitting at his signature “Prove Me Wrong” table as part of his American Comeback Tour when he was fatally shot. Videos circulating on social media showed Charlie being shot in the neck or side of his head as he answered a question about gun violence, per NPR.

President Donald Trump announced the news of Charlie’s death on Truth Social.

The political activist, who co-founded the organization Turning Point USA in 2012, was a husband and father to two children. He married former Miss Arizona USA Erika Frantzve in May 2021, and the couple welcomed a daughter in August 2022 and a son in May 2024.

Charlie met Erika in 2018 and then had a “very, very long dinner” where he knew “almost immediately” that she was “the one,” as he recalled in a 2024 Turning Point USA video.

Charlie Kirk and Erika Frantzve Kirk at Mount Rushmore in July 2020.Charlie Kirk/Instagram

Charlie and Erika got engaged in December 2020. She shared the news by posting a photo of her hugging him while he was down on one knee.

Less than one year later, the couple married in Scottsdale, Ariz., on May 8, 2021. Both Erika and Charlie shared photos from the wedding.