Charlie Kirk, a conservative activist and founder of conservative youth organization Turning Point USA, was fatally shot in the neck on Sept. 10 at an event at Utah Valley University.

"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," President Donald Trump announced on Truth Social.

The Arizona Republic , part of the USA TODAY Network, reported that Kirk, 31, married Erika Frantzve in May 2021. The couple shared two young children, a son and a daughter.

Frantzve is a real estate agent with The Corcoran Group in New York City, according to her LinkedIn profile . She is also the founder of Everyday Heroes Like You, a nonprofit organization dedicated to community empowerment.

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