Orem, Utah — The widow of prominent right-wing activist Charlie Kirk pledged Friday to carry on her husband’s work, after U.S. authorities announced his alleged assassin had finally been captured.
“We got him,” Utah Governor Spencer Cox told a press conference early Friday, identifying the suspect as Tyler Robinson, 22, who had reportedly been confronted by his father over the pictures and then turned in.
The 31-year-old Kirk was hit by a single bullet while addressing a large crowd at Utah Valley University in the town of Orem on Wednesday.
A heartbroken Erika Kirk on Friday mourned the loss of “the perfect father” and husband.
“The evil-doers responsible for my husband’s assassination have no idea what they have done,” she said in a live video address.
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