FRANKLIN, Tenn. (WKRN) — Days after the assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk, hundreds filled the public square in downtown Franklin for a prayer vigil to honor his life and call for unity and an end to political violence.

"We're better than that as Americans and we really need to come together and look forward on how we can become a more unified country and just be better people,” Williamson County Commissioner Lisa Hayes told News 2.

Organizers remembered not only Kirk's life, but also paid tribute to Iryna Zarutska, an immigrant who was stabbed to death while riding public transportation in North Carolina and Minnesota Democratic lawmaker Melissa Hortman and her husband who were shot and killed three months ago.

“We can’t keep going as we have been. Innocent people are

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