{"id":2039677,"date":"2025-09-21T21:26:17","date_gmt":"2025-09-21T21:26:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2039677"},"modified":"2025-09-21T21:26:17","modified_gmt":"2025-09-21T21:26:17","slug":"charlie-kirks-wife-erika-details-moment-she-found-out-her-husband-had-been-shot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/charlie-kirks-wife-erika-details-moment-she-found-out-her-husband-had-been-shot\/","title":{"rendered":"Charlie Kirk&#8217;s wife, Erika, details moment she found out her husband had been shot"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Erika Kirk revealed she found out that her late husband, Charlie Kirk, had been shot through a frantic phone call from his assistant, Michael McCoy.<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/09\/21\/us\/politics\/erika-kirk.html\">Speaking to the New York Times<\/a> for her first interview since the death of her husband, Erika said McCoy called her and screamed, \u201cHe\u2019s been shot!\u201d <\/p>\n<p>She detailed jumping on a plane immediately to rush to her husband\u2019s side. However, while she was still in the air, she was told he had died.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Erika Kirk spoke about the moment she found out her husband, Charlie Kirk, had been shot. <span class=\"credit\">Erika Kirk<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>She also opened up about the moment she saw his body. <span class=\"credit\">Erika Kirk<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module aligncenter wp-block-nypost-editor-primary-tag\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m looking at the clouds and the mountains,\u201d she recalled. \u201cIt was such a gorgeous day, and I was thinking: This is exactly what he last saw.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Erika chose to look at her husband\u2019s body when she arrived at the hospital, despite a sheriff advising her not to because the bullet had \u201cravaged\u201d his neck.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWith all due respect, I want to see what they did to my husband,\u201d she told the sheriff.<\/p>\n<p>The mother of two shared that Charlie\u2019s eyes were still semi-open.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>The mother of two shared that Charlie\u2019s eyes were still semi-open. <span class=\"credit\">Erika Kirk<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>\u201cAnd he had this knowing, Mona Lisa-like half-smile,\u201d Erika told the outlet. \u201cLike he died happy. Like Jesus rescued him. The bullet came, he blinked, and he was in heaven.\u201d <span class=\"credit\">Erika Kirk<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cAnd he had this knowing, Mona Lisa-like half-smile,\u201d Erika told the outlet. \u201cLike he died happy. Like Jesus rescued him. The bullet came, he blinked, and he was in heaven.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The former Miss Arizona said she was supposed to be with Charlie at the Utah Valley University stop during his American Comeback Tour where he was fatally shot in the neck, but stayed behind to help her mother, who was undergoing treatment at a Phoenix hospital.<\/p>\n<p>Erika noted that she still can\u2019t bring herself to go into her and Charlie\u2019s bedroom and has been \u201crotating\u201d where she sleeps.<\/p>\n<p>More than 200,000 mourners <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/09\/21\/us-news\/charlie-kirk-funeral-live-updates-photos-from-trump-vance-tributes-and-more\/\">gathered for Charlie\u2019s funeral<\/a> in Arizona Sunday, including President Trump, Vice President Vance and Elon Musk.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"100% \" height=\"50\" src=\"https:\/\/embeds.nypost.com\/protected-iframe\/7243f1477b3245f2f0745dd957e58dbc\" scrolling=\"auto\" frameborder=\"0\" class=\"\" allow=\"camera; fullscreen;\"><br \/>\n\t<\/iframe><\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>The former Miss Arizona previously spoke out in a YouTube livestream, firing up his supporters to continue his message. <span class=\"credit\">Turning Point USA<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Erika and Charlie shared two children: a 3-year-old daughter and a 1-year-old son. <span class=\"credit\">Instagram\/mrserikakirk<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The conservative commentator died on Sept. 10 after\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/09\/10\/us-news\/charlie-kirk-possibly-targeted-in-shooting-at-utah-valley-university-event-during-his-american-comeback-tour\/\">he was shot while on stage<\/a>\u00a0at Utah Valley University. He was 31.<\/p>\n<p>Erika, who was named Turning Point USA\u2019s CEO following her husband\u2019s death, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2025\/09\/12\/celebrity-news\/charlie-kirks-widow-erika-breaks-her-silence-on-husbands-death-after-fatal-shooting\/\">rallied his supporters<\/a> in a YouTube livestream on Sept. 12.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe evildoers responsible for my husband\u2019s assassination have no idea what they have done,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey should all know this: if you thought that my husband\u2019s mission was powerful before, you have no idea. You have no idea what you have just unleashed on this country,\u201d Erika continued, adding that \u201cthe cries of this widow will echo around the world like a battle cry.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source pagesix.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Erika Kirk revealed she found out that her late husband, Charlie Kirk, had been shot through a frantic phone call from his assistant, Michael McCoy. Speaking to the New York Times for her first interview since the death of her husband, Erika said McCoy called her and screamed, \u201cHe\u2019s been shot!\u201d She detailed jumping on [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2039678,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25177],"tags":[369566,24188,22062,32366,24003,22048],"class_list":["post-2039677","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-celebrities","tag-assassination","tag-celebrity-couples","tag-celebrity-deaths","tag-celebrity-marriages","tag-celebrity-news","tag-politics"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Charlie-Kirks-wife-Erika-details-moment-she-found-out-her.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2039677","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2039677"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2039677\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2039678"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2039677"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2039677"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2039677"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}