Erika Kirk Recalls Shouting ‘Get The Kids, Get Security’ After Hearing Husband Charlie Was Shot

Last Updated:November 06, 2025, 20:56 IST

Erika Kirk said in an interview that discovering about her husband’s assassination was like an “unbelievable nightmare”.

Erika Kirk, Charlie Kirk's widow, speaks during a Turning Point USA at the University of Mississippi, in Oxford, Mississippi. (IMAGE: AFP)

Erika Kirk, CEO of Turning Point USA, recounted how she sprinted to get her children to safety after learning of her husband Charlie Kirk’s assassination last month.

Erika took over the right-wing advocacy group after its founder and her husband, Charlie Kirk, was shot dead during a college debate at Utah Valley University in September. She described the incident as an “unbelievable nightmare."

In her first interview since the assassination, released this week, Erika told Fox News host Jesse Watters that she will “never forget" the chaos that followed.

“I’m just being like, ‘Charlie’s been shot. He’s been shot. Get the kids. Get security. Get the kids. Get the kids. He’s been shot.’ I sprinted out of her treatment centre, just collapsed in the middle of the parking lot, called our security. Unbelievable nightmare," she said.

The conservative commentator was allegedly shot in the neck by 22-year-old Tyler Robinson, videos of which went viral worldwide. Robinson has been charged with first-degree murder and could face the death penalty by firing squad if convicted.

Erika said she never got to say goodbye to her husband, who had left early from their Arizona home that morning to travel to Utah.

Robinson is accused of firing a single bullet from a rooftop, fatally hitting 31-year-old Kirk in the neck in front of thousands of people, in an episode that has deepened political divisions in an already polarized country.

The most serious charge against Robinson is aggravated murder, while others include obstruction of justice and witness tampering, allegedly for ordering his roommate to stay silent.

Kirk, a father of two, used his audiences on TikTok, Instagram and YouTube to build support for conservative talking points, including strong criticism of the transgender rights movement.

According to court documents, Robinson sent messages to his roommate — who is reportedly transgender — after the shooting in which he said he had “enough of his (Kirk’s) hatred."

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