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Charlie Kirk's body arrives in hearse at Salt Lake City as devastated wife and family gather with JD Vance
Daily Mail UK ^ | September 11, 2025 | Melissa Koenig

Posted on 09/11/2025 3:38:20 PM PDT by Morgana

Charlie Kirk's hearse has arrived in Salt Lake City after his tragic death aged 31.

His body was driven through the side gates of Roland R. Wright Air National Guard Base in Salt Lake City, Utah, where it will be flown by Air Force Two to Arizona.

Vice President JD Vance will be on the same flight, and will also accompany the hearse to Kirk's home state along with his mourning wife and children.

A funeral is now planned for next week, which President Donald Trump said he will attend. He added that he has spoken with Kirk's wife, Erika, and said she is 'devastated absolutely devastated.'

Kirk, a father-of-two, was fatally shot when he engaged with students and community members at Utah Valley University on Wednesday.

The popular conservative influencer was on the first leg of his American Comeback tour, when police say a lone gunman opened fire from a rooftop 200 yards away.

Horrified spectators gasped and screamed, before crowds were seen scrambling to flee the crime scene.

At the same time, a shadowy figure was caught on camera running on the top of the school's Lossee Center.

(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...


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1 posted on 09/11/2025 3:38:20 PM PDT by Morgana
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“A funeral is now planned for next week, which President Donald Trump said he will attend.”

Of that- I had no doubt.


2 posted on 09/11/2025 3:43:24 PM PDT by Revel
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The sadness is all over Trump’s face today, I know he wont admit it because he’s a proud man but I know he shed many tears last night..Charlie was like a son to him, he loved him, admired him greatly, this hurts so so much


3 posted on 09/11/2025 3:45:45 PM PDT by Sarah Barracuda
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To: Revel

I would not be surprised if President Trump is paying for everything.


4 posted on 09/11/2025 3:46:16 PM PDT by desertsolitaire (hite sea. My grandfather shouted warning to anyone who would listen that the Titanic was going to st)
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To: Morgana

Arizona! We gotta represent!


5 posted on 09/11/2025 3:48:43 PM PDT by Az Joe (Live free or die)
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To: Revel

Many of us believe Donald Trump would not be president today had it not been for Charlie Kirk.


6 posted on 09/11/2025 3:52:43 PM PDT by Dan in Wichita
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To: Morgana

It’s too much to bear when I think about what his wife must be feeling. I’m so tired of people killing people, but humanity is determined to continue until Jesus puts an end to it. God help us.


7 posted on 09/11/2025 3:53:15 PM PDT by catbertz
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To: Dan in Wichita

I believe he played a huge part.


8 posted on 09/11/2025 3:53:54 PM PDT by pnz1 ("These people have gone stone-cold crazy)
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To: Dan in Wichita

He would not be.


9 posted on 09/11/2025 3:54:37 PM PDT by Frank Drebin (And don't ever let me catch you guys in America!)
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To: Sarah Barracuda

And Charlie’s efforts pretty much gave Trump the 2024 win by bringing out young men.


10 posted on 09/11/2025 4:03:07 PM PDT by vivenne (7Come to think of it. Fact)
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To: Morgana

BTTT


11 posted on 09/11/2025 4:08:35 PM PDT by nopardons ( )
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To: Dan in Wichita

I’m one of those people. Kirk and Presler...


12 posted on 09/11/2025 4:11:53 PM PDT by MayflowerMadam (It's hard not to celebrate the fall of bad people. - Bongino)
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To: Az Joe

AZ has been the scene for so many celebrated and publicized personalities with huge processions and funerals...Chris Kyle, the 19 Prescott Hot Shots now Charlie Kirk...

Kari Lake spoke last night about Charlie Kirk on one of the many shows I watched - News Nation or News Max or Fox...close friend and associate..


13 posted on 09/11/2025 4:23:16 PM PDT by Thank You Rush
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AZ has been the scene for so many celebrated and publicized personalities with huge processions and funerals...

And the Left and the Mainstream Media will no doubt compare Kirk's funeral to that of Horst Wessel in 1930.

14 posted on 09/11/2025 4:26:03 PM PDT by Publius
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To: Thank You Rush

Could get wild here


15 posted on 09/11/2025 4:31:35 PM PDT by Az Joe (Live free or die)
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To: MayflowerMadam

Absolutely. Scott Presler did incredible work too. These young men, Kirk and Presler, did a lot to save America from four more years of leftwing rule.


16 posted on 09/11/2025 4:33:16 PM PDT by Dan in Wichita
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To: Dan in Wichita

Hope Pressler has good security


17 posted on 09/11/2025 4:52:36 PM PDT by goodnesswins (Democracy to Demo rats is stealing other peoples money for their use, no matter how idiotic)
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To: Dan in Wichita

I tend to believe that as well.


18 posted on 09/11/2025 7:09:28 PM PDT by Revel
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To: Az Joe

Whatcha got in mind?


19 posted on 09/12/2025 12:02:52 AM PDT by FrogMom (Time marches on....)
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Stand back and stand by.

Let’s see what the arrangements are.


20 posted on 09/12/2025 12:17:35 AM PDT by Az Joe (Live free or die)
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