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Erica Kirk In attendance were Gunfire rang out at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner.
Kirk, 37, was seen crying during chaos at the Washington Hilton Hotel in Washington, D.C., on Saturday, April 25, CNN reported. Sarah Sidner She said on the broadcast that she witnessed Kirk leaving the main ballroom and telling an aide, “I just want to leave.”
US Weekly Kirk’s representatives have been contacted for comment.
Erica’s husband, conservative activist Charlie Kirk, Assassinated while speaking at Utah Valley University in Orem, Utah, on September 10, 2025. He was 31 years old. (It’s unclear what the motive was for Saturday’s shooter. CNN reported that a 30-year-old man from California was “arrested” in the shooting.)
Charlie’s suspected shooter, 22 Tyler James RobinsonArrested on September 11, 2025, and charged with aggravated murder, discharge of a firearm, obstruction of justice, and witness tampering. He has yet to enter a plea.
In October 2025, Erika disclosed about Her grief was very public After her husband was murdered.
“Grief has no linear blueprint. One day you fall to the floor, breathing hard, calling the name of Jesus,” Erica wrote on Instagram at the time. “The next thing you know, when you’re playing in the living room with your kids, surrounded by family photos, and a smile breaks out on your face, you feel a joy that you can only try to define as divine, bittersweet.”
She added, “They say time heals all things. But love doesn’t ask to be healed. Love asks to be remembered. I’m humbled to realize that pain of this magnitude did not take away the love I had for my husband. It amplified it. It crystallized it.”
President Donald Trump stands with Turning Point USA CEO Erica Kirk on April 17, 2026 in Phoenix, Arizona.
Win McNamee/Getty ImagesMeanwhile, the president Donald Trumpfirst lady Melania Trump and pregnant white house press secretary Caroline Levitt Everyone was evacuated from the main ballroom of the Washington Hilton hotel when gunshots were heard Saturday night.
A Secret Service spokesman clarified that the shooting occurred near the “Master Magnetometer” at the Washington Hilton hotel.
A Secret Service agent was shot, but the bullet struck his protective gear, reports said. He was taken to hospital for treatment. As of the time of publication, his condition was unknown.
Trump, 79, who initially expressed a desire for the White House Correspondents’ Dinner to go ahead, broke his silence via a Truth Society post.
Charlie Kirk’s wife Erika Kirk (née Frantzve) has broken her silence following the death of her 31-year-old husband. “Charlie loved life. He loved his life, he loved America, he loved nature, and it always helped him get closer to God,” Erika, 36, said during a livestream on Charlie’s X on Friday, September 12. “He likes (…)
“The Secret Service and law enforcement in Washington had an outstanding night. They acted quickly and bravely,” Trump wrote. “The shooter has been apprehended and I recommend that we ‘let the show go on,’ however, we will be fully guided by law enforcement. They will make a decision very soon. Regardless of that decision, tonight’s circumstances will be very different than planned and we will simply have to do it again.”
Journalist and White House Correspondents Chairman Weijia Jiang It was then announced from the podium that the event would be rescheduled within the next 30 days.
“Law enforcement asked us to leave the scene. … (The president) wanted to stress that no one was injured. The Cabinet and the first lady, everyone is safe,” she said. “I said earlier this evening that journalism is a public service because when there is an emergency, we run toward the crisis, not from it… I see all of you reporting, and that’s what we do.”
She added: “Thank God everyone is safe and thank you for coming together tonight.”