{"id":194427,"date":"2025-09-21T17:52:28","date_gmt":"2025-09-21T17:52:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2025\/09\/21\/erika-kirk-wears-blood-stained-pendant-reveals-she-wont-seek-death-penalty-for-charlie-kirks-shooter\/"},"modified":"2025-09-21T17:52:28","modified_gmt":"2025-09-21T17:52:28","slug":"erika-kirk-wears-blood-stained-pendant-reveals-she-wont-seek-death-penalty-for-charlie-kirks-shooter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2025\/09\/21\/erika-kirk-wears-blood-stained-pendant-reveals-she-wont-seek-death-penalty-for-charlie-kirks-shooter\/","title":{"rendered":"Erika Kirk Wears Blood-Stained Pendant, Reveals She Won&#8217;t Seek Death Penalty For Charlie Kirk&#8217;s Shooter"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 3<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minutes<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>More than 100,000 people are expected to turn out for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehollywoodgossip.com\/2025\/09\/charlie-kirk-memorial-secret-service-arrests-armed-man-posing-as-cop\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Charlie Kirk\u2019s memorial service<\/a> in Glendale, Arizona today.<\/p>\n<p>President Donald Trump and Vice President JD Vance will address the crowd, along with several other big names from the worlds of politics and media.<\/p>\n<p>And of course, Charlie\u2019s widow, Erika Kirk, will be the guest of honor.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><noscript><\/noscript><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/09\/GettyImages-2234103824-5-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Charlie Kirk (R) and and his wife Erika Lane Frantzve (L) on stage during the Turning Point USA Inaugural-Eve Ball at the Salamander Hotel on January 19, 2025 in Washington, DC. \" class=\"wp-image-535708 lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/09\/GettyImages-2234103824-5-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/09\/GettyImages-2234103824-5-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/09\/GettyImages-2234103824-5-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/09\/GettyImages-2234103824-5-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/09\/GettyImages-2234103824-5-960x640.jpg 960w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/09\/GettyImages-2234103824-5-1080x720.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/09\/GettyImages-2234103824-5-1200x800.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/09\/GettyImages-2234103824-5-scaled.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" data-trellis-processed=\"1\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Charlie Kirk (R) and his wife Erika Lane Frantzve (L) on stage during the Turning Point USA Inaugural-Eve Ball at the Salamander Hotel on January 19, 2025 in Washington, DC. <span class=\"image-caption-credit\"> (Photo by Samuel Corum\/Getty Images)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-erika-kirk-opens-up-about-husband-s-murder\">Erika Kirk opens up about husband\u2019s murder<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehollywoodgossip.com\/2025\/09\/erika-kirk-issues-emotional-statement-in-wake-of-husbands-assassination\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Erika commented on her husband\u2019s death <\/a>less than 48 hours after he was shot and killed during a speaking engagement in Utah.<\/p>\n<p>But today, the <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/09\/21\/us\/politics\/erika-kirk.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">New York Times<\/a><\/em> published her first in-depth interview since the murder.<\/p>\n<p>The 36-year-old mother of two revealed that she wears the St. Michael icon that medics tore from Charlie\u2019s body as they attempted to stop the bleeding.<\/p>\n<p>The medal is still stained with his blood, and Erika says she wears it as a reminder of her husband\u2019s mission.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/09\/GettyImages-2235765946-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"View of a makeshift memorial for right-wing activist and Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk outside of their headquarters in Phoenix, Arizona, on September 19, 2025. \" class=\"wp-image-535709\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/09\/GettyImages-2235765946-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/09\/GettyImages-2235765946-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/09\/GettyImages-2235765946-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/09\/GettyImages-2235765946-2048x1366.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/09\/GettyImages-2235765946-960x640.jpg 960w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/09\/GettyImages-2235765946-1080x720.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/09\/GettyImages-2235765946-1200x800.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\"\/><\/noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/09\/GettyImages-2235765946-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"View of a makeshift memorial for right-wing activist and Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk outside of their headquarters in Phoenix, Arizona, on September 19, 2025. \" class=\"wp-image-535709 lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/09\/GettyImages-2235765946-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/09\/GettyImages-2235765946-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/09\/GettyImages-2235765946-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/09\/GettyImages-2235765946-2048x1366.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/09\/GettyImages-2235765946-960x640.jpg 960w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/09\/GettyImages-2235765946-1080x720.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/09\/GettyImages-2235765946-1200x800.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/09\/GettyImages-2235765946-scaled.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" data-trellis-processed=\"1\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">View of a makeshift memorial for right-wing activist and Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk outside of their headquarters in Phoenix, Arizona, on September 19, 2025. <span class=\"image-caption-credit\"> (Photo by CHARLY TRIBALLEAU\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Erika also revealed that the sheriff who spoke with her after Charlie\u2019s death urged her not to view the body. She insisted on doing so, however.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWith all due respect, I want to see what they did to my husband,\u201d she said. <\/p>\n<p>Erika recalls that she kissed her husband one final time. She describes his \u201csemi-open eyes\u201d and \u201cMona Lisa-like half-smile\u201d as if \u201che\u2019d died happy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLike Jesus rescued him. The bullet came, he blinked, and he was in heaven,\u201d she tells the <em>Times<\/em>.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-erika-kirk-says-she-won-t-push-for-death-penalty-for-husband-s-killer\">Erika Kirk says she won\u2019t push for death penalty for husband\u2019s killer<\/h2>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/09\/GettyImages-2162182816-5-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"CEO of Turning Point USA Charlie Kirk speaks on stage on the first day of the Republican National Convention at the Fiserv Forum on July 15, 2024 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. \" class=\"wp-image-535710\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/09\/GettyImages-2162182816-5-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/09\/GettyImages-2162182816-5-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/09\/GettyImages-2162182816-5-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/09\/GettyImages-2162182816-5-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/09\/GettyImages-2162182816-5-960x640.jpg 960w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/09\/GettyImages-2162182816-5-1080x720.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/09\/GettyImages-2162182816-5-1200x800.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\"\/><\/noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/09\/GettyImages-2162182816-5-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"CEO of Turning Point USA Charlie Kirk speaks on stage on the first day of the Republican National Convention at the Fiserv Forum on July 15, 2024 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. \" class=\"wp-image-535710 lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/09\/GettyImages-2162182816-5-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/09\/GettyImages-2162182816-5-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/09\/GettyImages-2162182816-5-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/09\/GettyImages-2162182816-5-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/09\/GettyImages-2162182816-5-960x640.jpg 960w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/09\/GettyImages-2162182816-5-1080x720.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/09\/GettyImages-2162182816-5-1200x800.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/09\/GettyImages-2162182816-5-scaled.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" data-trellis-processed=\"1\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">CEO of Turning Point USA Charlie Kirk speaks on stage on the first day of the Republican National Convention at the Fiserv Forum on July 15, 2024 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. <span class=\"image-caption-credit\"> (Photo by Chip Somodevilla\/Getty Images)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Erika also told the <em>Times<\/em> that she is not actively pushing for the death penalty for her husband\u2019s shooter.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ll be honest. I told our lawyer, I want the government to decide this,\u201d Erika said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI do not want that man\u2019s blood on my ledger. Because when I get to heaven, and Jesus is like: \u2018Uh, eye for an eye? Is that how we do it?\u2019 And that keeps me from being in heaven, from being in heaven, from being with Charlie?\u201d she added.<\/p>\n<p>A 22-year-old Utah native named <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehollywoodgossip.com\/2025\/09\/erika-kirk-receives-protective-order-against-tyler-robinson-declares-world-is-evil-on-instagram\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Tyler Robinson has been arrested for Charlie Kirk\u2019s murder<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Robinson has reportedly refused to speak with investigators, and his trial date has not yet been set.<\/p>\n<p>We will have further updates on this developing story as new information becomes available.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehollywoodgossip.com\/2025\/09\/erika-kirk-wears-blood-stained-pendant-reveals-she-wont-seek-death-penalty-for-charlie-kirks-shooter\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Reading Time: 3 minutes More than 100,000 people are expected to turn out for Charlie Kirk\u2019s memorial service in Glendale, Arizona today. President Donald Trump and Vice President JD Vance will address the crowd, along with several other big names from the worlds of politics and media. And of course, Charlie\u2019s widow, Erika Kirk, will [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":194428,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-194427","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-hollywood"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/194427","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=194427"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/194427\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/194428"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=194427"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=194427"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=194427"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}