More than a hundred people gathered for a candlelight prayer vigil Sept. 12 for slain conservative activist Charlie Kirk at the Palm Beach Courthouse in downtown West Palm Beach.
Kirk, 31, a prominent conservative commentator was shot and killed Sept. 10 while speaking during an event at a college campus in Utah.
Among those who spoke at the Sept. 12 vigil was Republican state Rep. Meg Weinberger of Palm Beach Gardens. Palm Beach Young Republican Club president Alex Fahmy, whose organization hosted the event, also attended.
In an interview with The Palm Beach Post on Sept. 11, Fahmy described Kirk as the “voice” of a generation and a significant influence in helping (President Donald) Trump win younger voters during his 2024 bid to return to the White House.
“Charlie, he was an unapologetic advocate for his Christian faith, his values, his country, and he was a voice for an entire generation,” Fahmy told The Post. “I constantly turned to him for news, for advocacy, for events.”
A suspect in the fatal shooting of Kirk is in custody on a murder charge while the conservative influencer’s widow spoke publicly about her husband’s killing for the first time on Sept. 12, vowing to continue his mission.
The shooter was identified as 22-year-old Tyler Robinson, said Utah Gov. Spencer Cox. He was arrested after a relative contacted a family friend, who told authorities that Robinson had “confessed to them or implied that he committed the incident.” Authorities said they tied him to the crime through a review of online messages, interviews with his family and friends, and surveillance video.
Photos, video from the candlelight vigil in West Palm Beach
A candlelight prayer vigil was held Sept. 12 for Charlie Kirk at the Palm Beach Courthouse, 300 N. Dixie Highway, West Palm Beach. Kirk, 31, a prominent conservative commentator, was shot and killed Sept. 10 while speaking during an event at a college campus in Utah.
A candlelight prayer vigil was held Sept. 12 for Charlie Kirk at the Palm Beach Courthouse, 300 N. Dixie Highway, West Palm Beach. Kirk, 31, a prominent conservative commentator, was shot and killed Sept. 10 while speaking during an event at a college campus in Utah.
Republican state Rep. Meg Weinberger of Palm Beach Gardens speaks at a candlelight prayer vigil for slain conservative activist Charlie Kirk on Sept. 12 at the Palm Beach County Courthouse in West Palm Beach.
A candlelight prayer vigil was held Sept. 12 for Charlie Kirk at the Palm Beach Courthouse, 300 N. Dixie Highway, West Palm Beach. Kirk, 31, a prominent conservative commentator, was shot and killed Sept. 10 while speaking during an event at a college campus in Utah.
A candlelight prayer vigil was held Sept. 12 for Charlie Kirk at the Palm Beach Courthouse, 300 N. Dixie Highway, West Palm Beach. Kirk, 31, a prominent conservative commentator, was shot and killed Sept. 10 while speaking during an event at a college campus in Utah.
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A candlelight prayer vigil was held Sept. 12 for Charlie Kirk at the Palm Beach Courthouse, 300 N. Dixie Highway, West Palm Beach. Kirk, 31, a prominent conservative commentator, was shot and killed Sept. 10 while speaking during an event at a college campus in Utah.
A candlelight prayer vigil was held Sept. 12 for Charlie Kirk at the Palm Beach Courthouse, 300 N. Dixie Highway, West Palm Beach. Kirk, 31, a prominent conservative commentator, was shot and killed Sept. 10 while speaking during an event at a college campus in Utah.
A candlelight prayer vigil was held Sept. 12 for Charlie Kirk at the Palm Beach Courthouse, 300 N. Dixie Highway, West Palm Beach. Kirk, 31, a prominent conservative commentator, was shot and killed Sept. 10 while speaking during an event at a college campus in Utah.
A candlelight prayer vigil was held Sept. 12 for Charlie Kirk at the Palm Beach Courthouse, 300 N. Dixie Highway, West Palm Beach. Kirk, 31, a prominent conservative commentator, was shot and killed Sept. 10 while speaking during an event at a college campus in Utah.
A candlelight prayer vigil was held Sept. 12 for Charlie Kirk at the Palm Beach Courthouse, 300 N. Dixie Highway, West Palm Beach. Kirk, 31, a prominent conservative commentator, was shot and killed Sept. 10 while speaking during an event at a college campus in Utah.
A candlelight prayer vigil was held Sept. 12 for Charlie Kirk at the Palm Beach Courthouse, 300 N. Dixie Highway, West Palm Beach. Kirk, 31, a prominent conservative commentator, was shot and killed Sept. 10 while speaking during an event at a college campus in Utah.
A candlelight prayer vigil was held Sept. 12 for Charlie Kirk at the Palm Beach Courthouse, 300 N. Dixie Highway, West Palm Beach. Kirk, 31, a prominent conservative commentator, was shot and killed Sept. 10 while speaking during an event at a college campus in Utah.
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Charlie Kirk’s widow vows to continue husband’s mission
A screenshot shows Erika Kirk’s livestreamed address on Turning Point USA’s YouTube channel on Sept. 12, 2025.
In her first public comments since her husband was gunned down, a tearful Erika Kirk vowed to continue her husband’s movement and said that “the cries of this widow will echo around the world like a battle cry.”
“The evil-doers for my husband’s assassination have no idea what they have done,” she said in a livestream on Turning Point USA’s YouTube page.
“They killed Charlie because he preached a message of patriotism, faith and of God’s love,” she continued. “They should all know this. If you thought my husband’s mission was powerful before, you have no idea. You have no idea what you have unleashed across this country and this world.”
FAU held a vigil for Charlie Kirk on Sept. 11
Nearly 200 people, including students, faculty, staff and community members, crowded into Florida Atlantic University’s Student Union on Sept. 11 to honor the right-wing political activist who had built a national organization from scratch and who, just a day earlier, had been shot and killed while speaking at Utah Valley University.
Students lit white candles one by one, the flames trembling in the humid evening air. Three singers led the crowd in “Amazing Grace,” their voices lifting over the Boca Raton campus as classmates bowed their heads.
It was both a vigil for Kirk and a declaration of what his supporters said he represented: free speech, civil discourse and a refusal to let political violence silence debate.
“We had to do it here, and soon,” said Nick Coyte, 25, a senior who leads FAU’s chapter of Turning Point USA, the conservative student group Kirk founded in 2012. “Tensions and emotions are high and we need to do our part in reorienting people’s emotions in the direction of peaceful, civil discourse.”
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