Melania Trump pays tribute to Charlie Kirk and the family he leaves behind

First lady Melania Trump offered her condolences to the Kirk family as Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk leaves behind his wife, Erika, a 3-year-old daughter and a 1-year-old son. 

"Charlie’s children will be raised with stories instead of memories, photographs instead of laughter, and silence where their father’s voice should have echoed," Melania Trump wrote on X. 

"Charlie Kirk’s life should serve as a symbolic reminder that compassionate awareness elevates family, love, and country," she added. 

Kirk was shot around 12:20 p.m. local time Wednesday while speaking at an event on the campus of Utah Valley University in Orem. The Utah Department of Public Safety said that Kirk, after being shot, was rushed to Timp...