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Erika Kirk has described the eerie detail she noticed when seeing her husband's body after he was assassinated earlier this month.
Kirk was killed while speaking at an event organized by his company, Turning Point USA, on September 10 at Utah Valley University.
Authorities appealed for help in identifying the shooter after a suspect was seen on a rooftop of a building on the college campus.
The FBI later confirmed they had detained a suspect identified as 22-year-old Tyler Robinson, who has since been charged with Kirk's murder.
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A memorial for Kirk took place on Sunday (September 21), with the likes of Donald Trump, JD Vance, and Erika speaking to the large crowd of 60,000+.
Erika, who is the new CEO of Turning Point USA, spoke to the New York Times in an interview published on Sunday, where she opened up about the moment she saw her husband's body after he was shot.
"His eyes were semi-open," she told the outlet. "And he had this knowing, Mona Lisa-like half-smile. Like he died happy. Like Jesus rescued him. The bullet came, he blinked, and he was in heaven."
Erika discussed seeing her partner's body in the hospital during her speech at Kirk's memorial on Sunday.
She said (via The Guardian): "I saw the wound that ended his life. I felt everything he would expect to feel. I felt shock. I felt horror, and a level of heartache that I didn’t even know existed.
"But there was something else, too. Even in death, I could see the man that I love."
Erika went on to say that the surgeon had told her Kirk did not in any way suffer, as she continued: "I also saw on his lips the faintest smile. And that told me something important. It revealed to me a great mercy from God in this tragedy.
"When I saw that, it told me Charlie didn't suffer. Even the doctor told me - it was something so instant that even if Charlie had been shot in the operating room itself, nothing could have been done."
Erika went on to explain that her husband suffered 'no pain, there was no fear, no agony' after he was shot in Utah.
"One moment, Charlie was doing what he loved, arguing and debating on campus, fighting for the gospel and truth in front of a big crowd, then he blinked," she said.
"He blinked and saw his savior in paradise.”
