{"id":3158,"date":"2026-08-19T20:38:50","date_gmt":"2026-08-19T20:38:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/watchthenews.store\/?p=3158"},"modified":"2026-08-19T20:38:50","modified_gmt":"2026-08-19T20:38:50","slug":"charlie-kirks-wife-collapsed-in-a-scream-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/watchthenews.store\/?p=3158","title":{"rendered":"-CHARLIE KIRK\u2019S WIFE COLLAPSED IN A SCREAM"},"content":{"rendered":"<header class=\"entry-header\">\n<div class=\"entry-meta\"><em><strong>Charlie Kirk, 31, founder of Turning Point USA, was fatally shot in the neck during a Q\\&amp;A at Utah Valley University, leaving his young wife Erika Frantzve, their two children, and his family devastated. The attack occurred as Kirk responded to a question on mass shootings, his final words cut short by gunfire. Witnesses described chaos as students screamed, ducked for cover, and scrambled for exits, while video showed Kirk collapsing under a tent reading \u201cThe American Comeback.\u201d<\/strong><\/em><\/div>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-2\">\n<div data-type=\"_mgwidget\" data-widget-id=\"1987350\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em><strong>Authorities initially detained a bystander but later confirmed the shooter fired from the Losee Center building, nearly 200 yards away. Concerns arose over inadequate security, as no bag checks or screening were in place.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-2\">\n<div data-type=\"_mgwidget\" data-widget-id=\"1986704\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em><strong>Utah Governor Spencer Cox condemned the killing, promising accountability. Former President Trump called Kirk \u201cgreat, even legendary,\u201d and California Governor Gavin Newsom denounced the attack. Kirk is remembered as a passionate activist who built a national movement, leaving behind a grieving family and a shocked nation, reigniting debates on political violence and campus safety.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-3\">\n<div data-type=\"_mgwidget\" data-widget-id=\"1970893\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Charlie Kirk, 31, founder of Turning Point USA, was fatally shot in the neck during a Q\\&amp;A at Utah Valley University, leaving his young wife Erika Frantzve, their two children, &hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3159,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3158","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"brizy_media":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/watchthenews.store\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3158","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/watchthenews.store\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/watchthenews.store\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/watchthenews.store\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/watchthenews.store\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3158"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/watchthenews.store\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3158\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3160,"href":"https:\/\/watchthenews.store\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3158\/revisions\/3160"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/watchthenews.store\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/3159"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/watchthenews.store\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3158"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/watchthenews.store\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3158"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/watchthenews.store\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3158"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}