JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ)
A vigil for conservative activist Charlie Kirk will be held Wednesday night at the State Capitol.
The vigil will begin at 7:45 p.m. Wednesday on the south lawn of the State Capitol and all are welcome to attend. According to a press release, the event is not political and is community-centered, aiming to support and pray for the nation.
A memorial service will be held for Kirk at State Farm Stadium in Glendale, Arizona, on Sunday.
On Tuesday, prosecutors charged Tyler Robinson, who is accused of killing prominent conservative political activist Charlie Kirk, with aggravated murder and announced they would seek the death penalty.
Last week, White House officials and Republican lawmakers gathered at the Kennedy Center and held a vigil. Multiple members of the Trump Administration spoke at the vigil, including Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, who said it was Kirk who brokered a partnership between President Donald Trump and Kennedy during the 2024 campaign.
Turning Point USA’s chapter at the University of Missouri held a vigil for Kirk on the evening of his death last Wednesday.
“It was a lot to see someone that had influenced me in becoming more open about my politics lose their life like that,” said Brenden Poteet, President of the Mizzou College Republicans.
Kirk, the national group’s founder, was shot and killed at a Wednesday event held at Utah Valley University.
MU chapter President Paige Schulte told ABC 17 News they were in the final stages of getting Kirk to speak at the Columbia campus on Sept. 29.