President Donald Trump said Thursday that Charlie Kirk’s widow is “devastated” after her husband was gunned down during a speaking event in Utah.
Trump told reporters outside the White House that he had spoken at length with Erika Frantzve, the 31-year-old conservative activist’s wife and the mother of his two young children, The New York Post reported.
“I spoke to Erika, his wife. And we had a long talk,” Trump said.
“And she’s devastated. She is absolutely devastated, as you can imagine.”
Trump also said he has an “indication” of what motivated Kirk’s assassin to carry out the attack but declined to provide details.
He only noted that there have been “rapid developments” in the hunt for the Turning Point USA founder’s killer.
Authorities confirmed that two individuals were briefly taken into custody after the shooting but were released following questioning.
The gunman remains at large as a multi-agency manhunt intensifies.
