Charlie Kirk
Honored By New York Yankees
… Hours After Shooting
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The New York Yankees honored Charlie Kirk simply earlier than their recreation Wednesday … remembering his life with a jumbotron message and a second of silence.
The Yankee Stadium homage got here simply hours after Kirk was shot and killed whereas he was talking with college students and others on the Utah Valley University campus about political points.
New York officers put up his image on the group’s centerfield scoreboard … and added the phrases, “Remembering Charlie Kirk.”
“Before tonight’s game we held a moment of silence in memoriam of Charlie Kirk,” the Yankees mentioned of the tribute on their X web page late Wednesday night time. “Kirk founded the youth activist group ‘Turning Point USA’ and had become a fixture on college campuses.”
“Charlie Kirk, a husband and father of two children, was 31 years old.”
Following the emotional scene, the Yankees misplaced to the Detroit Tigers, 11-1.
Kirk, as you realize, was struck by gunfire within the neck in the course of his talking engagement … and he didn’t survive.
Authorities say they’re nonetheless on the hunt for his killer.
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