Charlie Kirk’s widow, Erika Frantzve, clutched a rosary as she waved to supporters from the backseat of an SUV on Thursday evening.
The procession escorted Kirk’s body to Hansen Mortuary Chapel in Phoenix, where hundreds lined the streets waving American flags.
Return on Air Force Two
The 31-year-old conservative activist was flown home aboard Air Force Two.
He had been killed the day before, struck in the neck by a sniper’s bullet while speaking at Utah Valley University.
The assassin fired from the roof of the Losee Center, roughly 200 yards from where Kirk addressed thousands during his American Comeback Tour.
Vice President JD Vance arranged the transport and stood alongside the grieving family.
Vance canceled a 9/11 commemoration in New York to travel with his wife, Usha, to Utah.
Both families were present at the campus event when the shooting occurred.
Frantzve and Usha Vance held hands as they stepped off Air Force Two at Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport.
They watched as Kirk’s wooden casket was transferred