Charlie Kirk
Honored By New York Yankees
… Hours After Capturing
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The New York Yankees honored Charlie Kirk simply earlier than their sport 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 College campus about political points.
New York officers put up his image on the group’s centerfield scoreboard … and added the phrases, “Remembering Charlie Kirk.”
“Earlier than tonight’s sport we held a second of silence in memoriam of Charlie Kirk,” the Yankees stated of the tribute on their X web page late Wednesday night time. “Kirk based the youth activist group ‘Turning Level USA’ and had grow to be a fixture on school campuses.”
“Charlie Kirk, a husband and father of two youngsters, was 31 years previous.”
Following the emotional scene, the Yankees misplaced to the Detroit Tigers, 11-1.
Kirk, as you recognize, 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.