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A memorial service for right-wing activist Charlie Kirk will be held on 21 September at State Farm Stadium in Arizona, a venue which can seat more than 60,000 people.<\/p>\n
Turning Point USA, the organisation Kirk co-founded, made the announcement on social media, inviting the public to celebrate his “remarkable life and enduring legacy”.<\/p>\n
Kirk, 31, was shot dead on Wednesday during an open-air speaking event in Utah. His suspected killer, Tyler Robinson, was arrested on Thursday night after surrendering to police.<\/p>\n
President Donald Trump is expected to attend the memorial service, along with Vice-President JD Vance and Secretary of State Marco Rubio.<\/p>\n
Before departing for Israel on Saturday, Rubio said he would be back in time for Kirk’s memorial and remembered him as a “great young man”.<\/p>\n
“I admired all the stuff he said and did on campuses, and again, an enormous influence on young people, primarily,” he said.<\/p>\n
Arizona marks an important place for Kirk – it’s the location of Turning Point USA’s headquarters and where he and his wife lived with their two children before his death.<\/p>\n
Earlier on Saturday, Kirk’s widow, Erika, made her first public remarks after her husband’s death, pledging to keep his legacy alive.<\/p>\n
In a livestream broadcast from Turning Point USA’s headquarters, Mrs Kirk, 36, addressed what she called the “evil doers” responsible for her husband’s death.<\/p>\n
“You have no idea the fire that you have ignited within this wife, the cries of this widow will echo around the world like a battle cry,” she said.<\/p>\n
“They should all know this: if you thought that my husband’s mission was powerful before you have no idea, you have no idea what you just have unleashed across this entire country and this world.”<\/p>\n
In a later Instagram post, Mrs Kirk reiterated those comments and posted videos and photos of her sitting over her husband’s open casket and kissing his hand.<\/p>\n
Watch: Charlie Kirk’s widow Erika makes first public statement since deadly shooting<\/p>\n
Kirk was shot while hosting one of his signature Prove Me Wrong debates at Utah Valley University while taking a question about gun violence and transgender people in the US.<\/p>\n
Tyler Robinson was taken into custody on 12 September and is being held at Utah County Jail without bail, where he is on special watch to determine if he is a risk to himself or others, police told the BBC’s US partner CBS News.<\/p>\n
He is expected to make his first court appearance next week, where he will also be formally charged.<\/p>\n