Fact Check: Did Charlie Kirk text people saying ‘they are gonna kill me’ before his death?

Candace Owens has claimed sources connected to TPUSA told her that Charlie Kirk had sent texts expressing he feared he might be killed the next day
PUBLISHED DEC 12, 2025
Charlie Kirk's wife Erika Kirk recently addressed claims about his final messages in an emotional conversation with Graham Allen (Trent Nelson/The Salt Lake Tribune/Getty Images)
Charlie Kirk's wife Erika Kirk recently addressed claims about his final messages in an emotional conversation with Graham Allen (Trent Nelson/The Salt Lake Tribune/Getty Images)


WASHINGTON, DC: Amid ongoing speculation about Charlie Kirk’s death, new claims have surfaced online suggesting he spent his final hours sending alarming messages.

According to unverified reports, Charlie warned people that he was in danger and feared someone was "going to kill" him. Conservative podcaster Candace Owens has fueled the scrutiny, saying multiple sources connected to Turning Point USA told her that Charlie sent texts that night expressing he believed he might be killed the next day.

Erika Kirk debunks claims about Charlie Kirk’s final messages

OREM, UTAH - SEPTEMBER 10: Charlie Kirk appears at Utah Valley University on September 10, 2025 in Orem, Utah. Kirk, founder of Turning Point USA, was speaking at his
Charlie Kirk appears at Utah Valley University on September 10, 2025, in Orem, Utah. Kirk, founder of Turning Point USA, was speaking at his 'American Comeback Tour' when he was shot in the neck and killed (Trent Nelson/The Salt Lake Tribune/Getty Images)

Erika Kirk addressed rumors about her husband’s final messages in an emotional conversation with Graham Allen.

When Allen asked, "Do you think Charlie knew to some degree and had made the conscious choice that I may be taken out early that he had any inkling that this might come his way?" Erika responded, “I still, I have unbelievable amounts of death threats. My kids have kidnapping threats, death threats. Our whole team has death threats.”

She added, “We promised each other we would never live in fear. And he would say if they are going to get me.”

Erika debunked the online rumors saying, “He was not messaging people the day before saying, I'm going to be murdered... someone's going to kill me. He didn't say that. And I had his cell phone, didn't say that.”

“We believe in the power of prayer... and that night before, we did what we usually did... we said our prayer and we asked the Lord to protect us... and that his will be done," Erika shared. 

Erika Kirk says TPUSA team is ‘exhausted’ by conspiracies surrounding Charlie Kirk’s death



Erika Kirk spoke directly to people spreading conspiracy theories about her husband’s death, accusing them of taking advantage of her personal tragedy to make money, during her appearance on the Fox News show 'Outnumbered'.

While she did not name Owens or mention her CBS town hall excerpts, she made her message clear, "When you go after the people that I love you're making hundreds and thousands of dollars every single episode going after the people that I love because somehow they're in on this, no. No." 

Charlie Kirk (L) and and his wife Erika Lane Frantzve (C) watch as The Village People perform on stage during the Turning Point USA Inaugural-Eve Ball at the Salamander Hotel on January 19, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Samuel Corum/Getty Images)
Charlie Kirk and Erika Kirk watch as The Village People perform on stage during the Turning Point USA Inaugural-Eve Ball at the Salamander Hotel on January 19, 2025, in Washington, DC (Samuel Corum/Getty Images)

She continued, "I'm not just gonna go cry and be in fetal position. This is a duty to my husband, and it's an absolute honor. And I will never back down." She warned, "My message to them is to stop. Stop. This is a mind virus. Yes, I believe in our judicial system, I do. We have a hell of a team working on this, excuse my French, but this is not okay."

She emphasized, "Your words are very powerful and we are human. My team are not machines and they're not robots. They are human. We have more death threats on our team and our side than I have ever seen. I have kidnapping threats. I have, you name it, we have it." 

Erika added, referring to her TPUSA team, “My poor team is exhausted, and every time they bring this back up, what are we supposed to do, relive that trauma all over again? They watched my husband get murdered. I have no idea how I would have reacted if I was there that day.”

“My team, they are rocked to the core. So why every single day do they have to be dragged through the mud?” Erika asked. 

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