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(NewsNation) — A memorial for assassinated conservative activistic Charlie Kirk volition beryllium held connected Sept. 21, a idiosyncratic acquainted with the details told NewsNation.
Details connected nationalist attendance are unclear, and the idiosyncratic did not specify a ceremonial date.
There volition beryllium backstage events successful the days prior, including a supplication vigil successful Washington, D.C. connected Sunday.
Members of Congress and different governmental figures volition clasp a memorial work and supplication vigil this time astatine 6 p.m. ET adjacent the White House and United States Capitol.
"This work volition beryllium a unifying lawsuit focused connected prayer, mourning, and celebrating the life, legacy, and memory of Charlie Kirk — a nationalist treasure whose beingness was chopped acold excessively short," a property merchandise from Arizona authorities Sen. Jack Hoffman, a Republican, said.
Kirk, the 31-year-old laminitis of governmental enactment Turning Point USA, was fatally changeable astatine a Utah Valley University lawsuit connected Sept. 10. A suspect, Tyler Robinson, 22, was arrested 2 days later.
"The President was clear: the perpetrator of this horrific enactment volition wage for what they did. They volition look the afloat wrath of the American justness system. And immoderate different left-wing whack jobs who prosecute successful targeted governmental unit similar the tragic assassination of Charlie Kirk volition beryllium held accountable to the fullest grade of the law," Abigail Jackson, a White House spokesperson, told NewsNation.
NewsNation's Andrew Fischer Espitallier and Kellie Meyer contributed to this report.
