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  "publishedAt": "2026-04-26T15:45:42.000Z",
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  "textContent": "\n\n\nErika Kirk has been spotted in floods of tears and visibly shaken after gunfire broke out at the White House Correspondents' Dinner on Saturday evening, with footage showing her being escorted from the Washington Hilton by security personnel.\n\nThe mother-of-two reportedly took shelter beneath a table when shots rang out at approximately 8.30 pm local time.\n\n###\n\n\n\n\nVideos shared on social media showed the distressed widow of Charlie Kirk repeatedly saying: \"I just want to go home. I just want to go home.\"\n\nVideos were posted to social media showing Ms Kirk being hurried from the ballroom in an emotional state.\n\n###\n\n\n\n\nTRENDING\n\nStories\n\nVideos\n\nYour Say\n\n###\n\n\n\n\nBret Baier, whose network had invited Ms Kirk as a guest, said he saw her \"crying in the back hall\" following the incident.\n\nThe shooting comes just seven months after Ms Kirk’s husband was killed in a targeted attack while addressing students at Utah Valley University in September.\n\nMr Kirk, who was 31 at the time of his death, had been speaking at a Turning Point USA event when he was shot.\n\nFollowing his death, Ms Kirk assumed leadership of the right-wing activist organisation her husband had founded, stepping into the role of chief executive.\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n###\n\n\n\n\nThe couple have two children together.\n\nSaturday’s incident marks the second time in less than a year that Ms Kirk has been caught up in gun violence linked to political events.\n\nJust weeks before Saturday’s shooting, Ms Kirk withdrew from a scheduled appearance alongside Vice President JD Vance at the University of Georgia, citing security concerns.\n\nOrganisers described the threats against her as “very serious,” though Mr Vance proceeded with the Turning Point USA event without her.\n\n### LATEST DEVELOPMENTS\n\n\n\n\n  * Gemma Collins makes feelings clear on David Haye and Jimmy Bullard after ITV I'm A Celeb final\n  * Devil Wears Prada 2 hit by boycott calls over ‘racist’ Asian character backlash: 'Lazy stereotypes!'\n  * Coronation Street star flooded with support as she reveals cancer diagnosis in emotional update\n\n\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n###\n\n\n\n\nMs Kirk later wrote on social media: “I was so looking forward to tonight's event at the @universityofga with our Vice President @JDVance, but after all our family has been through, I take my security team's recommendations extremely seriously.”\n\nShe added: “Thank you to our amazing Georgia chapter for your support. God bless you all!”\n\nEarlier in the evening, photographs showed Ms Kirk smiling alongside Fox News personality Lawrence Jones, seated near Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard.\n\nWitnesses said FBI Director Kash Patel was seen comforting Ms Kirk following the incident.\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n###\n\n\n\n\nThe suspected gunman, 31-year-old Cole Tomas Allen from California, was apprehended at the scene after being tackled by agents.\n\nActing Attorney General Todd Blanche said on Sunday that Mr Allen appeared to have planned the attack with the intention of targeting the Trump administration figures, “likely including the president\".\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n###\n\n\n\n\nA Secret Service officer sustained a gunshot wound to a bullet-resistant vest but has since been discharged from hospital.\n\nMr Allen faces multiple charges, including assaulting an officer with a deadly weapon, and is expected to appear in court on Monday.\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n**Our Standards: The GB News Editorial Charter**",
  "title": "Erika Kirk spotted in floods of tears after Washington shooting"
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