Erika Kirk shared the deeply personal footage showing her gently stroking her husband's hand as she sits beside his body, which was dressed in a dark suit and red tie.

Kirk, a conservative political activist and co-founder of Turning Point USA was gunned down on Wednesday while speaking at a university event in Utah.

Kirk was shot in the neck while speaking in Utah on Wednesday, leaving behind his wife Erika and their two kids, a three-year-old daughter and a 16-month-old son.