Charlie Kirk Sent Chilling Message to a Pastor Days Before He Was Killed, Candace Owens Claims

Candace Owens has claimed that Charlie Kirk warned a pastor he thought he was going to be killed, sharing what she described as an email screenshot on X on Saturday 28 February. A PrimeTimer report said Owens pointed to Trinity Church in Scottsdale and argued the pastor was another person who had heard Kirk express that fear in the days before his death.​

Owens has been publishing an investigative YouTube series focused on Erika Kirk, described in the same report as the bride of Charlie, and she has used social media to float additional theories alongside the episodes. Her latest post landed after two instalments of Bride of Charlie had already set out her suspicions and her view of the people around Erika. The latest claim, however, rests on a partial screenshot and a chain of second hand attribution rather than anything independently produced in public.

What readers can safely take from the update is narrow. Owens posted a partial image. The sender's name was redacted. The rest is, at this stage, an argument about credibility.

What Candace Owens Says About Charlie Kirk

Owens uploaded what she described as a partial screenshot of an email with the subject line 'Trinity Church in Scottsdale.' She said the message claimed Kirk told a pastor at Trinity Church about his suspicion he would be killed a few days before his assassination at the UVU campus.

Owens framed the pastor as the fourth person to back up the same point, PrimeTimer reported. She also added a jab aimed at Erika Kirk, writing, 'This is your daily reminder that his wife initially denied this was true.' The name of the email sender was removed, which Owens said was for 'obvious reasons,' leaving the public to weigh an anonymous account presented through a cropped image.

There is no way, from the material shown, to verify who wrote the email, what prompted it, or whether the wording has been preserved intact. PrimeTimer noted that Owens' post drew replies that questioned the screenshot's authenticity, with some calling it fake and others arguing her narrative has shifted too often to trust. In other words, even the audience Owens is speaking to is not marching in lockstep.

No police statement, church statement, or response from representatives for those named was included in the PrimeTimer report. That absence does not prove the claim is wrong, but it does mean the public record offered in the post is thin enough to tear.

Why The Charlie Kirk Claims Are Being Challenged

The report places the pastor claim inside a broader drumbeat from Owens, who has been using Bride of Charlie to scrutinise Erika Kirk and her family. In the second episode, released on Thursday 26 February, Owens described Erika's mother, Lori Frantzve, as 'exceedingly problematic.'

Owens' criticism leaned heavily on what she said other people had told her about Frantzve's influence. 'What people have said to me is she is the person who has always been the person in Erika's ear,' Owens said, adding, 'She's this type A person that tells her who to go after in each and every room. She knows who those people are, who Erika should instantly transform into, what she has to say.'

Later in the same episode, Owens widened her attack to Erika's dating history, arguing it showed a pursuit of profile rather than an ordinary private life. 'Tomorrow, when we now begin in earnest to go through Erika's life, you will see she's never dated a normal guy. She's never dated a guy with a 9-to-5 job,' Owens said. She then offered a running list of the kind of men she claimed Erika gravitated towards, before finishing with her blunt assessment, 'Her goal was to make it.'

Owens even cited specific examples to support that portrayal. Erika auditioned for The Amazing Race in 2014 with her boyfriend, JT Massey, the report said. It also said she made a brief appearance on Summer House Season 3, where she was set up with Jordan Verroi.

That is where the story currently sits, suspended between a social media post and an appetite for certainty. Owens is asking the public to accept an anonymous email, filtered through her framing, as another brick in a case she is building in public, one episode and one screenshot at a time.