Usha Vance offered support to Erika, Charlie Kirk’s widow, by holding her hand as they exited Air Force Two, which transported the right-wing figure’s casket from Utah to Arizona.

Usha and Erika were dressed in all black and wearing sunglasses as they somberly walked off the aircraft with JD Vance trailing behind. 

At 36, Erika kept her head lowered while descending the aircraft steps, with Usha gently guiding the mourning widow and mother-of-two by placing an arm around her.

The Second Lady then pointed into the distance before moving her hand to meet Erika’s.  

Hand-in-hand, the two slowly trekked to the ground, marking the conclusion of Kirk’s final plane ride back to his home state of Arizona. 

Kirk’s two young children and parents – who witnessed their loved one get murdered – were also on board the flight. 

National Guard members were seen carrying Kirk’s mahogany coffin on and off the plane. 

A funeral is now planned for next week, which President Donald Trump, said he will attend. 

He added that he has spoken with Kirk’s wife, Erika, and said she is ‘devastated, absolutely devastated.’

Vance expressed her condolences in a touching tribute, portraying Kirk as a ‘true friend’—someone you could confide in, assured your words would remain private.

Kirk was killed when a single bullet struck his neck as he addressed the crowd at a UVU rally on Wednesday afternoon.

The conservative activist, 31, was assassinated while taking questions from the crowd at the Orem college.

Gunfire rang through the crowd as Kirk was mid-sentence responding to an audience member’s question about mass shootings. 

Authorities suspect the fatal shot came from the top of the Losee Center, about 200 feet away from where Kirk was sitting underneath a tent. 

Blood poured from his neck as terror ensued among the crowd members who were seen frantically fleeing the gory scene.

Authorities, both federal and local, persist in their search for the shooter, having released images of an individual deemed of ‘interest’ in the incident.

The man appeared to have a slim build and was seen in the images wearing a snapback with sunglasses, long pants, and a long-sleeved top.

The long-sleeved shirt worn by the suspect features a patriotic design with a bald eagle against an American flag backdrop, emblazoned with ‘Land of the Free… Home of the Brave’.

Little is known about the suspect. Utah DPS Commissioner Beau Mason said they ‘appear to be of college age.’  

Mason said the gunman ‘blended in well with the college institution’ before adding: ‘We’re not releasing many details right now. We will soon. But right now, we’re not.’

The FBI is offering a $100,000 reward for information leading to the identification and arrest of whoever is responsible for Kirk’s death after President Trump vowed Wednesday night that his administration would find the killer and bring him to justice.

Utah Governor Spencer Cox, who has denounced the act of violence against Kirk and deemed the harrowing event politically motivated. 

‘I just want to remind people that we still have the death penalty here in the state of Utah,’ Cox warned during a press conference. 

Investigators have recovered chilling evidence in their search for the culprit, including bullets from a Mauser rifle which had been ‘engraved with transgender and antifascist ideology’, according to a memo seen by the Wall Street Journal.

A rifle was also found in a wooded area near the campus.