Members of the community of Taylorville held a vigil for the late Charlie Kirk who was shot and fatally wounded by an attacker in Utah.  The vigil was organized by Desiree Ashford and took place on Sunday evening outside of the Christian County Courthouse.   Ashford said she was shocked when she saw it happen and knew she needed to do something to honor him. 

Kirk, who was an Illinois native, reached many people regularly, and, for Ashford, she says that her son felt he could relate to Kirk because of that.  While weather was a factor, Ashford says she was pleased with the group that showed up and said she was very moved by the number of people who were there.

Ashford says she wants to see the community come together in the wake of this incident.  She hopes that there will be healing moving forward.