The pastor of Charlie Kirk has spoken out against commentator Candace Owens after she spread conspiracy theories about the conservative activist’s death.

Rob McCoy, who led the faith division of Kirk’s Turning Point USA, said Kirk “was a friend to Candace and never publicly spoke poorly of her, though he disagreed with her."

He added: “He never operated nor entertained gossip or innuendo concerning Candace. I only wish that at this tragic time of mourning she would be the friend to Charlie that he was to her.”

Kirk, 31, was killed in what prosecutors in Utah describe as a politically motivated attack.

In the aftermath, Owens appeared to suggest, without evidence, that Israel could be in some way connected to the killing, and that financier Bill Ackman was pressuring Kirk to take a more pro-Israel stance.

Both Ackman and Kirk’s show producer Andrew Kolvet strongly denied the claims, with Kolvet stating Kirk “personally told me he had a very cordial relationship with Bill and the event was productive."

The Anti-Defamation League reported over 10,000 social media posts spreading the false claim that “Israel killed Charlie Kirk” in the first two days after his death.

Meanwhile, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu publicly mourned Kirk as “a lion-hearted friend of Israel."

Kirk, an evangelical Christian, had recently told journalist Megyn Kelly that he was “learning biblical Hebrew and writing a book on the Shabbat."

He also defended Israel in a debate at the Cambridge Union earlier this year, writing afterward: “The lack of moral clarity on this topic is chilling.”