Chicago Elementary Teacher Sparks Outrage After Mocking Charlie Kirk’s Assassination with Shocking Gun Gesture at ‘No Kings’ Protest

A Chicago-based elementary school teacher mocked Charlie Kirk’s assassination by using a sickening gun gesture at a No Kings protest over the weekend.  

Lucy Martinez, a teacher at Nathan Hale Elementary School, put a finger to her neck and pretended to pull a trigger when a man driving by in a pickup truck waved a flag calling the late podcaster a “hero,” video shows.

Multiple demonstrators flipped the bird at the counter-protester.

Lucy Martinez, a teacher at Nathan Hale Elementary School in Chicago, was filmed mocking Charlie Kirk's assassination during a No Kings protest over the weekend.
Lucy Martinez, a Chicago public school teacher, was filmed mocking Charlie Kirk’s assassination during a No Kings protest over the weekend.Instgram/that84bullnose
Lucy Martinez, the Chicago School Teacher seen in the now viral video mocking the assassination of Charlie Kirk, has been fired.
Kirk made a gun gesture with her fingers pointed at her neck in response to a counter-protester displaying a flag calling Kirk a “hero.”Instgram/that84bullnose
Nathan Hale Elementary School
Martinez works at Nathan Hale Elementary School in the Windy City.Google Maps

Kirk, 31, was killed when Tyler Robinson allegedly shot him in the neck while the Turning Point USA co-founder was speaking at Utah Valley University last month. 

It’s unclear if Martinez was fired or faced any disciplinary action. The school’s website was taken down after the incident surfaced online. 

Chicago Public Schools said it “remains committed to creating and maintaining a welcoming, safe and inclusive teaching and learning environment, free from harassment, bias, or harm of any kind.” 

“While CPS does not comment on specific personnel matters the District follows a consistent process when allegations of misconduct are reported. Employees found to have violated Board policy are subject to disciplinary action.”

Lucy Martinez, a teacher at Nathan Hale Elementary School.
Chicago Public Schools put out a statement saying it doesn’t “comment on personnel matters” in response to the backlash against Martinez.Nathan Hale Elementary School
Lucy Martinez, a Chicago school teacher, shouting and holding a sign with a Mexican flag during a protest.
It is unclear if Martinez was fired or faced disciplinary action for her behavior.Instgram/that84bullnose

A spokesperson for the district referred The Post to the statement when asked if Martinez was fired.

Video of the horrifying gesture quickly went viral, leading to outrage.

“This is who we trust with our children & then wonder why they become radicalized as adults,” Libs of Chicago posted

Kirk was killed while speaking at an event at Utah Valley University on Sept. 10, 2025.
Kirk was killed while speaking at an event at Utah Valley University on Sept. 10, 2025.AP
President Trump posthumously awarded Kirk the Presidential Medal of Freedom at a White House ceremony with the Turning Point USA founder's wife Erika on Oct. 14, 2025.
President Trump posthumously awarded Kirk the Presidential Medal of Freedom at a White House ceremony with the Turning Point USA co-founder’s wife, Erika, on Oct. 14, 2025.Photo by Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images

“This woman teaches children. Lucy is now the perfect face of the ‘No Kings’ movement — a movement that preaches ‘love’ but celebrates death. Evil always exposed itself,” Ryan Fournier, co-founder of Students for Trump, wrote on X.

“What parent would want their child being taught by such a truly hateful person,” another user raged. 

The Post was unable to get in touch with Martinez on Monday.