United States authorities have arrested a suspect in the assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk.
Law enforcement officials identified the suspect as 21-year-old Tyler Robinson from Utah, according to NBC News, citing five senior law enforcement sources.
President Trump says Charlie Kirk’s killer was captured with help from the assassin’s father and a minister.
“Somebody very close to him turned him in. That’s what happens when you’ve had a few of those good shots.”
“It was a minister, and the minister went to a friend. Then his father got involved and said, ‘We’ve got to go in.’ They drove straight to the police headquarters, and he’s there now.”
Authorities said the attacker fired a single round from a rooftop in what they described as a targeted assassination.
US President Donald Trump confirmed the arrest, telling Fox News that investigators acted “with a high degree of certainty” in taking Robinson into custody.
He’s alive… and now the world is about to find out who this monster really is and why he did it.
Trump praised the joint efforts of local police and state officials in the investigation.