Charlie Kirk’s shooting suspect was recognized as a 22 -year -old Utah man
Manhunt for Authorities said the shooter, who killed the conservative activist Charlie Kirk, ended on Friday with a suspect who was arrested.
The Utah and FBI Department of Public Security confirmed the arrest in a morning justification and confirmed a two -day search that began after the 31 -year podcast and Turning Point USA, which began at the University of Utah Valley in Utah, Utah.
Officials identified the suspect as Tyler Robinson, 22, from Washington, Utah, after receiving a tip from a friend of Robinson’s family. Officials said the point was made late on Thursday night, causing the agents to move quickly to find and arrest him. The $ 100,000 reward for information leading to the identification and arrest of the shooter was announced on Thursday.
President Donald Trump for the first time in a live interview in Fox News announced arrest and claimed, “We have a great deal of confidence.”
At a Friday press session, the Utah governor Spencer Cox announced that Robinson was arrested in the early hours of September 12 after a family member arrived at a family friend who had contacted authorities. The friend told the researchers that Robinson pointed to his clash in the shooting. This was transferred to FBI and Utah County researchers through local law enforcement, which match Robinson’s competitors and clothing with university surveillance films since the day of shooting with university surveillance films. A family member also told the researchers that Robinson was talking about crack.
Cox said Robinson’s roommate has also collaborated and shows disagreement messages in which Robinson discusses the rifle and hide it in a complex towel, monitor the drop -down site and bullets.
Later on Friday, Discord said in a statement to NBC News that the company “identified a suspect’s discount account”, which Discord has now deleted. However, the company said the discussion that COX was cited does not include it.
“The messages referred to in recent reports on planning details do not appear to be disagreement,” a spokesman for Discord told NBC News. “These connections were between a suspected roommate and a friend after shooting, where the roommate was telling the contents of a note that the suspect had left elsewhere.”
I wish Patel, the FBI manager, expressed the role of the office in the investigation and emphasized the speed of response and coordination with the Utah authorities. He said the agents came to the scene within 16 minutes of shooting, guaranteed the area alongside local police and quickly began to transfer evidence to FBI laboratories in Quantico. “FBI and our partners are proud to stand here today to bring justice to the Charlie family and respect his memory,” he said.
Patel closed his remarks with a brief crack and said, “I see you in Valhala.”
Beyond the Discord Account listed by COX, Robinson seems to have almost no online traces that can be specified immediately in public or private databases. Internet users claimed images that claimed to have been sent online from family photo albums, but his immediate family members’ account was switched off and these images are not verifiable. No one refers to any obvious motivation or ideology.
