Authorities have taken into custody the individual they believe of capturing and killing conservative activist Charlie Kirk on Wednesday at a Utah college campus occasion.
Tyler Robinson, 22, was taken into custody in St. George, Utah, on Friday, authorities mentioned.
Robinson’s father acknowledged him because the individual being sought by police after authorities distributed pictures.
Tyler Robinson, 22 has been recognized because the individual suspected of capturing and killing Charlie Kirk.
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The daddy initially instructed Robinson to show himself in. Robinson initially mentioned no, however later modified his thoughts, officers mentioned.
The daddy then known as a youth pastor, who can be a U.S. Marshals activity drive officer. The officer suggested the daddy to have Robinson keep in place.
In a press convention on Friday, Utah Gov. Spencer Cox, mentioned that after retrieving the weapon, they discovered transcriptions engraved on unspent casing together with, “Hey fascist! Catch!” together with arrow symobiols
A nonetheless from a video launched by the FBI of the suspected gunman within the deadly capturing of Charlie Kirk.
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Authorities and a former FBI agent beforehand mentioned they believed the topic to be a college-aged particular person with an obvious proficiency in dealing with a high-powered rifle and certain knew the format of the college the place the murder occurred.
President Donald Trump initially introduced the arrest, stating on “Fox and Pals” on Friday morning, “I feel with excessive diploma of certainty, we’ve got him in custody.”
Throughout a information convention on Thursday night, state and federal officers launched video of the individual of curiosity leaping down from the roof of a constructing on the campus.
Beau Mason, commissioner of the Utah Division of Public Security, mentioned the suspect was carrying “distinct clothes” that would assist in his identification, together with Converse sneakers.
He mentioned the individual seen within the video leaping from the roof left shoe impressions and a palm print.
“We’re investing all the things we’ve got into this and we are going to catch this particular person,” Mason mentioned on the information convention.
Authorities had acquired greater than 7,000 suggestions and leads and accomplished some 200 interviews, Utah Gov. Spencer Cox mentioned.
Throughout a information convention on Thursday morning, Robert Bohls, particular agent answerable for the FBI’s Salt Lake Metropolis area workplace, mentioned investigators consider they’ve recovered the weapon utilized in what the governor of Utah on Wednesday known as a “political assassination.”
Bohls mentioned the weapon, a high-powered bolt-action rifle, was discovered discarded in a wooded space close to Utah Valley College (UVU) in Orem, and is being analyzed at an FBI laboratory for any clues that may establish the gunman.
The FBI launched pictures of an individual of curiosity sought in reference to the lethal capturing of Charlie Kirk.
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Extra particularly, a number of legislation enforcement sources with information of the investigation instructed ABC Information that the weapon is an older mannequin imported Mauser .30-06 caliber bolt-action rifle that was discovered wrapped in a towel in a wooded space close to the college. The sources mentioned a spent cartridge was found within the chamber of the gun.
The gun and cartridges recovered are to be flown to the FBI’s foremost laboratory in Quantico, Virginia, for essentially the most technologically superior forensic evaluation, legislation enforcement sources instructed ABC Information. The main focus is to search for any latent fingerprints and DNA, the sources mentioned.
Investigators additionally collected a footwear impression, a palm print and forearm prints for evaluation, Bohls mentioned.
Mason mentioned that investigators are additionally finding out “good video footage” of the shooter that they’ve used to trace his actions earlier than and after the capturing.
The FBI launched pictures of an individual of curiosity sought in reference to the lethal capturing of Charlie Kirk.
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Following Thursday’s information convention, the FBI in Salt Lake Metropolis launched surveillance pictures of the individual of curiosity needed in reference to the capturing. The pictures present an individual who seems to be a white male, carrying all darkish clothes, together with a darkish long-sleeved collarless high with what seems to be a picture on the entrance that features an American flag. The person within the pictures can be carrying a darkish ball cap and sun shades.
The FBI introduced a $100,000 reward is being provided for info resulting in the seize of the suspect.
Mason mentioned investigators consider the suspect arrived on the UVU campus at 11:52 a.m. native time, about 28 minutes earlier than Kirk, the CEO and co-founder of the conservative grass roots group Turning Level USA, was shot. He mentioned the lethal shot was fired from a constructing a considerable distance from the place Kirk was chatting with a crowd, authorities estimate was about 3,000 individuals. He didn’t disclose which constructing the shooter fired from.
“We’ve got tracked his actions onto the campus, by means of stairwells, as much as the roof, throughout the roof to the capturing location,” Mason mentioned. “After the capturing, we have been capable of observe his actions as he moved to the opposite aspect of the constructing, jumped off of the constructing, and fled off of the campus right into a neighborhood.”
A drone view exhibits the reported location of the shooter on a rooftop, on the scene the place U.S. right-wing activist, commentator, Charlie Kirk was fatally shot throughout an occasion at Utah Valley College, in Orem, Utah, September 11, 2025.
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He mentioned investigators combed the neighborhood for the suspect and contacted residents with doorbell cameras to investigate.
“The person seems to be of faculty age,” mentioned Mason, including that the individual of curiosity “blended in nicely with the school establishment.”
Brad Garrett, a retired FBI agent and an ABC Information contributor, mentioned the proof investigators have shared to date paints an image of a suspect who deliberate the capturing right down to the final element, together with discarding the doable homicide weapon alongside his escape path.
“He most likely did that [because] he did not wish to be seen carrying a weapon, working by means of a neighborhood, or strolling by means of a neighborhood,” Garrett mentioned.
Proper-wing activist and commentator Charlie Kirk throws hats to the gang shortly earlier than he was shot at a Utah Valley College talking occasion in Orem, Utah, Sept. 10, 2025.
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Garrett mentioned the invention of the weapon is a serious clue that can give investigators extra results in observe down.
“The place did it come from? It may very nicely be registered or bought by this shooter. We’ll need to see,” Garrett mentioned. “Was it stolen? No matter it is likely to be, the ATF [the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives] will assist them instantly, they usually most likely already know what that’s.”
Garrett mentioned the invention of the killer’s palm print will also be useful.
“If he is ever had a full set of prints, the place you print the whole hand, for example he’d been within the army or some facet of the federal government or a contractor, they might have these,” Garrett mentioned. “That is an extended shot, however they might have these.”
Garrett mentioned the space from the place the shot was fired may additionally make clear the identification of the gunman.
“My guess is … a scope and a tripod would have helped him quite a bit for steadiness, however the actual secret is if he was ready, and sadly did, fireplace one shot that killed Charlie Kirk, that is exhibiting some proficiency as a result of it’s totally tough to have the respiration and the focus to tug off one shot like that and that is what killed the individual,” Garrett mentioned. “Does that counsel prior coaching? Possibly. It definitely suggests any individual who’s been training quite a bit with this weapon or some weapons identical to this.”
Garrett mentioned investigators are probably going to each gun vary and gun store within the space to find out if the gunman had visited them.
“The priority clearly as time goes on … did he depart the realm? If he is sensible, then he did,” Garrett mentioned. “However many occasions, these sorts of shooters do not do this.”
ABC Information’ Pierre Thomas and Luke Barr contributed to this report.
