Police have arrested a suspect in the assassination of Charlie Kirk on a Utah college campus earlier this week – identified by sources as Tyler Robinson, a 22-year-old Utah resident.
Kirk, a 31-year-old father of two, was sitting under a tent around 12:20 p.m. Wednesday, debating with students on hot-button current affairs issues, when a single shot rang out. Video from the scene shows him struck in the neck before he slumped out of his chair.
He had been invited to speak at Utah Valley University by the campus chapter of Turning Point USA, a national conservative student group he founded.
“I think with a high-degree of certainty, we have him,” President Donald Trump revealed on “FOX & Friends” Friday morning. He added that, “essentially, someone who knew him turned him in.”
Utah State University announced Friday that Tyler Robinson, the 22-year-old suspect arrested in the killing of Charlie Kirk, “briefly attended” classes there for one semester in 2021.
Robinson was a pre-engineering major and took classes consistent with that major for his one semester, the school said in a statement.
Meanwhile, Utah Gov. Spencer Cox said Friday that charges are coming soon for Tyler Robinson, the 22-year-old arrested following Charlie Kirk’s assassination.
“There is one person responsible for what happened here, and that person is now in custody and will be charged soon and will be held accountable,” Cox said.
Cox said a roommate of Robinson shared with investigators, “messages affiliated with the contact Tyler stating a need to retrieve a rifle from a drop point, leaving the rifle in a bush.”
Police had announced earlier this week that a bolt-action rifle was recovered in the wake of Wednesday’s shooting at Utah Valley University.
“Messages from the contact Tyler also mentioned that he had changed outfits,” Cox said.
Cox noted that when Robinson had “different clothing” on when he was first spotted on campus and then changed clothing on the roof.
According to the governor, Robinson “then changed back into that clothing at some point” so that when he was apprehended, “the clothing matched the clothing he had on before the shooting here at UVU.”
With Fox News report
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