After a three-manhunt, the man accused of assassinating conservative activist Charlie Kirk has been captured, US authorities said on Friday.
“We got him,” Utah Governor Spencer Cox told a press conference.
The accused, identified as Tyler Robinson is a 22-year-old who was caught after a family memeber helped to turn him in to the police. The Utah governor says that Robinson has acted alone, although the investigation is ongoing.
Tyler Robinson, 22
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His arrest was first disclosed by US President Donald Trump who in an interview with Fox News said, “With a high degree of certainty, we have him.”
Charlie Kirk, Trump’s staunch ally was killed by a single shot, in what the Utah governor called a “political assassination”. Later on, authorities found a high-powered, bolt-action rifle near the shooting scene.
The rifle was founded in a wooded area along the shooter’s fleeing path, per the information shared by law enforcement.
Kirk had been speaking at a debate hosted by Turning Point USA — a non-profit organisation he co-founded when he was shot.
“He wanted to help young people, and he didn’t deserve this,” Trump said Friday. “He was really a good person.”
The shooting drew bipartisan condemnation amd Trump ordered flags to be lowered at half-staff and issued a presidential proclamation.