There is “a high degree of certainty” the person is the shooter, the US president has said.
The suspected assassin of Charlie Kirk is now in custody, President Donald Trump has claimed.
“I think with a high degree of certainty, we have him in custody,” he told Fox News on Friday.
Trump said he had been informed of the suspect’s arrest just minutes before going on air. “Essentially, somebody that was very close to him turned him in,” the president said, without revealing any further details.
NBC News has also reported that a suspect in the high-profile murder case has been taken into custody, citing senior law enforcement officials. The person was reportedly turned in to the police by a family member, who saw his photos released by the authorities.
US law enforcement has not officially confirmed the arrest or revealed the suspect’s identity. The FBI released images of the alleged suspect on Thursday: A man wearing sunglasses, a black hat, and a long-sleeve black shirt featuring an American flag. The agency also offered a $100,000 reward for information leading to the identification and arrest of the assassin.
The authorities received over 7,000 tips and leads and held some 200 interviews linked to the case, according to Utah Governor Spencer Cox. Investigators also recovered a “high-powered, bolt-action rifle” along the route allegedly used by the suspect to escape the crime scene, according to Robert Bohls, special agent in charge at the FBI’s Salt Lake City field office.
The New York Post reported, citing law enforcement sources, that the suspect is a Utah resident named Tyler Robinson, 22.
Kirk, 31, was struck by a single rifle round as he was addressing thousands of students during a Turning Point USA event at Utah Valley University. He was rushed to Timpanogos Regional Hospital but later died. Officials described the killing as a targeted political assassination.
Trump has vowed to pursue not only Kirk’s killer but also what he called the “radical left” networks that fuel political violence. Speaking to Fox News on Friday, the president said he hopes Kirk’s murderer would be subject to capital punishment. Cox announced on Thursday that Utah would seek the death penalty for the conservative activist’s assassin.
Charlie Kirk’s assassin Tyler Robinson, 22, killed him because he hated his opinions and thought he was a fascist. Yet ironically, HE was the fascist, killing someone to silence their opposing views.
The woke left love to say ‘speech is violent.’
It’s not – violence is. pic.twitter.com/70CWowT465— Piers Morgan (@piersmorgan) September 12, 2025
The person who shot Charlie Kirk is in Israel. He was immediately flown out on Derek Maxfield’s private jet. [The Maxfield foundation are funders of Chabad-Lubavitch.]
https://www.latintimes.com/private-jet-that-took-off-utah-after-charlie-kirk-assassination-disappears-mid-flight-sparking-589463
Just like the Mossad Operators who left the U.S. for Israel after JFK was shot…
It’s Oswald time again… He’s not the same person as shown in suspect pics. It’s a setup. The real shooter left the area soon after the killing of Charlie Kirk. There’s now too much information coming out, which doesn’t make any sense at all. And calling for the death penalty… Mmmm.
Came here to say this.
Any minute now they’ll be transporting him between jails and some “unkown bar owner with mafia connections” will blow him away so no further questions can ever be asked.
Yes I do recall something happening along those lines some time ago. Crazy world my friend. Crazy world.
If hes guilty he’s thrown his life away over words. This is why these so called hate speech laws and general government censorship is so toxic.
First of all find a patsy
The problem with the official narrative is the long gun (Mauser 30-06) that was apparently found in the woods where the shooter fled through.
The shooter definitely did not jump off that roof/flee with a rifle. Also, cops say he had changed clothes on that roof, out of shorts into black clothing and then carried these clothes with him to change again, being arrested at his home 500 km away from UVU. What a nonsensical narrative.
The latest MSM narrative:
As of September 12, 2025, Robinson is in custody after reportedly being turned in by his own father, who contacted authorities through a minister with law enforcement connections. The father worked at the Washington County Sheriff’s Department, and Robinson confessed to him before surrendering.
Ahh the lone wolf patsy story again. He even looks like Lee Harvey Oswald’s son!
Sights on the rifle found are on backward. Arms expert said police need to looking for someone with a black eye.