An individual is in custody within the capturing of conservative activist Charlie Kirk, President Donald Trump mentioned on “Fox & Pals” Friday morning.
“I feel, with a excessive diploma of certainty, we have now him in custody,” Trump mentioned.
He later added, “Topic to alter however the details are the details we have now the person who we predict is the particular person we’re in search of.”
The Utah Division of Public Security launched new photos of the particular person of curiosity within the deadly capturing of Charlie Kirk.
Utah Division of Public Security
Trump mentioned he was informed simply 5 minutes earlier than he went on air for the prescheduled interview that somebody was in custody.
“Primarily, anyone that was very near him turned him in,” Trump mentioned.
Trump mentioned the daddy of the suspect went to authorities and satisfied the son “and that is it,” the president mentioned.
Regulation enforcement has but to verify the arrest or present any particulars.
Trump reiterated within the interview that the shooter ought to get the demise penalty.
“In Utah, you’ve gotten demise penalty, and an excellent governor there, I’ve gotten to know him,” Trump mentioned of Gov. Spencer Cox. “The governor is intent on the demise penalty on this case and he must be.”
Within the newest video of the suspect, which was performed throughout a information convention with state and federal officers Thursday night, the obvious gunman could be seen climbing down from the roof of a constructing on the campus of Utah Valley College the place authorities imagine he fired the deadly shot and fled rom the scene.
A nonetheless from a video launched by the FBI of the suspected gunman within the deadly capturing of Charlie Kirk.
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The FBI mentioned it was providing a reward of as much as $100,000 for info resulting in the identification and arrest of the particular person accountable for Kirk’s homicide.
Utah authorities launched images of the particular person of curiosity within the capturing on Thursday during which the person could be seen strolling up the steps to the highest of the constructing the place the capturing happened whereas carrying a black backpack and carrying a shirt with what gave the impression to be an American flag print on it.
Up to now authorities have acquired greater than 7,000 suggestions and leads and accomplished some 200 interviews, Cox mentioned Thursday.
Amid the manhunt for the shooter, officers mentioned Thursday they’re working “across the clock” to find the particular person of curiosity, who’s believed to be college-aged.
The FBI additionally mentioned Thursday it has recovered what’s believed to be the weapon used within the lethal capturing. A “high-powered bolt motion rifle” was recovered in a wooded space close to the place the capturing happened, in keeping with Salt Lake Metropolis FBI Particular Agent in Cost Robert Bohls.
The rifle is an older mannequin imported Mauser .30-06 caliber bolt motion rifle wrapped in a towel, a number of legislation enforcement sources informed ABC Information. The situation of the firearm seems to match the suspect’s route of journey, the sources mentioned.
This display seize from a video by Amy King reveals right-wing youth activist and influencer Charlie Kirk talking throughout a public occasion at Utah Valley College minutes earlier than he was shot in Orem, Utah, on Sept. 10, 2025.
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The spent cartridge was nonetheless chambered and three unspent cartridges contained wording on them expressing what some legislation enforcement officers described as “transgender and anti-fascist” writing, in keeping with preliminary info shared with businesses. It is unclear what meaning and authorities are nonetheless working to find out the that means or whether or not the markings have been meant as misdirection for investigators.
Officers mentioned that at 11:52 a.m. on Wednesday, the suspect arrived on the Orem campus after which proceeded to journey by way of the stairwells as much as the roof of a constructing close to the the place the outside occasion was going down, earlier than the shooter fired down at Kirk, Utah Division of Public Security Commissioner Beau Mason mentioned on Thursday.
Kirk was hit by a single shot at roughly 12:20 p.m. and brought to a hospital, the place he was pronounced useless, authorities mentioned.
Flags, candles and indicators sit at a vigil for Charlie Kirk, the CEO and co-founder of Turning Level USA who was shot and killed, Thursday, Sept. 11, 2025, in Orem, Utah.
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After the capturing, the suspected shooter traveled to the opposite facet of the constructing, jumped off and fled off-campus right into a neighborhood, Mason mentioned. Officers are working by way of close by neighborhoods, contacting folks with doorbell cameras and talking to witnesses to establish any leads, Mason mentioned.
“I need to make it crystal clear proper now to whoever did this, we’ll discover you. We are going to attempt you, and we’ll maintain you accountable to the furthest extent of the legislation,” Cox mentioned throughout a press briefing Wednesday, calling the deadly capturing a “political assassination.”
He mentioned state officers are already shifting to pursue the demise penalty if the case goes to trial.
