‘I think with a high degree of certainty we have him,’ the US president told Fox News, saying someone who knows the suspect turned him in

A suspect in the fatal shooting of conservative activist Charlie Kirk at a Utah university has been taken into custody, US President Donald Trump said on Friday, ending an intense manhunt that followed what Trump described as a “heinous assassination”.

Kirk’s killer had eluded police and federal agents for more than 24 hours after Wednesday’s shooting, in which a sniper fired a single gunshot that killed the 31-year-old during an appearance at Utah Valley University in Orem.

Trump told Fox News in an interview that a person who knows the suspect had turned him in.

“I think with a high degree of certainty we have him in custody.”