A suspect in the fatal shooting of conservative activist Charlie Kirk at a Utah university has been taken into custody, U.S. President Donald Trump said on Friday (September 12, 2025), ending an intense manhunt that followed what Mr. Trump described as a “heinous assassination.”
Rifle recovered in search for Charlie Kirk's killer as FBI releases photos, video of suspect
Kirk’s killer has eluded police and federal agents for more than 24 hours after Wednesday’s shooting, in which a sniper fired a single gunshot that killed Kirk during an appearance at Utah Valley University in Orem.
“I think we have him,” Mr. Trump told Fox News in an interview, adding that a person who knows the suspect had turned him in.
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