President Donald Trump has disclosed that the suspect in the fatal shooting of US youth activist and influencer Charlie Kirk is in custody.
Kirk was shot dead while speaking during an event at Utah Valley University in Orem, Utah, United States.on September 10,2025.
President Trump said he thinks “with a high degree of certainty” that the Charlie Kirk shooting suspect is in custody..
“Essentially,somebody that was very close to him turned him in ” Trump said
“That happens when you have some of those good shots,” said the president, referring to clearer photos of the suspect released by the FBI.
The president said the tipster was a “person involved with law enforcement, but was a person of faith. A minister.”
He said the father of the person taken into custody cooperated with investigators.
Current matters gathered that the man in custody confessed to his father that he was the shooter.
His father told authorities and said he had secured his son until he could be formally detained.
Kirk and Turning Point USA were instrumental in securing Trump’s 2024 return to the White House, including a major investment into get-out-the-vote operations in Arizona, a key battleground state that Trump flipped back from President Joe Biden.
Meanwhile, the Federal Bureau of Investigation FBI in a joint press conference with Utah governor has identified the shooter as Tyler Robinson. a 22- year – old man from Washington,Utah.
