Charlie Kerk suspect is identified as a 22 -year -old Utah man

Hasmet shooter who killed Conservative activist Charlie Kerk The authorities said that it ended on Friday with the suspect in the reservation.

The Public Safety Department of Utah and the Federal Investigation Office confirmed the arrest during the morning briefing, crowning for two days, began after he was the 31 -year -old founder and the founder Funnce fired at the University of Utah Valley In Urim, Utah, on Wednesday.

The suspects have identified the 22 -year -old Tyler Robinson from Washington, Utah, after receiving information from a friend of the Robinson family. The officials said the advice came late on Thursday night, prompting the agents to move quickly to locate and arrest him. A bonus of $ 100,000 was announced for information that leads to identification and arrest of the shooter on Thursday.

President Donald Trump announced for the first time the arrest in a direct interview on Fox News, claiming, “with a high degree of certainty, we have.”

At a press conference on Friday, the governor of Utah Spencer Cox announced that Robinson had been arrested in the early hours of September 12 after a family member arrived at a family friend, he called the authorities. The friend told the investigators that Robinson had alluded to his involvement in the shooting. The edge was transferred through local law enforcement to the investigators of the FBI and Utah Province, who match Robinson Dodge Challenger and clothes to the campus control footage of the shooting day. A family member told the investigators that Robinson talked critically about Kirk.

Cox said that Robinson’s colleague in the room was also cooperating, as he showed letters of disagreement for the investigators in which Robinson discussed the recovery and concealment of the gun, leaving her wrapped in a towel, observing the projection site, and engraving bullets.

The FBI director, Cash Patel, explained the role of the office in the investigation, stressing the speed of response and coordination with the Utah State authorities. He said that the agents arrived at the scene of the accident within 16 minutes of shooting, and secured the area alongside the local police, and soon they started transferring evidence to the FBI laboratories in Quantico for analysis. He said: “The FBI and our partners are proud to stand here today to achieve justice for the Charlie Kerk family and honor his memory.”

Patel closed his remarks with a short memorial to Kirk, saying: “I will see you in Vallala.”

Besides the COX Discord account, Robinson appears to have no online imprint that could be determined immediately in public or private databases. Internet users have produced pictures of claiming that they came from the family photo albums published on the Internet, but the accounts of his direct family members were closed quickly, and these photos cannot be verified; No one indicates any clear or ideological motive.

In a statement, Utah State University confirmed that Robinson joined the school shortly for one semester in 2021.

Investigators recovered a MAUUSER hunting rifle. A tour of the room was found, with three live cartridges in the magazine. Cox said on Friday that the covers carry engraved inscriptions. According to what is mentioned, they include the memes of raw jokes, such as “If you read this, you are gay. LMAO.”