Published: 8:21pm, 12 Sep 2025Updated: 8:57pm, 12 Sep 2025
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”.
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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.”
The suspect is in the custody of Utah state law enforcement, a source familiar with the operation said.
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Previously, US investigators said they had found the bolt-action rifle believed to have been used to kill Kirk, and released images of a person of interest in an appeal for help in tracking down the culprit.