The widow of prominent right-wing activist Charlie Kirk has pledged to carry on her husband’s work, after US authorities announced his alleged assassin had finally been captured.
Advertisement
Investigators had appeared to be making slow progress in the hunt for whoever gunned down Donald Trump’s close ally, until they released security camera images of a young man.
“We got him,” Utah Governor Spencer Cox told a press conference on Friday, identifying the suspect as Tyler Robinson, 22, who had reportedly been confronted by his father over the pictures and then turned in.
The 31-year-old Kirk was hit by a single bullet while addressing a large crowd at Utah Valley University in the town of Orem on Wednesday.
Kirk was an electrifying presence on the US right, with a huge young following that helped Trump win the election last November.
Advertisement
A heartbroken Erika Kirk on Friday mourned the loss of “the perfect father… the perfect husband”.