US President Donald Trump said today Friday “with a high degree of certainty” that the suspect in the Charlie Kirk killing has been caught.
Trump said authorities had found Charlie Kirk’s killer, telling Fox News: “With a high degree of certainty, we have him in custody.
“Somebody very close to him turned him in.”
According to Trump, the suspect’s father was involved in taking him to the police.
“The father convinced the son,” he said.
Trump also says the suspect is “28 or 29” – authorities previously said the suspect “appears to be college age”
Federal investigators and state officials on Thursday had released photos and a video of the person they believe is responsible. Kirk was shot as he spoke to a crowd gathered in a courtyard at Utah Valley University in Orem.
More than 7,000 leads and tips had poured in, officials said. Authorities have yet to publicly name the suspect or cite a motive in the killing, the latest act of political violence to convulse the United States.
