An individual is in custody within the taking pictures of conservative activist Charlie Kirk, President Donald Trump mentioned on “Fox & Buddies” Friday morning.
“I believe, with a excessive diploma of certainty, we now have him in custody,” Trump mentioned.
He later added, “Topic to vary however the information are the information we now have the individual that we predict is the individual we’re in search of.”
Within the newest video of the suspect, which was performed throughout a information convention with state and federal officers Thursday night, the obvious gunman will be seen climbing down from the roof of a constructing on the campus of Utah Valley College the place authorities consider he fired the deadly shot and fled rom the scene.
The FBI mentioned it’s providing a reward of as much as $100,000 for data resulting in the identification and arrest of the individual chargeable for Kirk’s homicide.
Utah authorities launched images of the individual of curiosity within the taking pictures on Thursday during which the person will be seen on steps whereas carrying a black backpack and sporting a shirt with what seemed to be an American flag print on it.
The Utah Division of Public Security launched new pictures of the individual of curiosity within the deadly taking pictures of Charlie Kirk.
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To date authorities have acquired greater than 7,000 ideas and leads and accomplished some 200 interviews, Utah Gov. Spencer Cox mentioned.
Amid the manhunt for the shooter, officers mentioned Thursday they’re working “across the clock” to find the individual of curiosity, who’s believed to be college-aged.
The FBI additionally mentioned Thursday it has recovered what’s believed to be the weapon used within the lethal taking pictures. A “high-powered bolt motion rifle” was recovered in a wooded space close to the place the taking pictures befell, in keeping with Salt Lake Metropolis FBI Particular Agent in Cost Robert Bohls.
The rifle is an older mannequin imported Mauser .30-06 caliber bolt motion rifle wrapped in a towel, a number of regulation enforcement sources informed ABC Information. The situation of the firearm seems to match the suspect’s route of journey, the sources mentioned.
This display seize from a video by Amy King exhibits right-wing youth activist and influencer Charlie Kirk talking throughout a public occasion at Utah Valley College minutes earlier than he was shot in Orem, Utah, on Sept. 10, 2025.
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The spent cartridge was nonetheless chambered and three unspent cartridges contained wording on them expressing what some regulation enforcement officers described as “transgender and anti-fascist” writing, in keeping with preliminary data shared with businesses. It is unclear what which means and authorities are nonetheless working to find out the that means or whether or not the markings have been meant as misdirection for investigators.
Officers mentioned that at 11:52 a.m. on Wednesday, the suspect arrived on the Orem campus after which proceeded to journey by means of the stairwells as much as the roof of a constructing close to the the place the outside occasion was going down, earlier than the shooter fired down at Kirk, Utah Division of Public Security Commissioner Beau Mason mentioned on Thursday.
Kirk was hit by a single shot at roughly 12:20 p.m. and brought to a hospital, the place he was pronounced useless, authorities mentioned.
Flags, candles and indicators sit at a vigil for Charlie Kirk, the CEO and co-founder of Turning Level USA who was shot and killed, Thursday, Sept. 11, 2025, in Orem, Utah.
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After the taking pictures, the suspected shooter traveled to the opposite aspect of the constructing, jumped off and fled off-campus right into a neighborhood, Mason mentioned. Officers are working by means of close by neighborhoods, contacting folks with doorbell cameras and talking to witnesses to determine any leads, Mason mentioned.
“I wish to make it crystal clear proper now to whoever did this, we’ll discover you. We’ll strive you, and we’ll maintain you accountable to the furthest extent of the regulation,” Cox mentioned throughout a press briefing Wednesday, calling the deadly taking pictures a “political assassination.”
He mentioned state officers are already shifting to pursue the dying penalty if the case goes to trial.
