The suspected shooter who killed conservative activist Charlie Kirk at a college speaking event confessed to a family member and is in custody, authorities said Friday morning.
The shooter was identified as Tyler Robinson, said Gov. Spencer Cox. He was taken into custody after a family member contacted authorities and said Robinson had "confessed to them or implied that he committed the incident."
President Donald Trump first announced the suspect’s capture in an appearance on Fox and Friends earlier Friday.
"We have him," Trump said earlier Friday.
The news caps a frantic search after authorities as recently as Thursday evening said they had "no idea" where the suspect might be.
In a plea to the public for help, authorities released new footage and enhanced still images of the suspected shooter. The video, released Thursday night, showed a person running across a rooftop of the building from which the fatal round was fired before climbing down and dropping to the ground.
Kirk, 31, was killed by a single gunshot on Wednesday afternoon while speaking in front of some 3,000 people as part of his "American Comeback Tour" at Utah Valley University in Orem, Utah, about 40 miles south of Salt Lake City. Kirk was answering an audience question about mass shootings when the bullet struck his neck, causing students and visitors to flee in panic.
