TYLER Robinson has been identified as the suspect behind the shocking assassination of right wing influencer Charlie Kirk.
The 22-year-old has been pictured for the first time today after being arrested in connection to the horror shooting.
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Sources have told the press that he confessed to his fatherSocial Media
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His name was reported by multiple US media sources as Donald Trump sat down with Fox & Friends this morning.
During that interview, the President said cops had a “high degree of certainty” they got the “person they are looking for”.
Little is known about Robinson at this time, but it is understood he was a student at Utah State University.
Pictures from social media shed some light on the suspect, who was reported to dislike Charlie Kirk.
They also include a snap of a Halloween costume showing him “riding” Donald Trump.
Robinson had reportedly “become more political in recent years” according to his family, and had made his disdain for Kirk clear at home.
What we know so far:
Charlie Kirk was shot dead at Utah Valley University
Trump revealed Charlie Kirk murder suspect was ARRESTED
The FBI released pictures of a ‘person of interest’ wearing a black long-sleeved shirt and sunglasses
Chilling CCTV shows sniper jump from roof and escape
Kirk’s wife Erika is ‘devastated’, Trump says after emotional phone call
Brave Erika is seen for the first time alongside JD Vance
Trump posthumously awarded Kirk the Medal of Freedom
Kirk was warned about safety just months before being killed
Elon Musk blamed Democrats for the assassination
Eyewitness reveal horror details of fatal shot moment
One video on Facebook shows him reading a letter that had been selected to receive a scholarship at the college.
It has been confirmed at an FBI press conference he is 22 years old, meaning he will have been born in 2002 or 2003.
The presser also confirmed that he is from Utah, where he had lived in a $600,000 six-bedroom home.
After a lengthy manhunt to chase down a suspect linked to Kirk‘s shooting, Robinson was identified earlier today.
Some sources have reported that his own dad turned him in to cops.
But the Utah governor suggested it was a family friend.
In his Fox interview, Trump said that “someone very close” to the suspect had turned him in.
Robinson’s dad was involved with law enforcement, according to reports.
Sources have told the press that Robinson confessed to him, who then tipped off the authorities.
Messages were found inscribed onto bullet casing from unused ammunition.
One read: “Oh, Bella Ciao, Bella Ciao, Bella Ciao Ciao Ciao” in reference to a popular Italian anti-fascist song sung during World War II.
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Others include disturbing messages such as “If you read this, you are gay lmao”.
Speaking at a press conference following Robinson’s apprehension, Utah governor Spencer Cox said a family member revealed the suspect “had become more political in recent years”.
Upon learning that Charlie Kirk was coming to town, they had “talked about why they didn’t like him”.
Investigators had interviewed one of his college roommates during their probe.
They said he had made a “joke” on the platform Discord.
Cox went on: “The content of these messages included messages affiliated with the contact Tyler stating a need to retrieve a rifle from a drop point, leaving the rifle in a bush, messages related to visually watching the area where a rifle was left, and a message referring to having left the rifle wrapped in a towel.”
Facebook accounts also claim to back up his father’s law enforcement background.
Pictures from his family’s social media accounts show Robinson posing with heavy weapons, including what looks like a bazooka.
Another photo shows him dressed up in a costume that makes it look like he is riding Donald Trump for Halloween.
It all comes after Kirk was shot dead at a student debate event on Wednesday afternoon.
He was hit in the neck by a bullet while debating with one of the university’s students.
Kirk was initially reported to be in critical condition by the media, but Donald Trump later announced that he had died.
His assassination has been met with widespread condemnation across the world.
Timeline of Charlie Kirk shooting
Conservative commentator Charlie Kirk was fatally shot in the neck while speaking at an event at Utah Valley University on September 10.
11:52 am MDT – The shooter, described as a college-age individual, arrives on campus before maneuvering onto a rooftop.
12:00 pm – Charlie Kirk is scheduled to host a debate in the UVU Fountain Courtyard.
12:10 pm – A shot is fired at Kirk from 200 yards away and hits him in the neck. The event is immediately evacuated and a man is taken into custody.
1:02 pm – President Donald Trump posts a call to pray for Kirk on Truth Social.
1:37 pm – UVU closes campus, cancels classes, and tells students to leave campus immediately.
1:50 pm – Officials confirm Kirk is in critical condition to the Associated Press.
2:40 pm – Trump confirms Kirk has died, hailing him “great, legendary” in a post on Truth Social.
4:21 pm FBI Director Kash Patel shares on X that the ‘subject for the horrific shooting’ is in custody.
4:30 pm – Utah Governor Spencer Cox, speaking at a press conference, brands Kirk’s death a ‘political assassination. Cox adds there is a ‘person of interest’ in custody and a man arrested earlier has been released.
7:59 pm – Patel, the FBI director, confirmed a second subject taken into custody in connection with Kirk’s shooting was released after being interrogated by law enforcement.
September 11
7:15 am – Officials hold a press conference where they announce they have “good video” of the suspect and they recovered the “high-action bolt rifle” in the nearby woods.
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