Authorities name 22-year-old Tyler Robinson as suspected shooter in Charlie Kirk assassination

Published connected 12/09/2025 - 5:59 GMT+2 •Updated 16:54

The fishy apprehended complete nan shooting of blimpish influencer Charlie Kirk successful Utah is simply a 22-year-old Tyler Robinson from Utah, rule enforcement officials said connected Friday.

US President Donald Trump first collapsed nan news that rule enforcement had a fishy successful custody connected Friday, successful what appears to beryllium a important breakthrough successful nan investigation.

“Somebody that was very adjacent to him said, ‘Hmm, that’s him,’” Trump said during his quality connected Fox television, adding that he recovered retired astir nan apprehension 5 minutes anterior to joining nan show.

A news convention successful Utah, wherever nan sidesplitting took spot connected a assemblage field connected Wednesday, is nether way.

Late connected Thursday, nan FBI and Utah constabulary released a caller video showing a personification of liking fleeing nan segment aft nan assassination of blimpish governmental activistic Charlie Kirk.

Tips from nan nationalist gave nan authorities "our adjacent leads" nan Utah Department of Public Safety Commissioner Beau Mason said, arsenic officials appealed for much accusation to thief successful nan aggravated manhunt for nan gunman that has been ongoing since Wednesday.

The recently released footage showed a personification wearing sunglasses, Converse shoes and a long-sleeved achromatic garment pinch a US emblem and eagle moving crossed a tile earlier climbing disconnected nan separator of nan building and dropping to nan ground.

The fishy past crosses nan engaged thoroughfare into a wooded area, wherever constabulary said they uncovered a high-powered firearm they judge to beryllium nan limb utilized to sprout Kirk.

On Thursday, nan FBI shared 2 photos of a personification of liking wearing nan aforesaid clothing. Utah Public Safety has released further pictures of nan fishy wearing a backpack and climbing down a stairwell.

The fishy blended easy into nan campus, Mason said, and "appeared to beryllium of assemblage age."

Mason admitted rule enforcement had "no idea" if nan personification of liking was successful nan authorities of Utah aliases had fled nan area. "We’re exploring leads for individuals retired of authorities and individuals that unrecorded adjacent by,” he said.

Officials said that, alongside a rifle, they person imprints of a forearm, a thenar and a footwear arsenic good arsenic forensic evidence, including imaginable fingerprints and DNA collected from nan separator of nan building nan gunman jumped down from.

Police person truthful acold received much than 7,000 leads and tips — nan largest number submitted since nan Boston marathon bombing successful 2013.

The FBI said Thursday it is offering a reward of up to $100,000 (€92,000) for accusation "leading to nan recognition and apprehension of nan individual(s) responsible for nan execution of Charlie Kirk."

Utah's Governor Spencer Cox pledged prosecutors would activity nan decease punishment erstwhile nan fishy was caught.

Kirk was changeable successful wide daylight arsenic he answered a mobility astir weapon unit from a courtyard astatine Utah Valley University. The arena was kicking disconnected a planned bid of assemblage appearances dubbed “The American Comeback Tour".

His assassination has drawn wide condemnation from Republican and Democratic lawmakers alike and renewed attraction to nan escalating threat of governmental unit successful nan US.

It has besides sparked an outpouring of grief, including from US President Donald Trump, who said he was "concerned for our country" successful nan aftermath of nan onslaught and pledged to find nan shooter.