The person accused of shooting Turning Point USA Charlie Kirk dead in Utah on Wednesday has been identified as Tyler Robinson, 22, according to multiple reports citing law enforcement sources.
Authorities have reportedly captured the suspect after Kirk’s assassination at Utah Valley University in Orem.
Law enforcement officials previously referred to the suspect as a male “of college age.” The shooter arrived at a building near the campus shortly after 11:50 a.m., climbed a stairwell to the rooftop, shot Kirk and fled to a neighborhood, they said. Authorities found a high-powered rifle from the shooting in a wooded area. (RELATED: Manhunt For Charlie Kirk’s Killer Continues Into Second Day After Two False Arrests)
Images from a local college student attendee before the shots rang out, while TPUSA founder Charlie Kirk spoke to a crowd at Utah Valley University.@DailyCaller pic.twitter.com/DfxdRl7mx7
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Kirk was fatally shot in the neck while sitting under a tent and debating students about transgender mass shooters during an outdoor TPUSA event. Authorities initially arrested two people of interest in the case but found they had no ties to the shooting, though the first was charged with obstruction by campus police, state and federal officials said. The university had six campus police officers assigned to protect the event with Kirk’s private security team among a crowd of around 3,000 attendees.
The 31-year-old conservative activist’s death prompted outrage against rising political violence in America, with President Donald Trump calling out divisive left-wing messaging hours later.
“For years, those on the American left have compared wonderful Americans like Charlie to Nazis and the world’s worst mass murderers and criminals,” Trump said. “This kind of rhetoric is directly responsible for the terrorism that we’re seeing in our country today, and it must stop right now.”
Kirk left behind a wife, Erika, a daughter and a son.
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