{"id":13012,"date":"2025-09-12T20:21:35","date_gmt":"2025-09-12T15:21:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pakjazbo.com\/?p=13012"},"modified":"2025-09-12T20:21:37","modified_gmt":"2025-09-12T15:21:37","slug":"trump-says-suspect-in-charlie-kirk-killing-taken-into-custody","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pakjazbo.com\/?p=13012","title":{"rendered":"Trump says suspect in Charlie Kirk killing taken into custody"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Person who knows suspect had turned him in, reveals US president during interview<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

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September 12, 2025<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Charlie Kirk, right, speaks on stage with US President Donald Trump at AmericaFest, Turning Point USA’s annual conference, in December 2024. \u2014 AFP\/File<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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  • Investigators recover bolt-action rifle believed used in killing.<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Security footage shows suspect in black top with eagle emblem.<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Charlie Kirk to receive Presidential Medal of Freedom.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n
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    A suspect in the fatal shooting of conservative activist Charlie Kirk at a Utah university has been taken into custody, US President Donald Trump said on Friday, ending an intense manhunt that followed what Trump described as a “heinous assassination.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Kirk’s killer has eluded police and federal agents for more than 24 hours after Wednesday’s shooting, in which a sniper fired a single gunshot that killed Kirk during an appearance at Utah Valley University in Orem.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    “I think we have him,” Trump told Fox News<\/em> in an interview, adding that a person who knows the suspect had turned him in.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Previously, US investigators said they had found the bolt-action rifle believed to have been used to kill Kirk and released images of a person of interest.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    The FBI had circulated grainy images apparently taken from security cameras showing a “person of interest” wearing a black top, black sunglasses and a dark baseball cap. The long-sleeved top appears to have been emblazoned with an image of a bald eagle flying across a US flag.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Kirk, an author, podcast host and close ally of Trump, helped build the Republican Party’s support among younger voters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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    FBI and state officials said the killer arrived on the campus a few minutes before the start of the event, a debate led by Kirk titled “Prove Me Wrong” in front of 3,000 people at Utah Valley, about 40 miles (65 km) south of Salt Lake City.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Security-camera videos showed a person going up stairwells to gain access to a roof before firing at Kirk, the officials said at a press briefing. Kirk, a staunch defender of gun rights, was answering an audience question about mass shootings when the bullet struck his neck. Audience members fled in panic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    The shooter jumped off the roof and fled into an adjoining neighborhood, said Robert Bohls, an FBI special agent in charge.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Investigators found a “high-powered, bolt-action” rifle in a nearby wooded area, and were examining that along with palm prints and footprints for clues.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    On Thursday, with classes canceled, the roof of the building on the otherwise deserted campus and the nearby woods were strung with yellow tape as investigators scoured them for evidence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    The shooter appeared to be of college age and “blended in well” on the campus, Utah Public Safety Commissioner Beau Mason said at the briefing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Kirk \u2014 the co-founder and president of the conservative student group Turning Point USA \u2014 appeared at Utah Valley on Wednesday as part of a planned 15-event “American Comeback Tour” of US college campuses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    His killing stirred outrage and denunciations of political violence from Democrats, Republicans and foreign governments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Trump said he would award Kirk the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation’s highest civilian honour.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Kirk, who was married and the father of two young children, was celebrated by Republicans as a charismatic advocate for right-wing policies on race, gender, immigration, religion and gun regulation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    He frequently engaged with his critics from the far left to the far right, often inviting members of his audiences to debate him live.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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