The FBI has issued a major update on Tyler Robinson, 22, the murder suspect of Charlie Kirk.
The FBI are currently holding a news conference and have given a major update on the murder suspect of Charlie Kirk, who has been named as 22-year-old Tyler Robinson.
Utah Governor Spencer Cox opened the conference by saying: “We got him.”
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Charlie Kirk suspect Named As Utah Resident
by Mia Williams
13:27 12 September 2025
Updated: 13:48 12 September 2025
The suspect arrested in connection with the shooting of Charlie Kirk has been named by officials.
The gunman accused of killing Charlie Kirk has been identified as Tyler Robinson.
Robinson, 22, was named as the alleged assassin of Kirk, 31, who was shot at his own event on a university campus in Utah.
Sky News said five people had verified Robinson’s name with NBC News, its U.S. partner.
He was born in 1993, and is a Utah resident.
President Trump announced that officials have a ‘high degree of certainty’ the person they have arrested is the shooter who killed Kirk.
He added that the father of the suspect, allegedly a minister, convinced the gunman to turn himself in to a U.S. Marshal.
Trump says he did not watch the video of the shooting, adding that he did not want to remember Kirk that way.
The president noted that Kirk was like ‘a son’ to him.
On Wednesday evening (September 10), police initially arrested two people in the aftermath, but both were later released without charge, after they were found to have no connection to the shooting.
Footage of the brutal attack has circulated on X, formerly Twitter, depicting the moment a loud bang was heard.
Kirk was violently struck in the neck before collapsing in his chair, and blood was seen pouring from the wound.
The right-wing activist was taking questions from audience members prior to his death, and was discussing gun violence at the time of the shooting.
Kirk was rushed to a local hospital following the violent shooting, but it was later confirmed by President Trump that the gunshot was fatal.
Thousands of students watched on as the horrifying incident unfolded, but also in attendance to the event was Kirk’s wife, Erika Lane, 36, and their two young children.
They witnessed the father-of-two utter his final words, before his security team rushed in an unsuccessful attempt to save his life.
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