'We've got him': Trump says Charlie Kirk shooting suspect caught

(NewsNation) — President Donald Trump announced the antheral suspected of fatally shooting Charlie Kirk is successful custody.

Trump made the announcement during an quality connected "Fox & Friends" connected Friday morning, stating "we've got him."

"Somebody that was precise adjacent to him said, 'Hmm, that's him.' Essentially [then they] went to the father, went to the U.S. marshal, who was fantastic by the way, and the idiosyncratic was progressive with instrumentality enforcement by the mode was a idiosyncratic of religion — a minister," Trump said. "And bought him to the US marshal, who was fantastic. The begetter convinced the lad this is it. I'm ever taxable to beryllium corrected, but I'm conscionable giving you based connected what I'm hearing. I conscionable heard astir it 5 minutes earlier I walked in."

A root told NewsNation the fishy confessed to his begetter that helium was the shooter. His begetter told authorities and secured his lad until they could get to prime him up, the root said.

What is known astir the investigation

Kirk, the 31-year-old co-founder of Turning Point USA, was fatally changeable soon aft noon section clip Wednesday, minutes aft helium had begun speaking astatine Utah Valley University before a unrecorded audience.

Police said the shooter fired 1 changeable from the rooftop of the campus’s Losee Center, past jumped down and fled into a adjacent neighborhood.

Described Thursday arsenic “college age,” the shooter’s individuality remained nether wraps adjacent aft Utah’s Department of Public Safety commissioner confirmed authorities had “good video footage” of the suspect.

Officials announced they had besides recovered the limb they judge was utilized successful Kirk’s death: a high-powered, bolt-action rifle.

Two men were detained precocious Wednesday for questioning but were aboriginal released, with officials asking the nationalist connected Thursday not to harass them arsenic they were nary longer suspects.

Police person not yet publically identified a motive successful the shooting.

Who was Charlie Kirk?       

Kirk was an influential fig successful young blimpish circles, connected societal media and among high-ranking Republicans.

A adjacent person of Vice President JD Vance and “like a small brother” to President Donald Trump, Kirk was known for viral videos debating assemblage students, hosting the “The Charlie Kirk Show” and serving arsenic a idiosyncratic adjutant to Donald Trump Jr.

A longtime Second Amendment advocate, Kirk was outspoken astir weapon rights, immigration, sex individuality and different blimpish talking points. On Thursday, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth described him arsenic a “Christ-follower and American patriot.”

Kirk was speaking astatine the assemblage arsenic portion of his “American Comeback Tour,” which challenged attendees to “Prove Me Wrong.” The circuit was billed arsenic an accidental to prosecute with him successful a statement format, and the Utah lawsuit was the archetypal of respective stops scheduled crossed the U.S.

Kirk leaves down a woman and 2 children, a 3-year-old girl and a 1-year-old son.