The President of the United States (US), Donald Trump, on Friday announced that the alleged suspect in the killing of right-wing activist Charlie Kirk had been taken into custody after a massive manhunt.
“Somebody very close to him turned him in. The person was involved with law enforcement, but was a person of faith, a minister, and brought him to a US Marshal who was fantastic.
“They drove into the police headquarters, and he’s there now. We have the person that we think is the person we’re looking for,” President Trump stated.
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New Telegraph recalls that the gunman fired a single, fatal shot, killing Kirk, a 31-year-old who rallied youth support for Trump during an appearance at a Utah university on Wednesday.
Hundreds of agents from across 20 law enforcement agencies were involved in the hunt.
Images released Thursday showed a man wearing Converse shoes, a black baseball cap, dark sunglasses, and what appeared to be jeans, with a long-sleeved top emblazoned with a design that included an American flag.
Video footage showed a figure running across a roof at the university, then jumping to the ground and making his way off campus towards some trees, apparently the location where a high-powered bolt-action rifle was recovered.
