By Bukola Kayode
President Donald Trump has revealed that the gunman who shot and killed, Conservative activist, Charlie Kirk has been arrested.
Some other media sources in America had reported that the killer’s father who he ran to for safety eventually turned him in.
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31 year old Kirk was an American right-wing political activist, author, and media personality. He co-founded the conservative organisation Turning Point USA in 2012 and was its executive director. He was the chief executive officer of Turning Point Action and a member of the Council for National Policy.
Security agencies had arrested two men but left them off the hook after they had been questioned. They later shared a picture of the shooter from a CCTV camera with the FBI, announcing a 100K USD reward for information that would lead to the capture of Kirk’s suspected killer. Trump has now tolf Fox news that Kirk’s killer has been positively identified and has been placed in custody.
Also Huffington Post quoted CNN as reporting that Charlie Kirk’s assassins’ father reported him to the police after his son confessed he was responsible for the right-wing personality’s murder.
The network said his father kept him secured until police arrived to detain him.
Meanwhile, the BCC had reported that the killer’s name has been released.
“We got him”: Utah Governor Spencer Cox was quoted as saying while giving an update on the suspect in Charlie Kirk’s killing had been caught.
Cox named the suspect as Tyler Robinson, adding that a “family member” was involved in turning him in
Cox says a family member reported that Robinson had become “more political” in recent years, and said he “didn’t like” Kirk
Bullet casings were found with inscriptions, Cox says – one on an unfired casing said: “Hey fascist! Catch!”
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