Tyler Robinson, Washington, Utah man arrested in shooting death of Charlie Kirk after suspect’s father and retired cop turns Utah State University student on scholarship into authorities. No released motive.
The suspect in Charlie Kirk’s assassination has been identified as Tyler Robinson, a 22-year-old Utah resident.
Robinson was taken into custody as the alleged assassin who killed the firebrand conservative at a rally at Utah Valley University in Utah on Wednesday.
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The alleged killer confessed to his father Matt, who is a a 27-year veteran of the Washington County Sheriff’s Department, the dailymail reported. His father then contacted authorities and secured his son before he could be taken into custody.
His mother, Amber Robinson, works for Intermountain Support Coordination Services, a company contracted by the state of Utah to help disabled people receive care.
Robinson was a student at Utah State University on a scholarship, the dailymail reported.
The family’s social media profiles show Robinson, who has two younger brothers, often enjoying family vacations and sharing smiling selfies, including one of his mother celebrating her ‘genius’ son getting into college.
Robinson was taken into custody around 11pm local time in southern Utah on Thursday night. He lives in a $600,000 six-bedroom home in Washington, Utah – about 260 miles south of Kirk’s assassination in Orem.
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Authorities said at a press conference on Thursday night that Robinson will face the death penalty if convicted.
Social media images show the alleged shooter in a 2017 image, wearing a Donald Trump costume to Halloween (see directly above).
Other images also show Robinson using guns in his childhood, including one where he was posing with an M2 Browning 50. calibre machine gun.
Trump announced the arrest while appearing on Fox News, Friday morning, where he said that ‘someone very close’ to the suspect turned him in.
‘It was a minister who was involved with law enforcement… his good friend is a top U.S. Marshal – and they took it from there,’ Trump said, suggesting that the suspect’s father told him it was time to turn themselves in.
‘I hope he’s going to be found guilty, and I hope he gets the death penalty. What he did — Charlie Kirk was the finest person and he didn’t deserve this.’
Robinson’s arrest comes after a manhunt for the suspect stretched to over a day and a half , with officials previously offering a reward of $100,000 for information leading to his capture.
Officials have yet to confirm a motive to the assassination.
