Suspect in Charlie Kirk killing caught in US, widow vows to carry on legacy
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A 22-year-old Utah man has been arrested and booked for killing the prominent right-wing activist.
The widow of prominent right-wing activist Charlie Kirk has pledged to carry on her husband’s work, after authorities in the United States announced his alleged assassin had finally been captured.
Investigators had appeared to be making slow progress in the hunt for whoever killed Donald Trump’s close ally, until they released security camera images of a young man on Friday.
“We got him,” Utah Governor Spencer Cox told a news conference, identifying the suspect as Tyler Robinson, 22, who had reportedly been confronted by his father over the pictures and then turned in.
The 31-year-old Kirk was hit by a single bullet while addressing a large crowd at Utah Valley University in the town of Orem on Wednesday.
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