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OREM, Utah – A 22-year-old man angered by Charlie Kirk’s politics turned himself in to face charges in Mr Kirk’s killing,
“Good morning, ladies and gentlemen – we got him,” Utah Governor Spencer Cox, a Republican, said at the beginning of a news conference to announce the arrest of the suspect, Tyler Robinson.
After shooting Mr Kirk from a rooftop more than 130 metres away, authorities said, Robinson managed to evade the helicopters, squad cars and foot patrols searching for him for more than 30 hours.
Then, at around the same time that law enforcement received a tip about him, Robinson surrendered late on Sept 11 at his local sheriff’s office in Washington County, Utah, a 3½-hour drive from Utah Valley University in Orem, where Mr Kirk was killed on Sept 10.
Authorities believe that Robinson acted alone. He was being held in the Utah County Jail on suspicion of aggravated murder and other felonies, according to court records.
As they tried to discern his motive, authorities said Robinson had left clues.
They reported on Sept 12 that a family member said that Robinson had grown more political in recent years. According to an affidavit by an agent with the Utah Department of Public Safety, the family member noted that Robinson had recently mentioned that Mr Kirk, a founder of the influential conservative organisation Turning Point USA, was going to be holding an event at Utah Valley University and that Robinson and the family member “ta...
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