Attack on Maga representative: Charlie-Kirk-Tanz: suspect after tip arrested

After the fatal attack on the right US activist Charlie Kirk, the suspect is caught. He was arrested late Thursday evening (local time), said the Republican governor of Utah, Spencer Cox, at a press conference. “We have him.” The suspect is therefore called Tyler Robinson, according to matching US media reports he is 22 years old.

Previously, US President Donald Trump had already said on Fox News in the broadcaster that there was a arrest.

The influential podcaster and Trump supporter Kirk (31) was shot on Wednesday during a speech on the campus of a university in the state of Utah. He later died in the hospital. The governor assumes a “political assassination attempt”.

How did the arrest came about?

According to Governor Cox, a family member of the suspect turned to a family of the family on Thursday. This in turn passed on the information to the office of a sheriff that the suspect had stood or indicated that he had committed the crime.

In this way, investigators had identified the suspect on video material from surveillance cameras. The recordings therefore show how the suspect arrives on the university campus on the morning of the day.

What do you know about the suspect?

The information comes from investigators and the state, unless otherwise identified:

He lived in the Washington County district, a southern part of Utaher was not a student of the university at whom the act has occurred in recent years, according to a family member, he should have become more political, according to a family member, the planned appearance of Kirk at the university should recently mentioned at another family member, it is said to have exchanged information about why they were not found to be able to get kirk, the near the crime scene, were to read different words, including “fascist”

But a lot is also unclear:

Has the suspect commented and what does he say about the allegations? Does the statement of a suspect and a single act? What exactly is the motive? Has the suspect connection to Kirk?

Most recently, the Federal Police FBI had intensively searched for the shooter. The authority published a video sequence and other photos. A possible murder weapon was discovered in a forest. According to reports, the shooter could have shot from one roof on Kirk.

The Trump supporter followed millions on social media

The shot hit the right-wing conservative US podcaster Charlie Kirk on Wednesday when he spoke as a guest speaker on the University of Utah Valley. He was a well-known representative of the right-wing conservative movement in the United States and was considered a Trump ally. Millions of people followed his social media channels and podcasts. The US President made Kirk’s death known on Truth Social. Numerous ministers of his government then expressed their grief and condolences.

The coffin with Kirk’s body was convicted by Vice President JD Vance and his wife Usha Vance from Utah to Arizona, where the podcaster is said to have lived. TV pictures showed how Kirk’s wife rose from an airplane supported by Usha Vance. Trump said he would come to the funeral.

In the FOX news interview, Trump also said that he hoped that the perpetrator would get the death penalty. Previously, governor Cox had already said that there were preparations to apply for the death penalty.

Governor: “Attack on our ideals”

Governor Cox justified the effort and the meaning that the case is given to the case: “It is an attack on all of us.” And: “It’s an attack on our ideals.” The Republican also said that he was hoping that the perpetrator was someone from another state or came from another country.