Police are following a brand new lead.
In keeping with President Donald Trump, authorities have arrested a suspect within the deadly capturing of conservative activist Charlie Kirk throughout a Sept. 10 talking engagement at Utah Valley College in Orem, Utah.
“I believe, with a excessive diploma of certainty, we’ve got him—in custody,” Trump stated stay on Fox Information, per NCB Information. “Everybody did an amazing job we labored with the native police, the governor, everyone did an amazing job.”
The arrest comes after the FBI shared photos of an individual of curiosity within the case on Sept. 11. Within the photos, a person might be seen in a stairwell carrying a black shirt, darkish denims, a baseball cap and darkish sun shades. His shirt bore a picture of an American flag.
Hours earlier, FBI particular agent Robert Bohls shared, per NBC Information, the shooter was believed to have used a high-powered, bolt-action rifle. “That rifle,” he stated, “was recovered in a wooded space the place the shooter had fled.”
On the time, investigators shared they’d additionally collected “footwear impression, a palm print and forearm imprints for evaluation.”