A suspect in the fatal shooting of conservative activist Charlie Kirk at a Utah university has been taken into custody, US President Donald Trump said on Friday, ending an intense manhunt that followed what Trump described as a heinous assassination.
Kirk's killer has eluded police and federal agents for more than 24 hours after Wednesday's shooting in which a sniper fired a single gunshot that killed Kirk, 31, during an appearance at Utah Valley University in Orem.
I think we have him, Trump told Fox News in an interview, adding a person who knows the suspect turned him in. I think with a high degree of certainty we have him in custody.