The president of the United States, Donald Trump, said Friday that the authorities had captured the suspect behind the murder of conservative political activist Charlie Kirk.
Kirk, an influential ally from Trump, was shot dead on Wednesday while talking at the University of Utah, causing a human hunt for a solitary sniper that the governor said he had carried out a political murder.
“I think, with a high degree of certainty, we have it in custody,” Trump said about Fox News ‘Fox and Friends’ program. “Everyone did a great job; we worked with the Local Police, the governor.”
The president said that the suspect was delivered “for someone very close to him,” noting that the authorities had “very good photos but not great, not perfect.”
“Someone very close to him said: ‘Oh, it’s him,” Trump said. “Essentially, they were]a seafood from the United States, and the person involved was involved with the application of the law and a person of faith. The father convinced the son,” this is all. “
In addition, Trump supported a call from the Governor of Utah Spencer Cox to give the suspect the death penalty if the suspect is convicted.
“This test will begin in two, three, [or] four years. In certain places that do it differently, they have what is called “fast test.” You have a quick trial and a quick verdict, ”said the president.
@Dawn.today A suspect in the fatal shooting of the influential conservative Charlie Kirk at a University of Utah was arrested, the president of the United States, Donald Trump, said on Friday, who ended an intense human hunt that followed what Trump described as an “atrocious murder.” Kirk’s murderer had eluded police and federal agents for more than 24 hours after Wednesday’s shooting, in which a sniper shot a single shot that killed Kirk, 31, during an appearance at the University of Utah Valley in OREM. “I think we have it,” Trump told the “Fox and Friends” program in an interview, adding that a person who knows the suspect had delivered it. “I think we have a high degree of certainty in custody.” Via Reuters #DAWNTODAY ♬ original Sound – Dawn.com
“If it is guilty, we will have to keep it, feed it, take care of it … as for 50 years,” Trump added. “In Utah you have the death penalty. The governor … he intends the death penalty in this case, and it should be.” Kirk, an activist and right -wing commentator, also formed Turning Point USA, which is the largest conservative youth organization in the country.
Dos’s father used his audience in Tiktok, Instagram and YouTube to generate support for anti -immigrant policies, open Christianity and arms ownership, and to spread the clips carefully edited from their interactions during the debates in their many university events.
Kirk had 5.2 million followers in X and organized a popular Podcast and Radio program, ‘The Charlie Kirk Show’. He was part of an ecosystem of pro-trump conservative influencers, including Jack Posobiec, Laura Loomer, Candace Owens and others that have helped amplify the president’s agenda.
A previous day, the researchers said they had found the rifle of screws that believed that it was used in the murder in a nearby wooded area. They were examining the weapon, along with palm and footprints, to obtain clues.
The Wall Street Journal They reported that the researchers found ammunition recorded with expressions of transgender and anti -fascist ideology within the rifle, according to an internal newsletter of application of the law and a person familiar with the investigation.
The rifle was found wrapped in a towel with a cartridge still spent on the camera. There were also three rounds not spent in the magazine, all with writing on them.
In addition, the Undersecretary of State of the United States, Christopher Landau, warned on Thursday that Washington can take measures against foreigners “praising, rationalizing or making light” of Kirk’s murder, and added that he had ordered consular officials to take appropriate measures.
“In the light of yesterday’s horrible murder of a leading political figure, I want to underline that foreigners who glorify violence and hatred are not welcome to the visitors of our country,” Landau said in a publication on the social media platform X.
“I have been disliked to see some on social networks praising, rationalizing or recovering the event, and I have addressed our consular officials to undertake an appropriate action.”
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