What to Know About Charlie Kirk’s Suspected Assassin

Trump and Utah Gov. Spencer Cox have already called for the death penalty.
What to Know About Charlie Kirk’s Suspected Assassin
Arizonans mourn Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk outside of the Turning Point USA headquarters in Phoenix, Ariz., on Sept. 12, 2025. Charly Tribaulleau/AFP via Getty Images
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The suspected shooter in the assassination of conservative commentator Charlie Kirk has been arrested, Utah Gov. Spencer Cox announced on the morning of Sept. 12. He is a 22-year-old Utah resident named Tyler James Robinson.

“We got him,” Cox said at a press conference. “On the evening of September 11, a family member of Tyler Robinson reached out to a family friend who contacted the Washington County Sheriff’s Office with information that Robinson had confessed to them or implied that he had committed the incident.”

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