FBI Director Kash Patel says an arrest has been made in Wednesday’s assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk on Wednesday while speaking at Utah Valley University in Orem, Utah.
“The subject for the horrific shooting today that took the life of Charlie Kirk is now in custody. Thank you to the local and state authorities in Utah for your partnership with @fbi. We will provide updates when able.”
The subject for the horrific shooting today that took the life of Charlie Kirk is now in custody. Thank you to the local and state authorities in Utah for your partnership with @fbi.
We will provide updates when able.— FBI Director Kash Patel (@FBIDirectorKash) September 10, 2025
Radio traffic from Utah County Public Safety earlier in the day had a dispatcher saying: “Description on the male: All in black, long pants, black bag, aviator-style sunglasses with a long gun.”
Radio traffic from Utah County Public Safety dispatch channel describes the suspect in the Kirk incident as:
“All in back, black bag, sunglasses with a long gun.” pic.twitter.com/rxqdJPrZQt
— Sarah Luna (@sarah_luna_1111) September 10, 2025
It is believed the shooter fired a weapon from a long distance, striking the founder of Turning Point USA who was seated under a tent.
As the search was under way, Jesse Watters of Fox News expressed some doubt the assailant being captured.
“If you look at the geography around the area, you can just walk down from that building, get in your vehicle and you can be in the mountains in ten minutes,” Watters said on “The Five.”
“You could be at the airport in Provo in five minutes. I’m a little worried that this manhunt is gonna go on for a long time because if they don’t have this guy now, there is no telling where he or she or they could be.”
Kennedy, host of “Kennedy Saves the World,” said the shooting was intended to send a message.
“It’s absolutely a message. This is a message meant to silence people,” she said.
“This is an assassination. This is an act of terrorism because although Charlie Kirk was not a politician, he was political and he was powerful and his power came from joy and igniting a movement and being really, really convincing.”
“That person intended for this assassination to silence everyone who agrees with him, and to silence everyone who wants to go out on a limb and make their case and refute so much of what especially younger people are being fed.”
Fox News anchor Greg Gutfeld said of the message: “It’s like, you could be next. … It feels professional.”
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