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Tyler Robinson In Custody As Charlie Kirk Shooting Suspect (Live) (www.forbes.com)

submitted 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) by sp3ctr4l@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/news@beehaw.org

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Kirk's shooter, Tyler Robinson, has apparently turned himself in, apparently after confessing to his own father (?)

I've tried to capture the relevant bits of this extremely rapidly updating and currently in progress series of events.

9 a.m. EDT

While appearing on Fox and Friends, Trump said “I think, with a high degree of certainty, we have him in custody.”

Trump said authorities acted after receiving a tip from a minister who recognized the suspect from the images released by law enforcement.

The president said he believed the suspect’s father was also involved in arrest, but added that this information was still preliminary and the details could change.

9:15 a.m. EDT

Trump said he would attend a funeral next week for Kirk, “who should not be having a funeral right now,” when asked about his scheduled trip to the U.K. from Sept. 16-18.

9:30 a.m. EDT

The suspect was identified as Tyler Robinson, 22, from Utah, according to multiple reports citing people with knowledge of the investigation.

10:10 a.m. EDT

Utah Gov. Spencer Cox confirmed in a press conference Friday morning that a suspect named Tyler Robinson has been detained.

Apologies for this being a paywalled Forbes article.

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[–] Megaman_EXE@beehaw.org 6 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

I can't find anything saying he was a republican. Every news outlets seems to be reporting that he was unregistered and hadn't voted in past elections.

His parents are listed as Republicans.

His parents mentioned they had a discussion with him days prior talking about kirk and how he spreads hate. He had expressed that he didn't like kirk.

Again these are from major news outlets that were spinning kirk as not as bad in recent days so take it with a grain of salt until we hear more. It's possible that he had no political affiliation and just decided to act based on his personal beliefs