{"id":14972,"date":"2025-09-27T18:10:45","date_gmt":"2025-09-27T18:10:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cndailynews.store\/?p=14972"},"modified":"2025-09-27T18:10:45","modified_gmt":"2025-09-27T18:10:45","slug":"we-have-him-trump-says-charlie-kirk-assassination-suspect-turned-in","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cndailynews.store\/?p=14972","title":{"rendered":"\u2018We Have Him\u2019: Trump Says Charlie Kirk Assassination Suspect \u2018Turned In\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>President Donald Trump announced early Friday that a suspect has been arrested for the assassination of Charlie Kirk.<\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-1\"><\/div>\n<p>\u201cI think, with a high degree of certainty, we have him,\u201d Trump told \u201cFox &amp; Friends\u201d during a live interview at the cable giant\u2019s Manhattan studio, saying he heard just minutes before his 8 a.m. interview.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSomebody who was very close to him turned him in,\u201d the president said, saying it was relayed through \u201ca minister who was involved with law enforcement.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI hope he\u2019s going to be found guilty and I hope he gets the death penalty. What he did \u2014 Charlie Kirk was the finest person and he didn\u2019t deserve this.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Trump did not name the suspect. Later this morning, investigators will hold a public update.<\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-2\">Advertisement<\/div>\n<p>Authorities and sources told The Post that the suspect was thought to have fired a single shot from a high place about 200 yards away from the tent where Kirk, 31, was sitting at the university\u2019s Losee Center.<\/p>\n<p>At first, reports said that the suspect was a gunman in jeans, a black shirt, and a black vest sitting on top of a structure east of the school\u2019s library with a long rifle.<\/p>\n<p>WATCH:<\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-7\">Advertisement<\/p>\n<div id=\"as5808\" data-title=\"You Might Also Like\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div><iframe class=\" lazyloaded\" src=\"https:\/\/share.grabien.com\/share?id=3122966&amp;userid=17447&amp;loginid=15879&amp;playercolor=%23ee1a3b&amp;playersize=auto&amp;code=a4625559984d73a1f3622fa7e7b96277\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-src=\"https:\/\/share.grabien.com\/share?id=3122966&amp;userid=17447&amp;loginid=15879&amp;playercolor=%23ee1a3b&amp;playersize=auto&amp;code=a4625559984d73a1f3622fa7e7b96277\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Kirk, who co-founded Turning Point USA and has two kids, had just answered a question from someone in the audience regarding mass massacres by transgender individuals at the outdoor gathering on the Orem campus when he was shot once.<\/p>\n<p>The conservative influencer jerked back and seemed to be in pain as he grabbed his neck. A single gunshot went out from the crowd, sending thousands of people into a panic, according to dramatic video from the event.<\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-10\">Advertisement<\/div>\n<p>\u201cI didn\u2019t watch,\u201d Trump told Fox News on Friday of the shockingly graphic videos.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI heard about it\u2026 I would have never made a good doctor, let me put it that way,\u201d the president said. \u201cI mean, I heard enough. I didn\u2019t want to watch it\u2026 I didn\u2019t want to remember Charlie that way.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The manhunt includes officers from at least four different law enforcement agencies, such as the FBI, the Orem Police, the Utah Department of Public Safety, and the Utah Valley University Police.<\/p>\n<p>Hours after the brutal murder, FBI Director Kash Patel indicated that a person of interest was in custody. He later said that the person had been released after being questioned.<\/p>\n<p>That person was not the same one as the one being looked at now.<\/p>\n<p>The FBI also set up a tip line on Wednesday night, asking those who were there to come forward with more information and video of the occurrence. On Thursday, they offered a reward of up to $100,000 for information that would help identify and catch the culprit.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Great, and even Legendary, Charlie Kirk, is dead. No one understood or had the Heart of the Youth in the United States of America better than Charlie,\u201d President Trump wrote in a mournful post on Truth Social after news of Kirk\u2019s death spread.<\/p>\n<p>He later said he was \u201cfilled with grief and anger at the heinous assassination of Charlie Kirk\u201d in a video posted on the platform.<\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-12\">\n<div data-delay=\"4000\" data-block=\"12\">\n<div>\n<div id=\"e1c09a52-67a1-44a3-a58e-fc2bf67380c6\" class=\"_ap_apex_ad\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cCharlie inspired millions. And tonight, all who knew him and loved him are united in shock and horror,\u201d the president said, adding that Kirk is now a \u201cmartyr for truth and freedom.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is a dark moment for America,\u201d Trump added.<\/p>\n<p>A nurse told Laci Williams, a long-time friend and former colleague, that Kirk was sent to a neighboring hospital for emergency surgery after he was shot. Williams then told The Post and later confirmed rumors that he had died.<\/p>\n<p>The activist was most known for his \u201cProve Me Wrong\u201d debates on college campuses, where anybody from the community could argue with him.<\/p>\n<p>He was shot and killed in the middle of one of those debates for his \u201cAmerican Comeback Tour.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Kirk leaves behind his wife, former Miss Arizona Erika Frantzve, and two young children.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Donald Trump announced early Friday that a suspect has been arrested for the assassination of Charlie Kirk. \u201cI think, with a high degree of certainty, we have him,\u201d Trump &hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":14973,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14972","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cndailynews.store\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14972","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cndailynews.store\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cndailynews.store\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cndailynews.store\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cndailynews.store\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=14972"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cndailynews.store\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14972\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14974,"href":"https:\/\/cndailynews.store\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14972\/revisions\/14974"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cndailynews.store\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/14973"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cndailynews.store\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=14972"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cndailynews.store\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=14972"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cndailynews.store\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=14972"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}