President Trump said the arrest was made after authorities received a tip off from a minister who recognized the suspect from his photos.

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.

  • @sp3ctr4l@lemmy.dbzer0.comOPEnglish
    1•1 month ago

    From what I am hearing from Kyle Kulinski…

    The kid is very academically bright, possibly autistic, obviously into online uwu meme culture… appears to be from a well-off Republican family, which involved a good deal of being raised with guns, definitely is not registered as a Democrat, may have himself donated to Trump’s campaign, wore a Trump costume to a Halloween party… and also wrote Bella Ciao lyrics on a casing.

    So… I am going with ‘very confused, nerdy, ancap kid with above average marksman skills for someone his age and no military training’.

    … But thats all extremely speculative at this point.

    He appears to have literally done this for the lulz, and then become overwhelmed with guilt.

    I do not know what to make out of this other than our society is doomed.

    • @NuXCOM_90Percent@lemmy.zip
      1•1 month ago

      I would be incredibly wary of any descriptions of his character or any details that aren’t easily corroborated by trusted sources. There is a LOT of misinformation out there.

      https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:2jaemvpgujnb5nzi66rcxhse/post/3lynjvt3yyx2q is a good breakdown which is as cited as anything gets these days.

      Which lines up with what many others are saying: He is a “groyper” and seemed more alligned with the fuentes alt-right than the kirk alt-right and this seems like the sadly logical outcome of heavily armed children getting radicalized every second of the day.