Charlie Kirk Shooting Person Of Interest In Custody Donald Trump Says

Bonisiwe Shabane

-Nov 18, 2025, 5:50 PM

charlie kirk shooting person of interest in custody donald trump says

President Trump just dropped a bombshell ... the person of interest in the Charlie Kirk assassination is now in custody! Trump made the stunning revelation on "Fox & Friends" Friday morning ... saying he believes "with a high degree of certainty" that the possible shooter has been apprehended. And get this ... Trump says he only learned the news about 5 minutes before making his TV appearance.

47 went on to say the man was turned in with the help of a minister and a member of the U.S. Marshals. Law enforcement sources tell TMZ ... the man's father recognized his son from the person of interest photos released by the FBI, thinking that the person "looks a lot like my kid." Sources say the dad then asked his son... Our sources say the dad called a youth pastor to assist and the pastor contacted the Marshals Service, which took him into custody. The Marshals then contacted the FBI.

"I think, with a high degree of certainty, we have him in custody," President Trump told Fox & Friends, adding he is "always subject to be corrected." It's MORNING EDITION from NPR News. I'm Steve Inskeep. President Trump says a person suspected of shooting Charlie Kirk is now in custody. PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP: I think, with a high degree of certainty, we have him... TRUMP: ...In custody.

Yeah. In custody. Everyone did a great job. We worked with the local police, the governor. Everybody did a great job. Trump went on the popular Fox morning show to announce a suspect was in custody

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We believe quality journalism should be available to everyone, paid for by those who can afford it. Law enforcement officials have detained the suspected shooter who killed Charlie Kirk at a college event this week, President Donald Trump announced Friday morning on Fox & Friends. WASHINGTON ‒ President Donald Trump said the suspect in the Charlie Kirk assassination has been detained, saying that with “a high degree of certainty, we have him in custody." Trump made the announcement during a Sept. 12 morning appearance on Fox News' "Fox and Friends" following a two-day manhunt for the suspect who killed Kirk, a 31-year-old star conservative influencer and close Trump ally who was shot while speaking at... "Essentially, somebody that was very close to him turned him in," Trump said, later adding that the person who identified the suspect from images released by the FBI was a minister who was involved...

The suspect's name has not been released. Trump said the suspect's father helped turn the suspect into police. "Everyone did a great job," Trump said. "We worked with the local police, the governor." An alleged suspect in the assassination of American conservative Charlie Kirk is in custody, President Donald Trump said. “I think with a high degree of certainty we have him in custody,” Trump said during an appearance on Fox News on Friday local time.

Photos and video of the alleged gunman were released earlier on Friday, who is accused of firing a single rifle shot that struck the neck of Kirk, a 31-year-old author and podcast host who... Know the news with the 7NEWS app: Download today Arrow Trump said that someone “very close to (the alleged gunman) turned him in” and appeared to indicate that the person was found via a minister, who ultimately got the person’s father involved. US President Donald Trump on Friday (local time) said that the suspect behind conservative activist Charlie Kirk’s murder has been held and is in custody. “I think with a high degree of certainty, we have him in custody," the US President said on Fox & Friends, adding that “someone very close" to the suspect turned him in. As per NBC News, the suspect has been identified as 22-year-old Utah resident Tyler Robinson.

“The person, most probably his father, was involved with law enforcement, but was a person of faith, a minister, and brought him to a US Marshal who was fantastic. They drove into the police headquarters, and he’s there now. We have the person that we think is the person we’re looking for." Trump said, as quoted by the BBC, citing Fox News. Lauding the authorities, the US President said that they did a great job as everybody worked together to nab the accused. A person suspected of shooting conservative activist Charlie Kirk in Utah is in custody, President Donald Trump said in an interview with Fox News on Sept. 12.

"We have him," Trump said in an interview on "Fox and Friends." Trump said with a “high degree of certainty,” law enforcement has the suspect in the Kirk killing in custody. "Essentially, somebody that was very close to him turned him in," Trump said. Hours earlier, authorities released videos and photos of a suspect whom they believe is the gunman.

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