Watch Live Authorities Give Press Conference After Charlie Kirk Shot

Bonisiwe Shabane

-Nov 18, 2025, 10:47 PM

watch live authorities give press conference after charlie kirk shot

President Donald Trump said authorities have caught the person suspected of fatally shooting Charlie Kirk while he spoke at an event at Utah Valley University on Wednesday, Sept 10. Trump made the announcement on Fox & Friends on Friday morning, Sept. 12. “I think with a high degree of certainty, we have him,” Trump said, while praising investigators for their efforts. The news comes a day after the FBI released photos and a video of a person of interest. The footage showed the person running across the roof of one of the university’s buildings, before jumping down and escaping the scene.

Officials will provide further updates during a news conference at 9:30 a.m. ET, which can be watched live on YouTube and at the top of this story. Watch live as FBI and Department of Public Safety officials hold a press conference after the FBI released photos of a person of interest in the shooting of Charlie Kirk. The unidentified suspect is believed to have jumped off a roof and fled into a neighborhood after firing one shot, authorities said Thursday. Sorry, there are no recent results for popular commented articles. Conservative activist Charlie Kirk was killed by a single shot in a targeted attack during an outdoor event Wednesday at Utah Valley University, authorities said.

Kirk co-founded the conservative youth organization Turning Point USA and was a close ally of President Donald Trump. No one was in custody Wednesday evening as authorities seek a new person of interest in the assassination, according to a law enforcement official who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss the... The Utah Department of Public Safety also confirmed no one was in custody in the investigation into Kirk’s killing. “This is a dark day for our state. It’s a tragic day for our nation,” said Utah Gov. Spencer Cox.

“I want to be very clear this is a political assassination.” The shooting comes amid a spike in attacks on political figures in the United States across all parts of the ideological spectrum. Authorities are giving an update on the search for Charlie Kirk’s assassin after detaining a suspect. The press conference is scheduled to begin at 9 a.m. President Donald Trump was the first to announce the arrest in an appearance on Fox News on Friday morning. SUSPECT IN CHARLIE KIRK ASSASSINATION IS IN CUSTODY: TRUMP

“I think, with a high degree of certainty, we have him in custody. Everyone did a great job,” Trump said. The suspect in custody in connection with the assassination of Charlie Kirk is a 22-year-old from Utah, a law enforcement official told The Associated Press. Authorities have identified the suspect as Tyler Robinson, said the official, who spoke on the condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to discuss the ongoing investigation. READ MORE: Trump says ‘with a high degree of certainty’ that suspect in Charlie Kirk killing has been caught President Donald Trump said Friday “with a high degree of certainty” that the suspect in Kirk’s killing has been caught.

Kirk was shot as he spoke to a crowd gathered in a courtyard at Utah Valley University in Orem. More than 7,000 leads and tips had poured in as authorities responded to the latest act of political violence to convulse the United States. A Mauser .30-caliber, bolt-action rifle was found in a towel in the woods. A spent cartridge was recovered from the chamber, and three other rounds were loaded in the magazine, according to information circulated among law enforcement and described to The Associated Press. Authorities are set to address the media with updates in connection with the slaying of conservative influencer Charlie Kirk, who was fatally shot during a student-sponsored event in Orem, Utah on Wednesday, Sept. 10.

Kirk, 31, was shot in the neck while hosting the first "Prove Me Wrong" table, a series of live debates held at schools and universities across the country, at Utah Valley University. Kirk's series of national campus tours, where members of the audience got the chance to debate Kirk and his team in a public setting, were dubbed "The American Comeback Tour." Authorities are still searching for the shooter but have recovered a " high-powered rifle" believed to have been used to fire the single fatal shot. Photos of a new person of interest were also released by the FBI on Thursday, Sept. 11. "The shooting is believed to be a targeted attack.

The shooter is believed to have fired from the roof of a building down to the location of the public event in the student courtyard," the Utah Department of Public Safety said in a... "Any additional clarifications cannot be provided to protect the integrity of our investigation."

Watch Live Authorities Give Press Conference After Charlie Kirk Shot

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