Charlie Kirk throws hats to the gang after arriving at Utah Valley College on Wednesday for a forestall on his “American Comeback Excursion.” He was once fatally shot not up to an hour later.
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When officers showed the detention of the suspect in Charlie Kirk’s killing on Friday morning, they emphasised how abruptly the method transpired.
“In not up to 36 hours – 33 to be exact – because of the entire weight of the government and main out with the companions right here within the state of Utah and Gov. [Spencer] Cox, the suspect was once apprehended in a ancient time frame,” FBI Director Kash Patel stated.
Officers are crediting “seamless” collaboration between native, state and federal legislation enforcement, in addition to some 7,000 guidelines from contributors of the general public, with dashing up the seek for Kirk’s alleged killer.
Kirk, a conservative activist and podcaster, was once fatally shot whilst talking at Utah Valley College on Wednesday afternoon. Here is what came about subsequent:
Wednesday, Sept. 10
Police officers paintings close to the crime scene at the campus of Utah Valley College in Orem, Utah on Thursday.
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- 8:29 a.m. MT: The alleged suspect, Tyler Robinson, is noticed on surveillance photos arriving on Utah Valley College’s campus in a gray Dodge Challenger, in step with Gov. Spencer Cox. He was once dressed in a maroon T-shirt and light-colored shorts and sneakers.
- 11:52 a.m. MT: Investigators are later in a position to trace Robinson’s actions on campus, thru stairwells and as much as the roof of a construction some 150 yards clear of the courtyard tent the place Kirk was once scheduled to talk at midday. Utah Division of Public Protection Commissioner Beau Mason stated the suspect — at this level dressed in darkish clothes — will also be noticed transferring around the roof to a “taking pictures location.”
- 12:23 p.m. MT: Whilst answering target audience questions, Kirk is struck with a unmarried gunshot to the neck and slumps over, in step with graphic and broadly circulated movies of the incident. The gang — which officers stated numbered some 3,000 folks — dispersed in a chaotic scene, with Mason later announcing scholars ran in worry and a few barricaded themselves in school rooms. Social media movies from the scene, now not verified through NPR, display a gaggle of folks sporting Kirk to an SUV, which took him to Timpanogos Regional Health facility. In the meantime, officers say, the suspect is captured on video transferring to the opposite facet of the construction, leaping off the roof and fleeing into a close-by wooded space.
- 12:39 p.m. MT: The primary FBI brokers arrive at and safe the scene, in step with Patel.
- 12:48 p.m. MT: Utah Valley College sends out an emergency alert announcing police are investigating “a unmarried shot fired … towards a visiting speaker” and {that a} suspect is in custody.
- 1:02 p.m. MT: President Trump stocks information of Kirk’s taking pictures on Fact Social, as movies of the taking pictures flow into on-line.
- 2:40 p.m. MT: Trump confirms Kirk’s demise in a social media publish.
- 4:00 p.m. MT: Utah Gov. Cox holds a press convention by which he calls Kirk’s killing a “political assassination.” Cox says there’s a “individual of pastime” in custody however the investigation is ongoing.
- 4:21 p.m. MT: FBI Director Kash Patel says in a tweet that the “matter for the horrific taking pictures nowadays that took the lifetime of Charlie Kirk is now in custody.”
- 5:59 p.m. MT: Patel tweets that the “matter in custody has been launched after an interrogation through legislation enforcement.” Mason, with the Utah Division of Public Protection, later stated two folks were taken into custody after which launched on Wednesday. One was once charged with obstruction through Utah Valley College police, however Mason stated neither had ties to the taking pictures.
Thursday, Sep 11
Utah Division of Public Protection Commissioner Beau Mason performs a video of an individual of pastime all the way through a press convention on Thursday.
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- 7:00 am MT: Mason and FBI Particular Agent in Rate Robert Bohls announce in a single day breakthroughs within the investigation. They are saying investigators recovered a “high-powered” rifle — later recognized as a Mauser .30-06 caliber bolt rifle — believed to be the homicide weapon within the wooded space close to campus, in addition to a shoes impact, palm print and forearm impact. They are saying they have been in a position to trace the shooter’s actions by means of surveillance video however may now not check his identification, announcing best that he gave the impression to be “of faculty age.”
- 9:58 a.m. MT: The FBI posts the primary set of footage of an individual of pastime, strolling thru a construction dressed in shades, a hat and a long-sleeve black blouse with the logo of an American flag and bald eagle. The company directs folks to proportion any data, footage or video thru its virtual tip line.
- 10:44 a.m. MT: The FBI pronounces a praise of as much as $100,000 “for info resulting in the id and arrest of the person(s) chargeable for the homicide of Charlie Kirk.”
- 6:17 p.m. MT: The FBI releases extra footage of the individual of pastime on social media.
- 7:30 p.m. MT: Government, together with Patel, hang a press convention the place they display footage and video of the suspect and ask for the general public’s assist. Cox says government have got greater than 7,000 guidelines and finished just about 200 interviews up to now. He additionally says Utah is getting ready affidavits to pursue the demise penalty for when the suspect is stuck.
- Approx. 7:45 p.m. MT: Air Drive Two, sporting Kirk’s casket, lands on the Phoenix Sky Harbor Airport in Arizona. Onboard are Kirk’s widow, Erika, in addition to Vice President JD Vance and 2nd Girl Usha Vance.
- 7:59 p.m. MT: The FBI releases video of the alleged shooter leaping off a rooftop and operating clear of campus.
- Approx. 10 p.m. MT: Robinson is became in through a circle of relatives member and booked into Utah County Prison. Cox later stated that considered one of Robinson’s relations reached out to a chum — who contacted government — with data that Robinson had confessed or implied that he was once the shooter.
Friday, Sept. 12
Utah Gov. Spencer Cox, with FBI Director Kash Patel to his proper, pronounces that the suspected shooter is in custody on Friday morning.
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- 6 a.m. MT: President Trump seems on Fox & Pals and pronounces “with a excessive stage of walk in the park” that Kirk’s suspected killer is in custody. Trump stated he hopes the suspect, whom he didn’t title, shall be discovered to blame and given the demise penalty. Trump additionally stated he plans to wait Kirk’s funeral subsequent week.
- 7 a.m. MT: Cox, Patel and different officers hang a press convention to spot Robinson and proportion information of his detention. Cox stated: “There may be one individual chargeable for what came about right here, and that individual is now in custody and shall be charged quickly.” Government stressed out that the investigation — together with the research of forensic proof — is ongoing, however at this level imagine Robinson acted on my own.
