Person in custody in Charlie Kirk’s shooting, says Trump

A person is in custody in the shooting of conservative activist Charlie Kirk, said President Donald Trump in “Fox AND Friends “Friday morning.

“I think, with a high degree of certainty, we have it in custody,” Trump said.

He later added: “Subject to change, but the facts are the facts we have to the person we believe is the person we are looking for.”

Trump said they told him only five minutes before airing for the previous interview that someone was in custody.

“Essentially, someone who was very close to him delivered it,” Trump said.

Police have not yet confirmed the arrest or provide any details.

In the last video of the suspect, which was played during a press conference with state and federal officials on Thursday night, you can see the apparent gunman down from the roof of a building on the campus of the University of Utah Valley, where the authorities believe that he shot the fatal shot and fled the scene.

The FBI said that he is offering a reward of up to $ 100,000 for information that leads to the identification and arrest of the person responsible for the murder of Kirk.

Utah authorities posted photos of the person of interest in the shooting on Thursday in which the individual can be seen on steps while wearing a black backpack and wears a shirt with what seemed to be an impression of American flag.

Until now, the authorities have received more than 7,000 potential tips and clients and completed about 200 interviews, said Utah governor Spencer Cox.

Amid the human hunting of the shooter, the authorities said Thursday that they are working “throughout the day” to locate the person of interest, which is believed to be aged at the university.

The FBI also said Thursday that it has recovered what is believed to be the weapon used in the deadly shooting. A “high -power bolt action rifle” was recovered in a wooded area near where the shooting took place, according to the special agent of Salt Lake City by Robert Bohls.

The rifle is an older model of imported mauser .30-06 The caliber bolt action rifle wrapped in a towel, told ABC News to ABC News. The location of the firearm seems to coincide with the travel route of the suspect, the fountains said.

The spent cartridge was still in chamber and three unbounded cartridges contained writing on them expressing what some officials responsible for enforcing the law described as a “transgender and anti -fascist” writing, according to preliminary information shared with the agencies. It is not clear what that means and the authorities are still working to determine the meaning or if the brands were destined as a bad direction for the researchers.

The authorities said that at 11:52 am on Wednesday, the suspect arrived at the OREM campus and then proceeded to travel the stairs to the roof of a building near the place where the outdoor event was held, before the shooter shot in Kirk, the Utah public security commissioner, Beau Mason, Beau Mason, on Thursday.

Kirk was beaten by a single shot at 12:20 pm and taken to a hospital, where he was declared dead, authorities said.

After the shooting, the alleged shooter traveled to the other side of the building, jumped and fled off the campus to a neighborhood, Mason said. The authorities are working in nearby neighborhoods, contacting people with bell cameras and talking with witnesses to identify any potential client, Mason said.

“I want to make it clear at this time who has done this, we will find it. We will try it and we will do it responsible for the greatest measure of the law,” Cox said during an informative session on Wednesday, qualifying the fatal shooting as a “political murder.”

He said that state officials are already moving to follow the death penalty if the case goes to trial.