The president of the United States, Donald Trump, has assured in the chain Fox News what, “With a high degree of certainty” Charlie Kirk’s murderer It has been arrested by the authorities. “I think we have it in police custody,” said the president in the American chain. As he specified, a person close to the suspect gave him after recognizing the published photos. “Someone very close to him said: ‘It’s him’ “.
The murder of the ultra ideologist and one of the youth leaders of the Maga Movement occurred at a Utah University while giving a talk to hundreds of students. After more than 30 hours in which he had speculated with several theories about the author of the deadly shot, It seems that, according to Trump’s words, the author would have been arrested.
Trump has also shown his desire that the author of the shot pays with his life. “I hope they apply the death penalty”, The president said, referring to the shooter. Despite saying these words that can be very conclusive, Trump has asked for caution, and has affirmed that the information is preliminary.
He also added that a member of the forces of the order would have communicated with the father of the main suspect and that he would finally have managed to deliver it to the authorities. At the moment he has not offered more details, and it is expected that in the next few hours the information about the research will be updated.
After listening to Trump’s words, a police officer has clarified the president’s statements, ensuring that “a man He was arrested around 23:00 local time by the State and local Police of Utah “, Although he has insisted that Trump’s announcement was “subject to correction”, since Trump’s information has been based on “what he heard.”
In fact, the official has affirmed that Trump learned of someone’s arrest “shortly before entering Fox News. Regarding the detainee, he reported that Your identity has not been published to continue research and execute registration orders.
During the Fox interview, one of the chains predicted by the US president, Trump has had a few words of memory for Kirk, whom he has defined as a person with “with a good philosophy” and that “He spoke of family, faith and marry.” He has also defined his murder as a “horrible crime.”
Already on Thursday night, the official FBI account shared a video of the alleged Kirk shooter. In the images You can see an individual jump from a roof while fleeing from the supposed place of the facts. Among the evidence collected by the US security agency, “shoes, forearm and a footprint of La Palma” stand out. In addition, they assured that both the weapon and the shooter ammunition “They recovered in a wooded area near the university”