UPDATE: No Suspect Has Been Arrested In The Assassination Of TPUSA Founder Charlie Kirk, Shooter STILL AT LARGE

As WLT Report previously reported, TPUSA Founder Charlie Kirk has died at the age of 31 after being shot in the neck at Utah Valley University.

Initial video footage from the tragic event shared on X showed a man being arrested at the event, which led many people to believe he was the shooter.

Take a look:

⚠️ UPDATE: FOX RENO 11 misidentified the Charlie Kirk shooter as Michael Mallinson.

The suspect is now being attributed on X as George Hodgson Zinn, previously arrested in 2013 for a bomb threat at the Salt Lake City Marathon. https://t.co/M9OiwZkLuW pic.twitter.com/lBRfB6vxOg

— Trend Scalez (@TrendScalez) September 10, 2025

If you listen closely you can hear the officer say we don’t know if this is the guy:

The suspected shooter of Charlie Kirk being taken away while shouting, "Shoot me!" The man is a leftist lunatic. pic.twitter.com/lt6UkcUthe

— SMX 🇺🇸 (@iam_smx) September 10, 2025

The New York Times broke the story:

Utah Valley University officials confirmed that no one had been arrested. “There is no suspect in custody, it is an active investigation,” Ellen Treanor, a university spokesperson, said in a statement. The university said four agencies are investigating the shooting: Orem Police, Utah Valley University Police, the F.B.I. and the Utah Department of Public Safety.

Search activity is continuing at Utah Valley University, where several groups of armed and outfitted agents can been seen making sweeps through central campus, on foot and on trucks.

Charlie Kirk shooter still at large, no suspect in custody following UVU event: police https://t.co/cwTR86DMGj pic.twitter.com/rK5UemsJgh

— New York Post (@nypost) September 10, 2025

The New York Post also debunked the claim that the shooter was in custody:

Charlie Kirk‘s shooter is not in custody and at large, according the reports.

Earlier reports said the suspect had been captured, but police have now refuted that claim.

A clip circulating of an older white man being arrested is not believed to be the suspect.

ADVERTISEMENT