BREAKING: Charlie Kirk Assassin Identified As 22-Year-Old Tyler Robinson, Now In Custody

The FBI has announced they have placed 22-year-old Tyler Robinson in custody for assassinating Charlie Kirk.

Robinson was taken into custody after his father turned him in to the police after identifying his son through the images and videos released by the FBI.

Take a look:

🚨 BREAKING: Charlie Kirk’s kiIIer is 22 year old Tyler Robinson of Utah, per multiple reports

He is in custody.

I want to see him in front of a firing squad. pic.twitter.com/lGxfED9Tsn

— Nick Sortor (@nicksortor) September 12, 2025

Tyler Robinson and his father, who allegedly turned him in —

The 22-year-old confessed to the murder of Charlie Kirk, according to the Daily Mail

His father, a 27-year veteran, immediately brought him to the authorities https://t.co/cgnaxZXVIx pic.twitter.com/eDhsLwBjul

— RT (@RT_com) September 12, 2025

Per NBC News:

The person accused of fatally shooting conservative activist Charlie Kirk is 22-year-old Utah resident Tyler Robinson, according to five law enforcement officials briefed on the matter.

Authorities released surveillance video of the suspected gunman on Thursday, in addition to images showing the suspect walking to and from Utah Valley University, where Kirk was shot and killed on Wednesday.

One of Robinson’s family members turned him in to police after seeing the images, according to two senior law enforcement officials.

It appears that Robinson’s last voter registration date was on July 13, 2021, and his political party is none declared based on public records.

BREAKING: Video of Tyler Robinson, Charlie Kirk’s suspected assassin, reading his $32,000 scholarship acceptance letter to the University of Utah pic.twitter.com/fjKDhvgYmc

— Insider Paper (@TheInsiderPaper) September 12, 2025

The New York Post noted Trump was the first to make the announcement that a suspect was in custody, but did not say Robinson was the suspect:

President Trump announced early Friday that a suspect in Charlie Kirk’s assassination was turned in by his father — with law enforcement sources telling The Post it is a 22-year-old Utah local, Tyler Robinson.

“I think, with a high degree of certainty, we have him,” Trump told “Fox & Friends” during a live interview at the cable giant’s Manhattan studio, saying he heard just minutes before his 8 a.m. interview.

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“Somebody who was very close to him turned him in,” the president said, then revealing it was the suspect’s dad who relayed it through “a minister who was involved with law enforcement.”

“I hope he’s going to be found guilty, and I hope he gets the death penalty. What he did — Charlie Kirk was the finest person and he didn’t deserve this.”

Trump did not ID the suspect. However, law enforcement sources told The Post it was Robinson, who lives in Utah.