Utah governor’s emotional message after suspected Charlie Kirk shooter taken into custody
Tyler Robinson, a Utah man suspected of killing the conservative activist Charlie Kirk at a university forum, has been taken into custody, as US leaders reacted with sorrow and frustration over the latest outbreak of political violence sweeping the country.
“We got him,” Utah Governor Spencer Cox told reporters at a briefing on Friday, expressing a sense of relief after an intense manhunt by local and federal law enforcement that followed Kirk’s murder on Wednesday by a sniper at Utah Valley University.
“To my young friends, you are inheriting a country where politics feels like rage,” said Cox.
“We have a reminder that we can choose a different path … your generation has an opportunity to build a culture that is very different than what we are suffering through right now.”
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