UPDATE: US media are reporting the suspect in custody is Tyler Robinson, 22, from Utah.

Tyler was turned in by family members, who said he was “full of hate” — and confessed to his dad that he was the killer.

He even wrote, “Hey fascist! Catch!” on bullets found at the crime scene, Cox said.

Suspect in Kirk Killing taken into custody, Trump says

President Trump said law enforcement had taken a suspect into custody in the fatal shooting of a conservative activist Charlie Kirk at a Utah university.I think, with a high degree of certainity, we have him,”Trump told Fox News in an interview, adding that a person who knows the suspect had turned him in. According to Trump someone very close to the suspect turned him in. He added that authorities would provide more information throughout Friday. Everybody did a great Job.We worked with local police, the governor, ” he added. Regarding the lead that led to the detention, the Republican said it was a religious minister who convinced the suspect’s family of the advisability of turning him in. According to the governor of Utah, the state where the crime took place, the man could face the death penalty, which is legal there.

Suspect’s father helped turn him in, Trump says
Trump says a minister played an important role in the arrest of the suspect.

The US president said: “Essentially, somebody that was very close to him turned him in.”

He says that person went to “the father”, who then went to a US Marshal.

“The father convinced the son,” he says, adding he may need to be corrected, but he’s talking “based on what I’m hearing”.

Asked to clarify, Trump says the father, “namely his father”, got involved, and said “we’ve got to go in”.

“They drove into the police headquarters, and he’s there now.”

Family member saw photo of suspect

According to two senior law enforcement officials, a family member saw photos of the suspect and turned him in to police.

A third official confirmed that the suspect is now in custody.