Namely, just fifteen minutes before that, American President Donald Trump said that the suspect for the murder of Charlie Kirk had been arrested, and that someone close to him had"betrayed" him.

Trump said on the FOX television program that the suspect in question was the father of the assassin, and that he was a young man of around 28 years old.

However, the media reports that it is Tyler Robinson, a 22-year-old young man.

Unnamed sources told CNN that the killer confessed to his father that he had committed the assassination, and that his father then contacted authorities.

The New York Times reported that the suspect was taken into custody around 11 p.m. local time in Utah on Thursday night.