Friends and family of the suspect expressed shock to learn that he is accused of fatally shooting conservative figure Charlie Kirk.

Charlie Kirk was fatally shot on Wednesday afternoon during a Q&A session on the Utah Valley University (UVU) campus in Orem, Utah.

Erika Kirk, the widow of conservative activist Charlie Kirk, said in a Friday night speech that the country is engaged in a spiritual battle as well as a political one.

Authorities said the suspect remained at large Thursday and that a manhunt is underway to identify and capture the person responsible.

After a two-day manhunt to find the gunman in the assassination of Charlie Kirk, the authorities announced on Friday that they had arrested a suspect.

Robinson does not appear to have any criminal history, according to state records reviewed by Reuters.

Just days after a gunman shot and killed Kirk at a Utah university, Erika Kirk addressed her husband's supporters and the nation as a whole, saying she would continue Charlie Kirk's political activism through his Turning Point USA organization.

Charlie Kirk’s widow, Erika Kirk, made her first public statements since her husband was shot and killed.

“If you thought that my husband’s mission was powerful before, you have no idea,” she continued.

On Wednesday, the 31-year-old right-wing American activist was fatally shot while speaking on stage in Utah.

After the fatal shooting of right-wing influencer Charlie Kirk, U.S. Republicans have a warning for Americans: Mourn him respectfully or suffer the consequences.

The murder in broad daylight of Charlie Kirk — someone who devoted his life to recruiting young people to join the right through the open exchange of ideas, and who leaves behind a wife and two young...