“I think we have him,” Trump says of Kirk murder suspect

President Donald Trump on Friday said in an interview with Fox News that officials may have detained the suspected shooter. Authorities had a high degree of certainty that they had in custody the man believed to have killed conservative Christian activist Charlie Kirk during an event on Wednesday in Utah. Officials received thousands of tips, and Trump said someone who knew the shooter well turned him in. Investigators had not officially announced an arrest at the time of the interview Friday morning.

The FBI office in Salt Lake City Thursday night released new photos of the suspect. They also posted a surveillance video showing a person dressed in dark clothing jumping down from the roof on the campus of Utah Valley University where authorities believe Kirk’s shooter was positioned.

What other updates are there? Vice President J.D. Vance on Thursday arrived in Utah aboard Air Force Two to transport Kirk’s body back to his home state of Arizona. Vance walked alongside soldiers carrying Kirk's casket on the tarmac in Salt Lake City. Kirk’s wife, Erika, and other members of his family and team flew back to Phoenix aboard the vice presidential plane.

Kirk’s family had not announced funeral plans as of Friday morning, though Trump said Thursday that a service would likely be sometime next week and that he planned to attend. Kirk and his organization, Turning Point USA, were instrumental in bolstering Trump’s 2024 campaign.

Dig deeper: Read my report about the manhunt for Kirk's killer.