Trump praises FBI Director Kash Patel for quick seize of Charlie Kirk murderer

EXCLUSIVE: President Trump on Saturday praised FBI Director Kash Patel for the outstanding pace wherein the bureau recognized and captured Charlie Kirk’s alleged murderer.

Tyler Robinson, 22, was nabbed in his hometown of Washington, Utah, simply 33 hours after he allegedly shot Kirk from a rooftop on the campus of Utah Valley College. The seize got here after a frantic manhunt that started with solely grainy pictures of the suspect’s determine fleeing the scene.

WHO IS TYLER ROBINSON? WHAT WE KNOW ABOUT CHARLIE KIRK’S SUSPECTED ASSASSIN

“I’m very happy with the FBI,” Trump mentioned, talking completely with Fox Information Digital. “Kash—and everybody else—they’ve executed an amazing job.” 

Officers shared with Fox Information Digital new particulars of the timeline of the investigation into the identification and arrest of Tyler Robinson and the weird hands-on function Patel performed within the course of.

In response to the FBI, Robinson was seen on the campus on Sept. 10, the day Kirk was shot, presumably conducting reconnaissance between 8:28 and 9:34 a.m. At 11:52 a.m., Robinson returned, climbed an exterior stairway to the roof of the Losee constructing, and took up a place on the highest stage of the roof at 12:22 p.m., in line with officers. He allegedly  shot Kirk only a minute later.

Robinson then lowered himself from the roof and dropped to the bottom, authorities mentioned. Two minutes after he allegedly shot Kirk, Robinson bumped into a close-by wooded space, the place the gun was later discovered.

Native FBI was on the scene instantly after the capturing, and Patel arrived at round 5:30 p.m. native time on Sept. 11.

TIMELINE OF CHARLIE KIRK ASSASSINATION 

Patel was walked by way of your entire crime scene, and stood the place Kirk was murdered. Patel walked every step the suspect took, in line with sources aware of the investigation.

Utah Governor Spencer Cox and FBI Director Kash Patel arrive at a press convention relating to the assassination of Charlie Kirk at Utah Valley College in Orem, Utah on Thursday, September 11, 2025. (Julia Bonavita/Fox Information Digital)

Patel additionally went to the rooftop the place Robinson had allegedly perched and retraced his steps as he fled, together with into the wooded space the place the gun, a Mauser 30.06 rifle, was discovered.

Patel personally directed brokers as they processed proof and ready to ship it to Quantico, ATF labs, or native labs. Sources advised Fox Information Digital that Patel then directed the proof to be loaded onto a aircraft with preliminary forensics and proof collected and despatched it again to the FBI labs for processing.

A regulation enforcement supply advised Fox Information Digital that, usually, when proof is collected in an investigation, an agent ships it to the labs. However the supply mentioned Patel directed that the proof and fingerprints be despatched again to Quantico by way of aircraft—touring backwards and forwards from Utah gathering and delivering proof.

The reserving pictures for Tyler Robinson, 22, the suspected within the Utah assassination of Turning Level USA founder Charlie Kirk. (Utah Gov. Spencer Cox)

“The DNA was being analyzed by way of the evening as a result of the director was there and he was directing all of this,” the supply advised Fox Information Digital. “He directed everybody and mentioned ‘You’re going to get the proof out now.’”

The supply added: “The proof was getting again to the labs in rapid-speed. That’s why he was caught so shortly.” 

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Fox Information Digital additionally realized that Patel, towards all suggestions, demanded the video footage of the suspect be launched to the general public.

A regulation enforcement supply acquainted advised Fox Information Digital that Robinson’s father, who in the end turned him in to authorities, advised the FBI that he acknowledged his son in that launched video.