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The suspect arrested and accused of killing conservative activist Charlie Kirk is expected to be charged with aggravated murder.

As NPR's Franco Ordone's reports, President Trump says the person held responsible should be given the death penalty.

President Trump praised a collaboration between local law enforcement and federal officials.

In an interview with Fox and Friends, Trump said, quote, we got him.

Well, I hope he was going to be found guilty, I would imagine, and I hope he gets a death penalty.

What he did, Charlie Kirk was the finest person that he didn't deserve

this. The arrest follows a widespread search that began soon after the conservative activist

Charlie Kirk was shot while speaking at a college in Utah on Wednesday. Utah's governor said

casings found, along with a rifle, had inscriptions that read, among other things, hate fascist

catch. Officials believe the suspect acted alone, but the governor says the investigation continues.

Franco, Ordonez, NPR News, New York. Republicans representing Tennessee and Washington have praised President Trump's plan to deploy

the National Guard troops to Memphis, but Republicans closer to home while supportive are

choosing their words more carefully from member station WPLN. Mariana Bacalao reports.

U.S. Senator Marsha Blackburn and Congressman John Rose thanked Trump. Tennessee

Governor Bill Lee says he will be meeting with Trump to work out details. When asked about a

possible deployment last month, Lee said that crime in Memphis was down 15 percent year over year.

We've made significant investments toward public safety in Memphis, $150 million

and intervention grant funds and vast expansion of troopers there. State senators who represent

Memphis have pointed to statistics that show crime in the city is at a 25-year low. In a statement,

Lee stressed that the National Guard will be working

alongside local law enforcement and called Memphis a world-class American city. For NPR news,

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