Hi there, everyone. It's 4 o'clock in New York. It is 2 p.m. in Utah where a suspect is in custody in the killing of conservative activist Charlie Kirk, putting an end to a two-day manhunt.

At a press conference earlier today, the suspect was identified as a 22-year-old Utah resident.

He is expected to face charges in the coming days.

He was taken into custody overnight Thursday, around 250 miles from the site of the shooting at Utah Valley University.

At this point, in the investigation, officials

say there is no information that would lead to any additional arrest that they emphasize

that their investigation is ongoing. Utah Governor Spencer Cox revealed that the suspect

had either confessed or implied to a family member that he was responsible for carrying out the shooting.

That family member then informed a friend who contacted the Washington County Sheriff's

Office with that information.

Any motive for the shooting at this hour remains unclear, but the governor revealed that

officials interviewed a family member who said the suspect had become more political in recent years

and had recently spoken about Kirk coming to Utah Valley University

and had discussed how he did not like Kirk.

The governor also gave further details about what the investigation has found so far,

including messages the suspect is said to have sent to a roommate.

The content of these messages included messages affiliated with the contact Tyler, stating

a need to retrieve a rifle from a drop point, leaving the rifle in a bush, messages related to a, to visually watching

the area where a rifle was left, and a message referring to having left the rifle wrapped

in a towel. The message is also referred to engraving bullets and a mention of a scope and the rifle being unique.

Officials say they found unfired bullets with the rifle they recovered engraved with a variety of

messages, including one that reads, quote, hey, fascist, comma, catch.

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