Suspect arrested in Charlie Kirk killing
Newshour
BBC
4.2 • 1.1K Ratings
🗓️ 12 September 2025
⏱️ 49 minutes
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Summary
President Trump has announced that the main suspect in the assassination of the US conservative activist Charlie Kirk, named as 22-year-old Tyler Robinson, has been caught. We get the latest from the US and talk to a political historian about the recent upsurge in political violence in America.
Also in the programme: Brazil's former President Jair Bolsonaro has been found guilty of plotting a coup and sentenced to 27 years in prison - we hear from one of his former ministers; and what are the little red dots in space? Could they be “black hole stars”?
(IMAGE: FBI Director Kash Patel speaks during a press conference announcing details on the suspect in the shooting of U.S. conservative commentator Charlie Kirk, who was fatally shot during an event at Utah Valley University, in Orem, Utah, U.S. September 12, 2025 / CREDIT: REUTERS/Cheney Orr)
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| 0:00.0 | Hello and welcome to News Hour live from the BBC World Service in London. |
| 0:08.5 | I'm Rebecca Kesbby, our top story today that breaking news from the United States |
| 0:13.5 | that the suspect in the assassination of the US conservative activist Charlie Kirk |
| 0:18.9 | in the state of Utah on Wednesday has been arrested. |
| 0:22.9 | US media are naming him as 22-year-old Tyler Robinson. |
| 0:27.5 | A press conference has just started. |
| 0:29.5 | Let's take a listen. |
| 0:31.2 | Good morning, ladies and gentlemen. |
| 0:33.3 | We got him. |
| 0:35.6 | On the evening of September 11th, a family member of Tyler Robinson reached out to a family friend who contacted the Washington County Sheriff's Office with information that Robinson had confessed to them or implied that he had committed the incident. This information was relayed to the Utah County Sheriff's Office and seen investigators |
| 0:55.6 | at Utah Valley University. This information was also conveyed to the FBI. Investigators reviewed |
| 1:02.5 | additional video footage from UVU surveillance and identified Robinson arriving on UVU campus |
| 1:09.7 | in a gray Dodge Challenger at approximately 829 |
| 1:13.6 | a.m. on September 10th, in which he is observed on video in a plain maroon t-shirt, light-colored |
| 1:20.2 | shorts, a black hat with a white logo, and light-colored shoes. When encountered in-person by investigators |
| 1:26.8 | in Washington County on September 12th, |
| 1:28.7 | in the early morning hours, Robinson was observed in consistent clothing with those surveillance |
| 1:34.5 | images. Investigators interviewed a family member of Robinson who stated that Robinson |
| 1:40.0 | had become more political in recent years. The family member referenced a recent incident |
| 1:45.8 | in which Robinson came to dinner prior to September 10th, and in the conversation with another |
| 1:51.7 | family member, Robinson mentioned Charlie Kirk was coming to UVU. They talked about why they |
| 1:57.6 | didn't like him and the viewpoints that he had. The family member also stated Kirk was full of hate and spreading hate. |
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