UPDATE, 9:13 ET: Reports indicate that the suspect in custody is Tyler Robinson, 22, and a Utah resident.
According to the Daily Mail, Robinson "confessed to his father, a 27-year veteran of the Washington County Sheriff's Department, public records showed. His father then contacted authorities and secured his son before he could be taken into custody."
BREAKING - 22-year-old Tyler Robinson of Utah is now in custody for involvement in the assassination of Charlie Kirk with his father holding him until police were able to arrive on scene to arrest him. pic.twitter.com/D5ri246Xut
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"I think with a high degree of certainty we have him in custody," President Trunp said on Fox & Friends this morning.
According to the President, the suspect was turned in to police by a minister.
"It was a minister who was involved with law enforcement," Trump said, continuing: "his good friend is a top U.S. Marshall -- and they took it from there.
The name of the suspect is set to be revealed later today, according to the UK Daily Mail.
"Well, I hope he's going to be found guilty, I would imagine and I hope he gets the death penalty," The president said.
Trump continued: "What he did, Charlie Kirk, he was the finest person that, he didn't deserve this. He worked so hard and so well, everybody liked him."
BREAKING: President Trump on Charlie Kirk suspected assassin: "I think, with a high degree of certainty, we have him in custody." pic.twitter.com/wAAGegrrWI
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