Utah Governor Spencer Cox called the killing of Charlie Kirk an "attack on the American experiment". Photo: AP PHOTO

A young Utah man suspected of killing the influential conservative activist Charlie Kirk at a university in the city of Orem has been taken into custody, Utah Governor Spencer Cox has told reporters.

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"We got him," Cox told reporters.

The suspect, identified as Tyler Robinson, had confessed to a family friend -or "implied that he had committed the murder" to that friend - and that person in turn had contacted the Washington County sheriff's office on Thursday.

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