Authorities have arrested a 22-year-old suspect in the killing of conservative activist Charlie Kirk , officials said Friday, bringing an end to a frantic manhunt for the gunman behind an assassination that deepened concerns about political violence in the U.S.

"We got him," Utah Gov. Spencer Cox said at a news conference early Friday.

Cox identified the suspect as Tyler Robinson of Utah. He said one of Robinson's family members reached out to a friend, who contacted the Washington County sheriff's office on Thursday night with information that Robinson had confessed or implied that he was the gunman.

That information was relayed to authorities, and FBI Director Kash Patel said Robinson was arrested at 10 p.m. local time Thursday night.

"The FBI and our partners are proud to stand he

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