OREM, Utah (AP) — President Donald Trump said Friday “with a high degree of certainty” that the suspect in Charlie Kirk killing has been caught.

Appearing on Fox and Friends, the president cautioned that his information was preliminary, but said it was “the person we’re looking for.”

Federal investigators and state officials on Thursday had released photos and a video of the person they believe is responsible. Kirk was shot as he spoke to a crowd gathered in a courtyard at Utah Valley University in Orem.

More than 7,000 leads and tips had poured in, officials said. Authorities have yet to publicly name the suspect or cite a motive in the killing, the latest act of political violence to convulse the United States.

“We cannot do our job without the public’s help,” Gov. Spencer Cox

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