The man who has been arrested for allegedly murdering conservative campaigner Charlie Kirk at a Utah university rally is an apprentice electrician who lives with his parents.

Tyler Robinson, 22, was studying and was in his third year of an electrical apprenticeship program at Dixie Technical College while living at home in St George, Utah.

A spokesperson for Utah Valley University, where Charlie Kirk was shot dead, told NBC that Robinson had earned college credits through Utah Tech University while he was in high school.

Social media images show the young man in typical family situations with his parents and siblings with his mother, Amber Robinson, posting school aptitude scores for Tyler – 34 out of 36 – that would place him in the top 1 per cent of test takers.

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