{"id":2012772,"date":"2025-09-10T23:24:06","date_gmt":"2025-09-10T23:24:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2012772"},"modified":"2025-09-10T23:24:06","modified_gmt":"2025-09-10T23:24:06","slug":"person-of-interest-in-charlie-kirk-shooting-in-custody","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/person-of-interest-in-charlie-kirk-shooting-in-custody\/","title":{"rendered":"Person of Interest in Charlie Kirk Shooting in Custody"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>A \u201cperson of interest\u201d associated with the fatal shooting of right-wing political activist <strong>Charlie Kirk<\/strong> is now in custody.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe subject for the horrific shooting today that took the life of Charlie Kirk is now in custody,\u201d FBI Director <strong>Kash Patel<\/strong> wrote <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/FBIDirectorKash\/status\/1965903392934633587\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">via X<\/a> on Wednesday, September 10. \u201cThank you to the local and state authorities in Utah for your partnership with @fbi.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Utah Governor <strong>Spencer Cox<\/strong>, also confirmed a suspect was in custody during a press conference following what he described as a \u201cpolitical assassination.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have a person of interest in custody that is being interviewed right now,\u201d Cox said.<\/p>\n<div class=\"link-related article link-related__with-thumb\">\n\t\t\t<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"article__thumbnail related-ab-test\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-news\/news\/charlie-kirk-dead-political-activist-and-commentator-was-31\/\" target=\"\" data-source=\"01\"><\/p>\n<figure class=\"article__figure\">\n<div style=\"padding-bottom:56.25%;\" class=\"ratio-based-placeholder\"><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"article__content\">\n<h3 class=\"article__title\">\n\t\t\t<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"article__title-link related-ab-test\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-news\/news\/charlie-kirk-dead-political-activist-and-commentator-was-31\/\" target=\"\" data-source=\"01\"><br \/>\n    <span class=\"related-badge\">Related: <\/span><span class=\"related-title\">Conservative Commentator Charlie Kirk Dead at 31 After Utah Shooting<\/span><\/a><br \/>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\n\t\t\tCharlie Kirk, the conservative commentator and head of Turning Point USA, died Wednesday, September 10, after being shot during a speech at Utah Valley University in Orem, Utah. He was 31. \u201cIt\u2019s with a heavy heart that we, the Turning Point USA leadership team, write to notify you that early this afternoon, Charlie went to [\u2026]\t\t<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/us\/live-news\/charlie-kirk-shot-utah-09-10-25\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">celebrity.land<\/a> reported on Wednesday that authorities are searching for anyone with information related to the tragic event.<\/p>\n<p>Kirk died on Wednesday after being shot during an appearance at Utah Valley University in Orem, Utah. The Turning Point USA cofounder was 31.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s with a heavy heart that we, the Turning Point USA leadership team, write to notify you that early this afternoon, Charlie went to his eternal reward with Jesus Christ in Heaven,\u201d read a statement from Turning Point.<\/p>\n<p>Kirk was on the college campus as part of his American Comeback Tour. According to footage shared via social media, Kirk appeared to be shot in the neck while speaking under a tent in the university courtyard. According to celebrity.land, the shot was taken from nearly 200 yards away.<\/p>\n<p>An individual was initially taken into custody shortly after the shooting, but that person was not believed to be the suspect, per multiple reports. According to officials who spoke during the same press conference, that individual was, however, booked on an obstruction of justice charge.<\/p>\n<p>Kirk is survived by <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-news\/news\/charlie-kirk-family-guide-meet-the-political-activists-loved-ones\/\">his wife<\/a>, <strong>Erika Frantzve<\/strong>, and their two children.<\/p>\n<p>In 2012, Kirk founded Turning Point USA when he was 18 years old. Following the organization\u2019s creation, Kirk became one of the most influential voices in conservative media. He also hosted his own podcast, titled \u201cThe Charlie Kirk Show.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Kirk worked alongside President<strong> Donald Trump<\/strong> to help get him elected to a second term. Trump shared a statement on Wednesday following the political influencer\u2019s death.<\/p>\n<div id=\"news-block\">\n<div class=\"newsletter-form  \">\n<div class=\"newsletter-signup__success\" aria-live=\"polite\">\n<h3>Thank You!<\/h3>\n<p>You have successfully subscribed.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p>\u201cThe Great, and even Legendary, Charlie Kirk, is dead,\u201d Trump wrote via Truth Social. \u201cNo one understood or had the Heart of the Youth in the United States of America better than Charlie. He was loved and admired by ALL, especially me, and now, he is no longer with us. Melania and my Sympathies go out to his beautiful wife Erika, and family. Charlie, we love you!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In addition to many political figures reacting to Kirk\u2019s death, several stars have <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-news\/news\/stars-react-after-conservative-commentator-charlie-kirk-shot-dead-at-31\/\">paid tribute<\/a>, including <strong>Chris Pratt<\/strong>, <strong>Candace Cameron Bure<\/strong> and more.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe love you, Charlie,\u201d the <em>Full House<\/em> actress wrote via Instagram. \u201cWell done, good and faithful servant.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.usmagazine.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A \u201cperson of interest\u201d associated with the fatal shooting of right-wing political activist Charlie Kirk is now in custody. \u201cThe subject for the horrific shooting today that took the life of Charlie Kirk is now in custody,\u201d FBI Director Kash Patel wrote via X on Wednesday, September 10. \u201cThank you to the local and state [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2012773,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25177],"tags":[22367,22062,24003,25601,22048],"class_list":["post-2012772","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-celebrities","tag-celebrity","tag-celebrity-deaths","tag-celebrity-news","tag-deaths","tag-politics"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Person-of-Interest-in-Charlie-Kirk-Shooting-in-Custody.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2012772","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2012772"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2012772\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2012773"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2012772"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2012772"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2012772"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}