The FBI identifies a 22-year-old man as Charlie Kirk's killer.

WashingtonThe alleged perpetrator of the fatal shot, fired at more than 180 meters away, that killed Charlie Kirk is Tyler Robinson, a 22-year-old resident of Utah. Authorities announced his arrest this morning, after two days of intensive search. "We have him," celebrated the governor of Utah, Republican Spencer Cox, at the press conference, in which he explained that a relative of the young man was the one who betrayed him. The political motivations for the attack against the far-right activist would be proven by the inscriptions found on the bullet casings and add fuel to the fire in the witch hunt that the Trumpist bases want to instigate against the left.

Some of the recorded messages read by the governor of Utah included the phrases: "Hey fascist! Take it" and "Beautiful ciao, beautiful ciao", the well-known anthem of the Italian partisans, a symbol of the anti-fascist struggle. On a third cap he also engraved: "If you read this, you are gay. LMAO," the texting slang expression for a laugh. On the voter registration list in Utah, a majority-Republican state, Robinson was listed as a "no party voter."

In an emotional speech, Cox also called for an end to the spiral of political violence, "at some point we have to find a way out, or it's going to get worse." However, the governor has already made it clear that Robinson faces the death penalty, which Utah still applies in cases of aggravated murder.

"History will dictate whether this is a turning point," said Cox, who insisted that he constantly feels that "words are violence." This, when Kirk was known for his provocative nature, who even went so far as to say that empathy "is an invention" New Age that does a lot of damage."

Kirk, who proclaimed himself a Christian, questioned the principle of empathy in a radio interview discussing the situation of migrants. According to him, "toxic empathy can be used like an unclean spirit to destabilize empathy. He was the first to announce that the authorities had already arrested the young man. "I think with a high degree of certainty we have him in custody," the president said in an early morning interview on FOX. In fact, he also advanced that "someone very close" betrayed the boy. "Someone close even recognizes a little nod, something that nobody else would do, and someone very close to him said: 'Hmm, this is him.'" It is worth noting that in none of the images that the FBI had published could the individual's face be clearly seen. Trump said that the person who had turned him in "was a person of faith, a pastor." Later, Cox explained that it was a relative who betrayed him.

After the shooting, the sheriff's office received a call from a family friend informing officers that Robinson had confessed to the murder. A relative of the young man also told investigators that the boy had mentioned his dislike of Kirk during a dinner several days before the shooting. A roommate also showed authorities messages that Robinson had sent him via Discord - a messaging platform that has become popular in the gaming world—in which he referenced details of the shooting. Cox explained that he talked about getting the rifle, making inscriptions on the bullet casings, and leaving the weapon wrapped in a black towel in the bushes. This is precisely how investigators found the murder weapon during the initial police investigation.

The young man was not a student at Utah Valley University, but lived in Washington County with his family.

Last night, the FBI released new videos of the suspect in the murder of the far-right ultraconservative activist during an event at Utah Valley University. In the images, recorded by security cameras, the man is seen jumping from a roof and fleeing after the attack. In the morning, the FBI office in Salt Lake City had already published two images of the suspect: a man dressed in black clothing, sunglasses, and a cap.

The influencer The Trump supporter was speaking in the middle of the university campus during one of the events organized by his platform, Turning Point Action, when Robinson fired the bullet, fatally wounding him in the neck. The chilling images of the event were recorded on the cell phones of hundreds of attendees and quickly flooded social media. This latest episode of political violence, just three months after the assassination of a Democratic state congresswoman, further deepens the country's social fracture and threatens to become the new normal in American public life.

Kirk's murder has become a catalyst for hatred against the left, a sentiment fueled and capitalized on by Trump in the hours following the events. The president has already declared national mourning until Sunday, with the country's flags lowered to half-mast, and plans to hold a posthumous ceremony to award him the Presidential Medal of Freedom. Everything is geared toward enthroning Kirk as a political martyr of Trumpism.

The reaction to Kirk's murder, raising fears of renewed political violence, stands in stark contrast to the response to the assassination of the Democratic state congresswoman. The incident, despite being condemned by the president, was not treated with the same gravity. May the death ofinfluencer MAGA, the trigger for a renewed surge in political violence, is also a symptom of how Trump continues to set the agenda. His followers, including White House advisor Stephen Miller, speak of the "pain of the left," as if the ultraconservative movement were the victim of a kind of harassment when it sits in power and holds sway over the algorithm.