Jude Sheerin
The breaking news was announced by US President Donald Trump on a morning television show.
"I think with a high degree of certainty, we have him," said Trump on the sofa of Fox & Friends on Friday in New York City. "In custody."
"Essentially, someone that was very close to him turned him in."
It was Trump, too, who first announced that his political ally, Charlie Kirk, had died after he was shot in the neck while hosting an outdoor event attended by about 3,000 people at Utah Valley University (UVU) on Wednesday.
At a news conference on Friday morning, officials identified the person in custody as 22-year-old Tyler Robinson and said he'd been arrested on Thursday night, some 33 hours after the shooting.Obituary: Charlie Kirk
"We got him," Utah Governor Spencer Cox told reporters. Robinson, a Utah native and electrical apprentice who had been living with his parents "for a long time" according to authorities, will be formally charged on Tuesday.
The suspect lives in St George, Utah, near Zion National Park, about 250 miles (400km) south-west of the campus where Kirk was shot, BBC Verify has found.
He is the oldest of three brothers, and his family is of Mormon faith and active in the church.
According to the BBC's US partner CBS, two law enforcement sources said Robinson's father had recognised his son from images circulated by the FBI.
The sources added that the 22-year-old had confessed to his father, who urged him to turn himself in.
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