India, Sept. 11 -- FBI Director Kash Patel announced that the suspect involved in the shooting and killing of conservative activist Charlie Kirk is now in custody.

"The subject for the horrific shooting today that took the life of Charlie Kirk is now in custody. Thank you to the local and state authorities in Utah for your partnership with @fbi," Patel wrote in a post on X.

ORIGINAL STORY: Conservative activist and Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk has died after being shot during a campus event at Utah Valley University (UVU), President Donald Trump announced on Truth Social.

"The Great, and even Legendary, Charlie Kirk, is dead. No one understood or had the Heart of the Youth in the United States of America better than Charlie. ...