Tyler Robinson, 22, named as Charlie Kirk’s murder suspect – follow live

Christal Hayes
Reporting from Utah Valley University

Students here at Utah Valley University are feeling a sense of relief after officials announced the suspect they believe killed Kirk has been arrested.

The campus has been in a standstill since Wednesday afternoon – with yellow police tape and police vehicles blocking much of the school.

Classes were cancelled and many students have been telling me that they’ve been trying to stay close to home due to the manhunt.

For McKinley Shinkle, the news – while helping him and other students move forward – also made his stomach drop.

“He was apprehended in Washington County, which is where I’m from,” the freshman tells me. “I just feel deeply ashamed.”

Many students had been theorising that perhaps the suspect wasn’t from here – as both this area and the state as a whole is a conservative stronghold.

“I’m definitely relieved,” McKinley’s cousin Anthony told me. “I’m just anxious now to hear his motives and why this happened.”

The pair made signs that they waved at passing cars near the entrance of campus, calling Kirk a hero and saying they aren’t afraid.

They said the messages are directed at the killer and anyone else who has celebrated Kirk’s killing.

“I don’t know if I could describe Charlie Kirk as a martyr, but I know for me, personally, he was a martyr,” Anthony told me, adding this was the first political effort he or his cousin had ever been involved in – but it certainly won’t be the last.