Read our Privacy noticeA suspect in the assassination of conservative activist and close Trump ally Charlie Kirk has been identified as 22-year-old Tyler Robinson, Utah Gov. Kirk, 31, the CEO and co-founder of the conservative youth organization Turning Point USA, was fatally shot in the neck during an outdoor speaking event at Utah Valley University Wednesday. Robinson was not a student at the Utah Valley University, where the shooting happened. “He was living, and had lived for a long time, with his family in Washington County,” Cox said. Neighbors told The Times that the Robinson family attended the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, a Mormon church.