The pictures of Tyler Robinson posted by his mother on Facebook show a typical college student: clean cut, wearing a baseball cap and Converse sneakers, barely distinguishable from most of his classmates.
Yet this is the man who investigators have accused of killing US conservative activist Charlie Kirk, a close ally of President Donald Trump and one of America’s most prominent rightwing influencers.
The 22-year-old, who lived in Utah’s Washington County with his family, was taken into custody about 33 hours after Kirk was shot on Wednesday, an event that sparked a large-scale manhunt and raised fears about an upsurge in political violence in the country.