The man arrested in connection with the assassination of Charlie Kirk had told family that he didn’t like the conservative activist “and the viewpoints he had,” authorities said Friday at a press conference.

“We got him,” Utah Governor Spencer Cox said.

Tyler Robinson, 22, had become “more political” in the run-up to the shooting, his family told officials. On Thursday evening, a family member reached out to a family friend who contacted law enforcement and with information that Robinson “had confessed to them or implied that he had committed the incident,” said Cox. He also cited as key pieces of evidence engravings on bullets found in a rifle believed used in the attack as well as messages attributed to the accused shooter that a roommate shared with law enforcement after the shooting.

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