Donald Trump was not the one shot. The recent shooting incident involved Charlie Kirk, a well-known conservative activist and ally of Trump, who was fatally shot at an event in Utah at Utah Valley University. The suspect in the shooting, Tyler Robinson, a 22-year-old from Utah, has been caught and is currently in custody. President Trump confirmed the arrest and expressed hope that the shooter would receive the death penalty. The shooter was turned in by a relative after being identified through FBI-shared images. This shooting is sometimes described as a political assassination linked to Kirk, not Trump himself. Regarding an actual shooting of Donald Trump, there was a different incident on July 13, 2024, in Pennsylvania, where Trump survived an assassination attempt. The shooter, Thomas Matthew Crooks, was killed at the scene by Secret Service agents, and Trump was wounded but survived and recovered. No arrests followed his shooting since the shooter was killed on site. Thus, no shooting victim Trump has had a suspect caught in 2025, because the 2025 shooting victim was Charlie Kirk, not Trump. The Kirk shooting suspect Tyler Robinson was caught quickly after a manhunt.
