Tyler Robinson, the suspect of Charlie Kirk’s fatal shooting, wrote a message by stating that he had the opportunity to “eliminate” the conservative activist and that he has been linked to the crime scene through DNA evidence, said FBI director Kash Patel on Monday, while researchers seek a reason for mortal murder.
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Speaking to “Fox and Friends” on Monday, Patel said Robinson said in an exchange of text messages with “another individual” that “he had the opportunity to eliminate Charlie Kirk and that he was going to do it due to his hatred for what Charlie represented.”
Patel also said that at one time there was a written note, but since then it was destroyed, although the researchers determined that the note said: “I have the opportunity to eliminate Charlie Kirk and I will take advantage of it.”
Patel said the written note had been in Robinson’s house, but did not reveal more details about the messages and it is not clear to whom they were sent who were directed.
Patel also said that DNA evidence recovered from a screwdriver found on the roof of a building from the Utah University, where the shooting occurred, and a towel used to wrap the firearm found in a wooded area was “positively processed for the suspect in custody”.
The Governor of Utah, Spencer Cox, told “Meet The Press” on Sunday morning that the alleged shooter “comes from a conservative family, but his ideology was very different from that of his family, so that is part of it,” citing interviews with Robinson’s family.
Robinson lived with a roommate whom Cox identified as “a boyfriend who is in transition from man to woman,” and also pointed out that “that person has been very cooperative with the authorities” and “had no knowledge, he was surprised when they found out, when he learned.”
Speaking to Dana Bash from CNN on Sunday morning, Cox described her roommate as a “romantic couple” who “has been incredibly cooperative, had no idea that this was happening and is working with researchers at this time.”
Robinson has not been cooperating with the authorities, Cox told “Meet the Press”, and the information that researchers have discovered comes only from “people close to the suspect” and forensic information.
Cox said the State was collecting more forensic evidence and that more information would be published when the state present charges against Robinson on Tuesday.
Before radicalizing, Robinson seemed to be “a very normal young man, a very intelligent young man; to be a student, I think he got a 34 in the Act,” Cox added, noting that his turn arrived after leaving Utah state university and returning to the south of Utah.
“Clearly, there were many games in progress; friends have confirmed that there was that deep and dark Internet, Reddit’s culture and these other dark places in the Internet where this person was getting deeply,” Cox said, citing the phrases in the caps that referred to games of games.
On Saturday, The New York Times informed about messages that Robinson supposedly sent in the Discord messaging application, joking that the shooting was committed by his “double.”
In a statement, Discord told various media that the popular application between the players was not used to coordinate the shooting, but he did notice “communications between the suspect room and a friend after the shooting, where the fourth partner was telling the content of a note that the suspect had left elsewhere.”
Cox told CNN that he could not comment on any note yet, stating that the evidence “is still being processed to verify its precision and verification, and will be included in the accusation documents.”
Robinson, 22, was put in custody after suggesting a member of his family that he committed the murder, Cox said Friday, and is detained in a County prison in Spanish Fork, Utah, for initial charges of aggravated murder, serious discharge of a firearm and obstruction of justice, a local police officer told CNN.
When his father asked Robinson about his possible participation in the shooting, he was informed, he told his father that he would prefer to commit suicide before surrendering to the authorities, according to various media.
After urging him to surrender, Robinson’s father called a young pastor to talk to him, and the pastor then contacted the United States sheriffs, CNN reported, citing an official of the law.
Before the appearance of Kirk at the University of the Utah Valley on Wednesday, Robinson had spoken with his relatives about his next visit to Utah and “why they did not like it,” according to Cox, who added that the caps that were found next to a weapon that is believed to be used in the shooting had inscriptions with “Hey, fascist! Cattle!” And “If you read this, you are gay, hahaha”, among other messages.
Cox said the officials had discovered physical evidence that linked Robinson with the shooting, in addition to messages sent online to friends indicating the need to “recover a rifle from a delivery point.”
Robinson had lived in Washington County, Utah, about 260 miles south of the place of the shooting, with his family, Cox said, and had attended Utah State University for a semester in 2021, the university confirmed in a statement.
Robinson was a third year student in an electrical learning program at Dixie Technical College in St. George, Utah, a spokesman from the Utah Valley University told CNN.
There are no state or national public records associated with Robinson indicating that he had a criminal record, NBC reported.
What do we know about Robinson’s political affiliations?
Several media cited voter records that showed that Robinson was not affiliated with any party. The records indicated that Robinson was considered “inactive”, which suggests that he did not vote in the 2024 presidential elections, the first since he turned 18, according to the New York Times. A relative informed the forces of the order that Robinson had “politicized more in recent years,” Cox said. One of the unpleasant caps had “Bella Ciao,” Cox explained, an apparent reference to a song used by an Italian anti -fascist resistance group during World War II. However, the phrase also appeared in the Netflix series “La Casa de Papel” and in the popular video game for a single Far Cry 6 player, where users embody guerrillas trying to overthrow a tyrannical dictator.
What do we know about Robinson’s parents?
Robinson’s father has a business installation business and kitchen cabinets, according to CBS News, which indicated that his mother works as a licensed social worker. The Washington County Sheriff’s office in Utah denied the claims that the father worked for the department.
What do we know about Robinson’s arrest?
The New York Times reported, citing an agent of the order, which Robinson was arrested around 23:00 local time on Thursday by the Utah State and local police in St. George, Utah, near the Zion National Park. Robinson was found with clothes similar to that seen in the surveillance images and was tracked after the identification of his vehicle on the Campus of the Utah University, according to COX.
What did Donald Trump say about Tyler Robinson?
President Donald Trump announced Friday morning, during an appearance in Fox News, that an anonymous suspect was in custody, insinuating that someone very close to the suspect gave him away. Trump said the shooting “seems to be” an isolated incident and echoed Cox’s previous orders that the suspect faces the death penalty if he is convicted: “I imagine that he will be declared guilty.”
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Kirk, 31, was shot during an event at the University of the Utah Valley on Wednesday and was subsequently declared dead in a local hospital. An “person of interest” was arrested shortly after, but was released after the forces of the order determined that “it did not coincide with the suspect of the shooting”, while another suspect was subsequently arrested and released after an interrogation, according to the director of the FBI, Kash Patel then declared.
The FBI said Thursday that the agents recovered a high -power bolt rifle that is believed to be used in the shooting and published vigilance images of the university that show a suspect that wearing a shirt with the American flag, black shoes, sunglasses and a black hat. After the shooting, Trump said the “radical left” was “directly responsible” for Kirk’s death. Kirk, a right -wing political activist and Turning Point Usa co -founder, presented a daily radio program, “The Charlie Kirk Show”, and appeared periodically as a voice in cultural wars on university campuses.
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