Suspect in Charlie Kirk assassination Tyler Robinson 'expressed opposition to his views'

Published connected 12/09/2025 - 20:10 GMT+2 •Updated 20:40

Authorities person named the fishy connected Friday successful transportation with the assassination of blimpish activistic Charlie Kirk arsenic 22-year-old Utah autochthonal Tyler Robinson, who is present successful custody.

US President Donald Trump archetypal broke the quality that instrumentality enforcement had a fishy successful custody connected Friday, successful what appears to beryllium a important breakthrough successful the investigation.

“Somebody that was precise adjacent to him said, ‘Hmm, that’s him,’” Trump said during his quality connected Fox television, adding that helium recovered retired astir the apprehension 5 minutes anterior to joining the show.

Utah Governor Spencer Cox held a property conference, on with FBI Director Kash Patel, to denote the news.

“Good greeting ladies and gentlemen. We got him,” said Cox arsenic helium began his address.

“On the evening of 11 September, a household subordinate of Tyler Robinson reached retired to a household person who contacted the Washington County Sheriff's Office with accusation that Robinson had confessed to them oregon implied that helium had committed the incident.”

Cox noted that the accusation was past relayed to different section and national instrumentality enforcement officers handling the investigation.

What is known astir Kirk's assassination?

Authorities person yet to uncover a motive, but they did picture grounds they said shed imaginable airy connected the slaying.

That includes engravings connected slug casings recovered from the high-powered firearm believed utilized successful the attack, including 1 that said, “Hey, fascist! Catch!” Cox said.

In addition, a roommate shared with authorities messages from the chatting app Discord that progressive a interaction named Tyler and discussed a firearm wrapped successful a towel, engraved bullets and a scope, the politician said.

A Mauser .30-calibre, bolt-action firearm was recovered successful a wooded country on the way investigators judge Robinson took aft firing a changeable from a distant extortion and past fleeing.

The apparel the fishy wore erstwhile confronted by instrumentality enforcement precocious Thursday were accordant with what helium had connected erstwhile helium arrived connected field a time earlier, and a household subordinate confirmed that helium drove a grey Dodge Challenger that surveillance video captured him driving to the university, Cox said.

Robinson’s begetter recognised him from the photos released by the FBI and told him to crook himself in. Robinson refused astatine first, but past changed his mind, according to a instrumentality enforcement authoritative who spoke connected the information of anonymity to sermon an ongoing investigation.

His begetter reached retired for assistance to their younker pastor, who besides occasionally works with the US Marshals and called the bureau truthful helium could crook himself in.

Suspect turned 'more governmental successful caller years'

The Republican politician besides revealed that investigators discovered done interviews conducted with the suspect’s adjacent friends and household that Robinson had go “more governmental successful caller years” and expressed his dislike of Kirk successful the days starring up to the incident.

“Robinson mentioned Charlie Kirk was coming to UVU (Utah Valley University). They talked astir wherefore they didn't similar him and the viewpoints that helium had. The household subordinate besides stated Kirk was afloat of hatred and spreading hate,” noted Cox.

“The contented of these messages included messages affiliated with the interaction Tyler, stating a request to retrieve a firearm from a driblet point, leaving the firearm successful a bush.”

“Messages related to visually watching an country wherever a firearm was near and a connection referring to having near the firearm wrapped successful a towel. The messages besides referred to engraving bullets and a notation of a scope and the firearm being unique,” added Cox.

The Utah politician reiterated his condemnation of the “cowardly” onslaught connected Kirk’s life, which helium erstwhile again stressed was a politically motivated attack.

He slammed the assassination arsenic an onslaught “on each of us” which threatens the precise halfway of the “American experiment,” ideals and principles.

Cox took a infinitesimal to code the younker towards the extremity of his briefing, urging them to support their ideology and cull governmental unit of each kinds.