Charlie Kirk Shooting Suspect ID'd as Tyler Robinson, 22
Utah authorities and the FBI announced Friday that they had apprehended the suspect in the assassination of Turning Point USA CEO Charlie Kirk.
yler Robinson, 22, confessed to a family member that he had shot Kirk, Utah Republican Gov. Spencer Cox said at a press conference before adding that the suspect had been booked in a Utah County jail.
Robinson’s roommate directed investigators to social media platform Discord, on which the suspect posted messages that included ones about a rifle and the need to retrieve it from a drop point.
Cox said law enforcement officers found three unfired casings with the rifle, and that fired casings at the crime scene included inscriptions.
"Inscriptions on a fired casing read, 'Notices, bulges, OWO, what's this question mark?'" Cox said. "Inscriptions on the three unfired casings read. 'Hey, fascist! Catch!" followed by arrow symbols including up arrow, right arrow, three down arrows. Cox said that "a second unfired casing read, 'Oh Bella Ciao, Bella Ciao, Bella Ciao, Ciao, Ciao.’ And a third unfired casing read,’If you read this, you are gay.
yler Robinson, 22, confessed to a family member that he had shot Kirk, Utah Republican Gov. Spencer Cox said at a press conference before adding that the suspect had been booked in a Utah County jail.
Robinson’s roommate directed investigators to social media platform Discord, on which the suspect posted messages that included ones about a rifle and the need to retrieve it from a drop point.
Cox said law enforcement officers found three unfired casings with the rifle, and that fired casings at the crime scene included inscriptions.
"Inscriptions on a fired casing read, 'Notices, bulges, OWO, what's this question mark?'" Cox said. "Inscriptions on the three unfired casings read. 'Hey, fascist! Catch!" followed by arrow symbols including up arrow, right arrow, three down arrows. Cox said that "a second unfired casing read, 'Oh Bella Ciao, Bella Ciao, Bella Ciao, Ciao, Ciao.’ And a third unfired casing read,’If you read this, you are gay.
