Family member told the authorities Kirk shooter confessed

OREM, Utah - Utah Governor Spencer Cox said that investigators arrested Tyler Robinson after a family member alerted the authorities that he had confessed, or at least implied involvement, in the

killing of conservative activist Charlie Kirk.

 

The tip was passed from the Washington County Sheriff’s Office to investigators at Utah Valley University and the Federal Bureau of Investigation, who then reviewed surveillance footage of Robinson arriving on campus in a grey Dodge Challenger on the morning of Sept 10.

The video showed Robinson in a plain maroon T-shirt, light-coloured shorts, a black hat with a white logo and light shoes.

When investigators encountered him in Washington County in the early hours of Sept 12, he was wearing clothes consistent with those images, Mr Cox said on Sept 12.

A family member told investigators that Robinson had become more political in recent years.

The relative recalled a dinner shortly before the shooting when Robinson mentioned Mr Kirk’s planned appearance at Utah Valley University and criticised him as “full of hate and spreading hate”. The same family member confirmed Robinson drove a grey Challenger.

Investigators also interviewed Robinson’s roommate, who said Robinson had made a joke on Discord.

When pressed, the roommate opened the app and allowed investigators to photograph messages linked to a contact named “Tyler”.

The messages included references to retrieving a rifle from a drop point, leaving it wrapped in a towel in a bush, engraving bullets and using a distinctive scope. One message noted that Robinson had changed outfits. BLOOMBERG