Kirk Shooter Robinson Confessed to Companion

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On Tuesday, the Utah County Lawyer’s Workplace charged Tyler Robinson with aggravated homicide within the capturing of conservative activist and broadcaster Charlie Kirk. Throughout the press convention asserting the fees, Utah County legal professional Jeff Grey additionally supplied some new particulars within the aftermath of the assault, together with texts by which Robinson confessed to the killing to his roommate, who was additionally his romantic associate. (Robinson has not confessed on to regulation enforcement that he was the shooter.)

Robinson was arraigned nearly on Tuesday afternoon and briefly said his identify earlier than the court docket:

Within the formal expenses filed on Tuesday, prosecutors say that Robinson texted along with his roommate, a “organic male who was concerned in a romantic relationship with Robinson,” per the submitting. Final week, Utah governor Spencer Cox stated that the roommate was within the means of transitioning from male to feminine.

On the day Kirk was shot, Robinson texted the roommate: “Drop what you’re doing, look beneath my keyboard.”

“I had the chance to take out Charlie Kirk and I’m going to take it,” the be aware beneath the keyboard learn. Robinson’s roommate requested if he was joking.

“I’m nonetheless okay my love, however am caught in orem for a short while longer but,” Robinson replied, saying that he needed to get the rifle from the capturing again.

“You weren’t the one who did it proper????” the roommate requested.

“I’m, I’m sorry,” Robinson replied.

When requested why he did it, Robinson wrote, “I had sufficient of his hatred. Some hate can’t be negotiated out.” Kirk was vocal in his anti-trans stances, which many have speculated have been a part of Robinson’s motive.

Robinson wrote that he had been planning the assault for slightly over per week. He additionally supplied some data on the complicated phrases he left behind on shell casings on the scene: “The fuckin messages are largely an enormous meme, if I see ‘notices bulge uwu’ on fox new I might need a stroke.”

Robinson suggested his roommate to delete the messages. The roommate didn’t and handed over the trade to regulation enforcement once they have been contacted.

Robinson has been charged with six counts along with aggravated homicide, together with obstruction of justice and witness tampering for allegedly making an attempt to get his roommate to delete the messages. Utah County legal professional Jeff Grey introduced the state could be searching for the demise penalty. He’s being held with out bail.

In considered one of his final texts to his associate, Robinson wrote, “You might be all I fear about love.”