Tyler Robinson, the 22-year-old faculty pupil suspected within the capturing loss of life of Charlie Kirk, allegedly despatched textual content messages to his roommate the day of the capturing and mentioned a potential motive, in keeping with Utah County officers.
On Tuesday afternoon, Jeff Gray, Utah County legal professional, introduced that Robinson was charged with aggravated homicide. In addition to the capital homicide cost, Robinson was additionally charged with felony discharge of a firearm inflicting severe bodily damage, punishable by as much as life in jail, witness tampering, fee of a violent offence within the presence of a kid and obstructing justice, punishable by as much as 15 years in jail.
During the press convention, Gray learn an alleged textual content alternate — contained in courtroom paperwork — between Robinson and his roommate that passed off on the day that Kirk was shot and killed. The texts had been offered to police by the roommate, in keeping with a charging doc filed by prosecutors in courtroom.
Read the total alleged textual content alternate between Robinson and his roommate beneath.
Robinson: drop what you’re doing, look underneath my keyboard.
[When the roommate looked under the keyboard, he found a note that allegedly read: “I had the opportunity to take out Charlie Kirk and I’m going to take it.”]
Roommate: “What?????????????? You’re joking, proper????
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Robinson: I’m nonetheless okay my love, however am caught in orem for a short time longer but. Shouldn’t be lengthy till I can come residence, however I gotta seize my rifle nonetheless. To be sincere I had hoped to maintain this secret until I died of previous age. I’m sorry to contain you.
Roommate: you weren’t the one who did it proper????
Robinson: I’m, I’m sorry
Roommate: I believed they caught the particular person?
Robinson: no, they grabbed some loopy previous dude, then interrogated somebody in related clothes. I had deliberate to seize my rifle from my drop level shortly after, however most of that aspect of city received locked down. Its quiet, virtually sufficient to get out, however theres one automobile lingering.
Roommate: Why?
Robinson: Why did I do it?
Roommate: Yeah
Robinson: I had sufficient of his hatred. Some hate can’t be negotiated out.
Robinson: If I’m able to seize my rifle unseen, I’ll have left no proof. Going to try to retrieve it once more, hopefully they’ve moved on. I haven’t seen something about them discovering it.
Roommate: How lengthy have you ever been planning this?
Robinson: a bit over every week I imagine. I can get near it however there’s a squad automobile parked proper by it. I believe they already swept that spot, however I don’t wanna likelihood it
Robinson: I’m wishing I had circled again and grabbed it as quickly as I received to my automobile…. I’m frightened what my previous man would do if I didn’t convey again grandpas rifle … idek if it had a serial quantity, but it surely wouldn’t hint to me. I fear about prints I needed to go away it in a bush the place I modified outfits. didn’t have the flexibility or time to convey it with…. I may need to desert it and hope they don’t discover prints. how the [expletive] will I clarify dropping it to my previous man….
solely factor I left was the rifle wrapped in a towel….
keep in mind how I used to be engraving bullets? The [expletive] messages are principally an enormous meme, if I see “notices bulge uwu” on fox new I may need a stroke alright im gonna have to go away it, that actually [expletive] sucks…. judging from at present I’d say grandpas gun does simply effective idk. I believe that was a $2k scope;-;
Robinson: delete this alternate
Robinson: my dad needs photographs of the rifle … he says grandpa needs to know who has what, the feds launched a photograph of the rifle, and it is rather distinctive. Hes calling me rn, not answering.
Robinson: since trump received into workplace [my dad] has been fairly diehard maga.
Robinson: Im gonna flip myself in willingly, one in every of my neighbors here’s a deputy for the sheriff.
Robinson: you’re all I fear about love
Roommate: I’m far more frightened about you
Robinson: don’t speak to the media please. don’t take any interviews or make any feedback. … if any police ask you questions ask for a lawyer and keep silent
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Robinson, who’s being held with out bail, made his first courtroom look by video hyperlink feed from a jail in Spanish Fork, Utah, on Tuesday.
He at occasions nodded barely however principally stared straight forward because the decide learn the costs in opposition to him and appointed an legal professional to signify him.
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