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The person accused of killing Charlie Kirk confessed to the homicide in a word to his flatmate, it’s been alleged.
Tyler Robinson is accused of capturing the Turning Level USA founder and shut Donald Trump ally at Utah Valley College on September 10.
Robinson, 22, appeared in court docket for the primary time yesterday and Utah County Legal professional Jeffrey Grey stated he had left a word beneath his keyboard for his roommate to search out.
The word allegedly learn: ‘I had the chance to take out Charlie Kirk, and I’m going to take it.’
Mr Grey additionally stated the roommate was Robinson’s romantic accomplice, and so they lived collectively close to St George, Utah, about 240miles from the campus.
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The roommate has not been named and is cooperating with investigators.
Robinson additionally allegedly confessed to the killing in a Discord server, telling different customers: ‘I’m sorry for all of this.’
The suspect is being held with out bail in a particular unit at Utah County Jail, and appeared in court docket remotely sporting an anti-suicide vest.
He has been charged with aggravated homicide, felony discharge of a firearm, two counts of obstruction of justice, two counts of witness tampering, and committing a violent crime when youngsters are current.
Prosecutors stated they’ll search the demise penalty over Mr Kirk’s capturing, including that Robinson has not entered a plea or confessed to police.
At a press convention on Tuesday, Mr Grey stated the defendant despatched a textual content message to his roommate which stated: ‘Drop what you’re doing, look beneath my keyboard.’
After studying the obvious confession, the roommate replied: ‘What?????????????? You’re joking, proper????’
The pair exchanged many extra textual content messages all through the night.
When requested why he killed Kirk, Robinson allegedly stated: ‘I had sufficient of his hatred. Some hate can’t be negotiated out.’
The defendant additionally allegedly wrote: ‘To be sincere I had hoped to maintain this secret until I died of outdated age. I’m sorry to contain you.’
The roommate replied: ‘you weren’t the one who did it proper????’
The defendant replied: ‘I’m, I’m sorry.’
Mr Grey stated Robinson additionally talked about his actions after the capturing in messages along with his roommate.
In line with prosecutors, the defendant wrote: ‘I had deliberate to seize my rifle from my drop level shortly after, however most of that facet of city received locked down.
‘Going to aim to retrieve it once more, hopefully they’ve moved on. I haven’t seen something about them discovering it.
‘I can get near it however there’s a squad automotive parked proper by it.’
Robinson allegedly informed his accomplice to delete their messages and keep silent if questioned.
His mom informed investigators her son had grow to be extra political within the final yr, together with changing into extra supportive of the LGBTQ+ group and coming into a relationship along with his roommate, who’s transgender.
Robinson informed his accomplice in a textual content that his dad had grow to be a ‘diehard MAGA’ since Trump was elected, and that there had been arguments inside the household over their clashing political beliefs.
However Mr Grey wouldn’t say whether or not he thought Robinson focused Mr Kirk for his views on transgender individuals, saying ‘that’s for a jury to resolve’.
Mr Kirk was answering a query about mass shootings carried out by transgender individuals when he was shot within the neck.
He was taken to hospital however died shortly afterwards.
The bullet reportedly handed near different individuals, together with youngsters and the one that had requested Mr Kirk the query.
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