PROVO, Utah: Utah prosecutors stated on Tuesday (Sep 16) they are going to search the demise penalty for the suspect in conservative activist Charlie Kirk’s assassination and revealed proof together with alleged textual content messages through which he confessed.
Tyler Robinson, 22, is accused of firing a single rifle shot from a rooftop sniper’s nest that killed the 31-year-old Turning Level USA founder on the campus of Utah Valley College final Wednesday.
“I had sufficient of his hatred,” Robinson informed his roommate and romantic companion, in response to court docket transcripts filed by prosecutors.
Utah County District Lawyer Jeffrey Grey introduced seven counts, together with aggravated homicide, obstruction of justice for disposing of proof, and witness tampering. He stated the choice to hunt the demise penalty was made “independently, based mostly solely on the accessible proof and circumstances and nature of the crime.”
TEXTS TO ROOMMATE
Court docket paperwork present Robinson left a word underneath his keyboard: “I had the chance to take out Charlie Kirk and I’m going to take it.” When confronted by his roommate, Robinson replied: “I’m, I’m sorry.”
He allegedly informed the roommate he had deliberate the assault for greater than per week, wished he had retrieved the rifle afterward, and requested for texts to be deleted. DNA was later recovered on the set off of the suspected homicide weapon.
Robinson surrendered after his dad and mom recognised him in gunman photographs and persuaded him to fulfill a retired sheriff’s deputy. Prosecutors say he informed his roommate earlier than surrendering: “I’m way more anxious about you,” urging silence with police.
The roommate, who has not been recognized, is cooperating.
