From 'Kirk is full of hate' to 'Hey, fascist! Catch!' - Who is Tyler Robinson?

By&nbspEuronews

Published connected 12/09/2025 - 21:26 GMT+2 •Updated 13/09/2025 - 9:03 GMT+2

Details astir Tyler Robinson, nan fishy arrested successful narration to nan fatal shooting of conervative activistic Charlie Kirk, person begun to emerge.

He is nan oldest of 3 sons, does not look to person a anterior criminal grounds and his societal media accounts comprise of family pictures.

How, then, did Tyler Robinson move from a young, knowledgeable man into a fishy successful a "political assassination" arsenic it was described by authorities?

Family, acquisition and governmental views

The 22-year-old Tyler Robinson grew up successful a suburban organization of Washington successful Utah, not acold from Utah Valley University wherever Charlie Kirk was changeable successful nan cervix successful beforehand of hundreds of students and supporters.

A high-scoring student and boy of proud parents, Tyler Robinson earned a danasiwa to be Utah State University aft graduating from Pine View High schoolhouse successful St George successful 2021. This was according to a video posted by his mother wherever he sounds his acceptance letter. Robinson second dropped retired aft nan first semester, nan assemblage confirmed.

In position of his voting record, Robinson is registered arsenic an unaffiliated elector and did not ballot successful nan 2020 and 2024 statesmanlike elections.

A family personnel told investigators, however, that he “had go much governmental successful caller years,” according to Utah Governor Spencer Cox connected Friday. The family personnel besides told authorities that during a caller family meal that he brought up what would go Kirk's fateful upcoming arena successful Utah.

“They talked astir why they didn’t for illustration him and nan viewpoints that he had,” Cox said. “The family personnel besides stated Kirk was afloat of dislike and spreading hate,” said Cox.

Testimonies and evidence

The bolt-action firearm near adjacent nan field wherever Kirk was shot, had various phrases engraved connected nan slug casings, including “Hey, fascist, catch!”, arsenic good arsenic “Oh bella ciao, bella ciao, ciao, ciao,” a lyric from a celebrated Italian anti-fascist song. Some besides appeared to get from online memes, reference “If you are reference this, you are cheery LMAO”.

Prior to his arrest, a family personnel reached retired to a family friend who past called nan authorities, informing them that Robinson had “confessed aliases implied that he had committed nan incident”. He was past taken into custody 33 hours aft nan murder, astatine 10pm section clip connected Thursday night.

The investigators besides said to a roommate of Robinson's, who showed them a group chat app pinch messages "stating a request to retrieve a firearm from a driblet point, leaving nan firearm successful a bush," engraving bullets, "having near nan firearm wrapped successful a towel" and "a mention of a scope and nan firearm being unique," according to nan Utah governor.

Discord, nan group chat app successful question, has denied nan messages were hosted connected its level and claimed they were alternatively portion of a consequent chat betwixt Robinson's rommate and a friend who were discussing a statement nan fishy had near elsewhere.

Meanwhile, surveillance videos showed nan fishy arriving connected field Wednesday greeting successful a Dodge Challenger, investigators said. He was seen successful a plain maroon T-shirt, light-coloured shorts, a achromatic chapeau pinch a achromatic logo and light-coloured shoes. When encountered by investigators, nan fishy was wearing apparel “consistent” pinch those seen connected video, Cox said.

Shortly aft nan announcement of his arrest, photos and videos from his family’s societal media profiles started to appear. His mother’s floor plan was flooded pinch threatening messages earlier she deactivated her account.

Tyler Robinson is now successful custody successful Utah County jail. He was arrested connected suspicion of aggravated murder, felony discharge of a limb causing superior bodily injury, and obstruction of justice.

All of nan supra are authorities felony charges, while aggravated execution carries nan anticipation of nan decease penalty.