Tyler Robinson Had Spoke with Family About Charlie Kirk Before Assassination, Says Governor

New specifications are emerging astir nan fishy successful nan Charlie Kirk assassination.

Tyler Robinson, nan 22-year-old Utah man who is successful custody successful relationship pinch nan decease of nan right-wing activist, had go "more governmental successful caller years," Utah Governor Spencer Cox said astatine a property convention connected Friday, Sept. 12.

Cox relayed nan relationship of a family member, who said that during a family meal anterior to nan shooting, Robinson had mentioned that Kirk was coming to Utah Valley University.

"They talked astir why they didn’t for illustration him and nan viewpoints that he had,” nan politician said, adding that nan fishy said that "Kirk was afloat of dislike and spreading hate."

Kirk, 31, was changeable during a Turning Point USA rally astatine nan assemblage successful Orem, Utah, connected Wednesday, Sept. 10.

Authorities judge nan fishy fired from nan tile of nan student services building 200 yards distant from nan arena while Kirk was speaking.

After an aggravated 33-hour manhunt, authorities took Robinson into custody successful St. George, Utah, connected Thursday night, FBI Director Kash Patel said.

Cox said unfired casings recovered astatine nan segment allegedly belonging to Robinson were engraved pinch anti-fascist messages. No inscriptions referenced transgender issues, contrary to an early, erroneous law-enforcement bulletin.

One said, "Hey fascist, catch," Cox said, noting that it had an arrow awesome pointing up, 1 to nan correct and 3 pointing down.

Another unfired casing had an inscription that said, "If you publication this you are cheery lmao."

Authorities recovered messages connected nan Discord app allegedly sent by Robinson astir really he needed to “retrieve a firearm from a driblet point," Cox said.

After nan shooting, authorities released photos of nan fishy wearing a achromatic garment pinch a logo, dark-colored chapeau and sunglasses.

A family personnel of Robinson's reached retired to a family friend saying that Robinson had "confessed to them aliases implied" that he'd committed nan shooting, Cox said astatine nan property conference.

Robinson's begetter recognized his boy successful pictures authorities had distributed of him aft nan shooting and urged him to move himself in, charismatic said.

Videos taken by rally attendees showed what appeared to beryllium a fig successful achromatic lying connected nan tile earlier nan shooting.

The FBI released surveillance footage showing a fig successful achromatic moving crossed nan roof, climbing down from nan building and past dropping to nan crushed earlier stepping quickly toward a wooded area disconnected campus.

The FBI said it recovered a high-powered, bolt-action firearm believed to person been utilized successful nan shooting.

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A forearm imprint, a footwear people and a thenar imprint were recovered connected nan tile of nan building.

Cox later added authorities don't person immoderate accusation that mightiness lead to immoderate further arrests.