Charlie Kirk’s Killer Identified — Everything We Know

Good morning, ladies and gentlemen. We got him.

The words that everyone has been waiting to hear. We are following breaking news. This is the mugshot of the 22-year-old man who authorities say killed conservative influencer Charlie Kirk. Tyler Robinson is his name, and he was arrested overnight, roughly three hours south of where he allegedly fired that shot that killed Kirk in front of thousands of people as he was speaking at Utah Valley University in Orem, Utah as part of a college tour. I'll tell you how Robinson's family knew that they were living with the person now accused of a horrifying assassination.

This is a breaking news edition of On The Case presented by Law & Crime. I'm Chris Stewart.

Well, first off a major sigh of relief right now that this suspect is in custody, this arrest being made overnight.

Let's get into what we know about 22 year old Tyler Robinson.

Robinson lives in Washington County, Utah. It's in the Southwestern part of the state of Utah. It's roughly three hours South of where he allegedly killed Charlie Kirk as Kirk was speaking on his college tour at Utah Valley University in front of thousands of people. Now I'll talk about how Robinson allegedly escaped initially, according to authorities.

We'll get into that in just a moment, but I wanna get into some of the things that we've learned about how this arrest went down. Utah Governor Spencer Cox spoke this morning saying it was Robinson's family that ended up turning Robinson in. They say that Tyler Robinson, this 22-year-old, had become more political in recent years,

and family members said that he openly spoke about Charlie Kirk. He openly spoke about not liking Charlie Kirk and his views. In fact, at a dinner recently before September 10th, when this shooting happened, he had mentioned that Charlie Kirk was going to be

at Utah Valley University on his campus tour. Now, these are pictures that law enforcement put out yesterday in hopes that someone would realize who killed Charlie Kirk, and that tactic appears to have worked because Robinson's family looked

at these images and they realized that Tyler Robinson was potentially the person who did this. And according to the FBI, Tyler's family confronted him. Then with the help of a friend and asked whether he was the person who did this. And after that, with the help of a friend,

President Trump said it was a minister. They took Tyler Robinson to the police station in Washington County, Utah, so he could face charges for the murder of Charlie Kirk. Now here is what Utah Governor Spencer Cox said about that.

On the evening of September 11th, a family member of Tyler Robinson reached out to a family friend who contacted the Washington County Sheriff's Office with information that Robinson had confessed to them or implied that he had committed the incident. This information was relayed to the Utah County Sheriff's Office and scene investigators at

Utah Valley University. This information was also conveyed to the FBI. Investigators reviewed additional video footage from UVU surveillance and identified Robinson arriving on UVU campus in a gray Dodge Challenger at approximately 8.29 a.m. on September 10th,

in which he is observed on video in a plain maroon t-shirt, light-colored shorts, a black hat with a white logo, and light-colored shoes. When encountered in person by investigators in Washington County on September 12th, in the early morning hours,

Robinson was observed in consistent clothing with those surveillance images. Investigators interviewed a family member of Robinson who stated that Robinson had become more political in recent years. The family member referenced a recent incident in which Robinson came to dinner prior to September 10th and in the conversation

with another family member Robinson mentioned Charlie Kirk was coming to UVU. They talked about why they didn't like him and the viewpoints that he had. The family member also stated Kirk was full of hate and spreading hate. The family member also confirmed Robinson had a grey Dodge Challenger.

So here's the video that was released last night that allegedly shows Robinson escaping after the shooting. A huge question was how could he get away and how could he get hours away after doing this? Remember, police say that he fired the shot that killed Charlie Kirk from the top of a building on campus, he was about 200 yards away,

fired a single shot with a high-powered bolt action rifle, and that rifle had a scope. Robinson then jumped from that building, he ran into a wooded area, and he left that rifle behind, which the FBI has, and they handed that over to their crime lab.

Governor Spencer Cox says eventually Robinson got back to the Dodge Challenger that he drove to campus that day and he drove away from Orem, Utah. And they say they were able to track him going south back to his home in Washington County, Utah. Now another key piece of evidence is the digital footprint that Robinson appears to have left behind because Governor Cox also said that Robinson talked online on the platform Discord about picking up

a bolt action rifle with a scope with other users. Now, Cox does believe that Robinson acted alone and no more arrests are expected at this time. We did notice in the social media pictures that we have found for Robinson that he appears

to be wearing the same Converse shoes that the FBI talked about when they released pictures to the public saying that he was wearing Converse's with white soles and you can see the comparison right there. Now it is clear that this alleged attack was politically motivated, but it's not just because of who Charlie Kirk was, this major voice for young conservatives in this country who would draw major crowds, thousands of people to hear him speak and debate others,

but politically motivated because of what was inscribed on the bullets that were found inside the high-powered bolt action rifle that the FBI says that Robinson left behind. Now, on those bullets, there were several messages. That included one that said, hey, fascist,ist catch and there was another that said quote if you read this you are gay

lmao Now here's more of what investigators have detailed about the bullets and the gun Spencer cox the governor of utah speaking at that news conference this morning

So the area north of Camp the suspect crossed over in the video that we rel of a grassy area with tre the U. V. U. Campus. Inve a bolt action rifle wrapped

towel. The rifle was dete model 98 30 at six calib bolt-action rifle. The rifle had a scope mounted on top of it. Investigators noted inscriptions that had been engraved on casings found with the rifle. Inscriptions on a fired casing read, Notices bulges, capital O-W-O, what's this question mark? Inscriptions on the three unfired casings read, hey fascist, exclamation point, catch, exclamation point.

Up arrow symbol, right arrow symbol, and three down arrow symbols. A second unfired casing read, oh Bella Ciao, Bella Ciao, Bella Ciao, Ciao, Ciao. And a third unfired casing read, Oh Bella Ciao, Bella Ciao, Bella Ciao, Ciao, Ciao, and a third unfired casing read,

if you read this, you are gay, L-M-A-O. It is important to note that the death penalty is legal in Utah. It's also legal in the federal government and Governor Cox has said this will be a death penalty case. Here's more of that news conference that happened this morning announcing the arrest of Tyler Robinson, now the accused killer of conservative influencer Charlie Kirk.

We got him on the evening of September 11th. A family member of Tyler Robinson reached out to a family friend who contacted the Washington County Sheriff's office with information that Robinson had confessed to them or implied that he had committed the incident. This information was relayed to the Utah County Sheriff's Office and seen investigators at Utah Valley University.

This information was also conveyed to the FBI. Investigators reviewed additional video footage from UVU surveillance and identified Robinson arriving on UVU campus in a gray Dodge Challenger at approximately 829 a.m. on September 10th in which he is observed on video in a plain maroon t-shirt, light colored shorts, a black hat with a white logo, and light colored shoes. When encountered in person by investigators in Washington County on September 12th, in the early morning hours, Robinson was observed in

consistent clothing with those surveillance images. Investigators interviewed a family member of Robinson who stated that Robinson had become more political in recent years. The family member referenced a recent incident in which Robinson came to dinner prior to September 10th and in the conversation with another family member Robinson mentioned Charlie Kirk was coming to UVU. They talked about why they didn't like him and the viewpoints that he had. The family member also stated Kirk was

full of hate and spreading hate. The family member also confirmed Robinson had a gray Dodge Challenger. Various messages, including content of messages between the phone contact named Tyler with an emoji icon and Robinson's roommate's device. The content of these messages included messages affiliated with the contact Tyler stating a need to retrieve a rifle from a drop point, leaving

the rifle in a bush, messages related to visually watching the area where a rifle was left, and a message referring to having left the rifle wrapped in a towel. The messages also refer to engraving bullets and a mention of a scope and the rifle being unique. Messages from the contact, Tyler also mentioned that he had changed outfits. I know there has been speculation as well as to the writing on those casings, those bullet casings. And I believe we have that as well.

And I will share that with you now. So the area north of Campus Drive Road where the suspect crossed over, you saw some of that in the video that we released last night, consists of a grassy area with trees

on the edge of the UVU campus. Investigators discovered a bolt-action rifle wrapped in a dark-colored towel. The rifle was determined to be a Mauser Model 98 30-06 caliber bolt-action rifle. The rifle had a scope mounted on top of it.

Investigators noted inscriptions that had been engraved on casings found with the rifle. Inscriptions on a fired casing read, Notices, Bulges, capital O-W-O, what's this question mark? Inscriptions on the three unfired casings read, Hey, fascist, exclamation point, catch,

exclamation point, up arrow symbol, right arrow symbol, and three down arrow symbols. A second unfired casing read, Oh Bella Ciao, Bella Ciao, Bella Ciao, Ciao, Ciao. And a third unfired casing read, if you read this, You are gay, LMAO. We are indebted to law enforcement across the state who has worked seamlessly together, local law enforcement, state law enforcement, and our federal partners with the Federal Bureau of Investigation.

We're grateful for everyone who worked together in in such a short amount of time to To find this person and to and to bring justice I want to thank the public who has been so engaged reviewing reviewing videos helping us with sending in tips and Helping us get to this point. I

want to thank the family members of Tyler Robinson who did the right thing in this case and were able to bring him into law enforcement as well. I especially want to thank the family of Charlie Kirk. Erica, Charlie's parents, his children, I want us to be thinking of them as we bring justice in this case.

They will be involved in that justice. We will be working very closely with them as we move through this process as well. This is a very sad day for, again, for our country, a terrible day for the state of Utah, but I'm grateful that at this moment we have an opportunity to bring closure to this very dark chapter in our nation's history. With that, I will now turn the microphone

over to the Director of the FBI, Kash Patel.

Thank you, Governor. This is what happens when you let good cops be cops. The FBI and our partners are proud to stand here today together to bring justice to the family of Charlie Kirk and honor his memory. I want to express my deep gratitude to President Trump, the Vice President, and the entire White House who have been so incredibly supportive with both resources and just personally to

the FBI as a team. They had our backs the entire way, and I just want to express my gratitude for giving us the resources we need to operate in this space to bring this sort of justice at this sort of speed. In 33 hours, we have made historic progress for Charlie. Governor Cox, our partnership has been absolutely incredible these last few days.

Our partnership will endure. Your state and local partners, your sheriffs, your DPS community has been unbelievably impressive in the hardest of times. In a case like this, cannot be solved, cannot be brought without partnering with your state and local authorities. The FBI has a certain role to play,

and we will play that role, and we will lead out for the federal government. But Governor Cox, we are so grateful for your state partnership that led out on this investigation. A little bit of the timeline. Charlie was shot at 12.23 p.m. on Wednesday.

The first FBI agents arrived on scene in 16 minutes with chiefs of police at 1239 and secured the scene. The FBI immediately launched fixed-wing assets. We utilized these assets to transport personnel, specialty technicians, hostage rescue teams. We also utilize these assets to go back and forth from the East Coast and here in Utah

to transport forensic evidence and other evidence that will be analyzed and is being analyzed at our FBI laboratories in Quantico and other laboratories including the ATF. At my direction, the FBI released the first set of FBI photos of the suspect at 10 a.m.

Local time on 9-11. Then shortly thereafter, the FBI reward of $100,000 was released at 10.45 a.m. local. Myself and Deputy Director Bongino arrived on the scene at approximately 5.30 p.m. on

9-11.

The governor led a press conference last night at approximately 8pm where at my direction the FBI released an ever before seen video of the suspect. We also released new images to the public of the suspect. And just last night the suspect was taken into custody at 10 p.m. local time. In less than 36 hours, 33 to be precise, thanks to the full weight of the federal government and leading out with the partners here

in the state of Utah and Governor Cox, the suspect was apprehended in a historic time period. And I want to highlight what Governor Cox said. This would not have been possible without you, the media, and you the public. That's why we went so public so fast, and we're so transparent, and we're committed

to that transparency. The crime scene, just a little bit there, it is a large crime scene. State and local authorities along with federal authorities process that crime scene quickly. And I even had the ability to walk through that crime scene and walk through the steps the suspect took to learn more about what was needed and what resources we needed to bear to create a full picture for the FBI and leadership back in Washington.

Furthermore, thankfully to state and local partners, forensic evidence has been seized and continues to be garnered. Forensic evidence has already been evaluated at FBI laboratories in Quantico and state and local authorities here. We will continue to process evidence as we see it, as we collect it, and we will continue to deliver it to Governor Cox and his team.

Last night we had a total of approximately 7,000 interviews, excuse me, 7,000 leads. As of this morning, thanks to your great work, we have over 11,000 leads that were called in to the FBI. We are running out every single lead that we can. Every one of those leads will be run out. The arrest is a testament to dedication of good law enforcement being great and partnerships

in law enforcement, which I've tried to highlight as my tenure as the Director of the FBI. There is no better relationship for law enforcement than the FBI to partner with state and local authorities, and you've seen it here in these last few days. The FBI Salt Lake Field Office,

along with our offices in LA, Phoenix, Denver, San Antonio, Las Vegas, Pittsburgh, Buffalo, our headquarters component in Quantico, all participate in the FBI. I want to express my deep gratitude to the employees of the FBI, the men and women, the evidence response team tacticians, the special operators, the agents, the support staff. You have done monumental work in historic time when the public who had a

right to demand such an expeditious solving of an investigation, the FBI answered that call diligently, critically important to our nation, and we delivered. And I'm proud to be their leader and I'm proud to be the director of the FBI. This is a very much an ongoing investigation as the governor said, and we will continue to work with state and local authorities to develop the investigation to provide them the evidence they need for their ongoing prosecutions, and we will be here to answer every call they

absolutely have, as long as it takes for as long as we need to find and apprehend whatever suspects were involved in this crime. Lastly, to my friend Charlie Kirk, rest now brother, we have the watch and I'll see you in Valhalla. Thank you.

Thank you. And good morning. I would just like to take a few minutes as the sheriff to express my gratitude for everybody who has played a part in this investigation. As you know, it's been a vast, a complicated, and a very, very fast-paced investigation. You're looking at people standing up here who are running on, if they got an hour's sleep in the last couple of days, they're probably lucky.

It has been very taxing. It has been so impressive, speaking on behalf of the local law enforcement, to see the cooperation that we've seen in this type of case. Across the state, sheriffs, chiefs, our state partners have stepped up and have come to the call on anything that we needed. Our county chiefs have been phenomenal.

Our Utah County Attorney, Jeff Gray, who's standing up here with us, has been phenomenal in leading us through this investigation. I would like to thank the federal government for their resources, their assets. Our local team here, our FBI team, has been extraordinary in helping us work through this and bring this person to justice. Most of all, I would like to thank the public and specifically, I would like to thank the public who turned to prayers and who turned to positiveness for us. I would like to thank them on behalf of the law enforcement community because we needed those prayers.

That's what we needed to get through this. We needed your support and you gave it to us. We needed your patience and you gave it to us. And I would like to thank you for the Kirk family because that's what they need, is your support and your prayers and that will get us through all of this. So thank you everybody for everybody that have stepped up. We've had such a phenomenal response to this.

Thank you.

That will do it for this breaking news edition of On The Case presented by Law & Crime. We will continue to be on top of this story as so many details are coming in and as it continues to develop, make sure you follow us here on YouTube

as well as on Spotify. I'm Chris Stewart. I'm Chris Stewart. We'll see you next time.