Who Is Charlie Kirk's Alleged Assassin Tyler Robinson?

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It's the accused assassin posing with a 50 caliber machine gun. The chilling photo was taken at a military recruiting event. Tyler Robinson also posed with an anti-tank missile launcher. Here's what we've learned about the 22-year-old suspect accused of the political assassination that is shocking America.

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Tyler Robinson.

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He graduated from Pine View High School in Washington, Utah in 2021 graduation photos with his proud mom, Amber, show him with a lay made from dollar bills as a graduation gift. Whip smart. His A. C. T. Score is 34 the top 1% and he had a 4.0 grade point average. His mom took video the moment he learned he had earned a scholarship.

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Congratulations, you have been selected to receive the resident presidential scholarship from Utah State University.

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But the family's joy was short-lived. He attended Utah State University for just one semester before dropping out. I spoke with criminologist Casey Jordan.

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He really just does fit the profile of somebody who falls into a rabbit hole, has a feeling of disillusionment and isolation. This kind of person is usually very immature and often at a crux in their life where they feel like nothing is turning out as they planned.

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The Robinson seemed like an all american family. Tyler was raised in this $600,000 six-bedroom home with hunting trophies on the walls. Social media posts show family vacations and fishing trips. His mom works with disabled people and his father, Mark, owns a kitchen countertop business.

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But Utah's governor says Tyler Robinsons' life took a dark turn.

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Investigators interviewed a family member of Robinson who stated that Robinson had become more political in recent years. He said that

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at a family dinner before the shooting, Robinson vented about the visit of

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Charlie Kirk to Utah Valley University. They talked about why they didn't like him and the viewpoints that he had. The family member also stated Kirk was full

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of hate and spreading hate. Investigators also revealed that Kirk's assassin left behind bullet casings with political messages. One says, hey fascists, catch. Another says, Bella Ciao Ciao Ciao, a song used in the video game Far Cry 6 and which Radical Elements have adopted

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as an anti-fascist anthem.

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Bella Ciao Ciao Ciao.

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There was also a reference on the bullets to a violent video game, Helldivers 2. The chilling engravings on bullet casings are invoking comparisons with Luigi Mangione, who prosecutors say scrawled messages on the bullets used to kill UnitedHealthcare CEO, Brian Thompson.

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Like Luigi, Tyler Robinson is young and intelligent and had so much going for him before allegedly lashing out with a mindless act of violence.

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Something in his life was on a downward spiral and he picked Charlie Kirk as the target and he picked Charlie Kirk as the target for this hatred, this vitriol.

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