After a frantic hours after the Sniper, the Sniper killed the political activist Charlie Kirk, the closest suspected shooter began to turn his discovery, the authorities said.
By taxing the 22 -year -old Tyler Robinson, the authorities revealed new information about hours after shooting and how they encouraged the arrest. Robinson has been charged in seven cases, including one number of serious murders and two calculations of justice obstacles for the alleged rifle used to kill his clothing and disposition of his clothing, said the Utah District Atty. Jeffrey Gray. He also faces two estimates of the falsification of witnesses after he allegedly referred to his roommate to delete the accused texts and asked them not to talk to investigators or were questioned by the authorities.
The 31 -year -old Kirk was an influential figure of conservative and right -wing, winning praise for his attitude towards fierce topics, including abortions, immigration and sexual identity. His death in one shot during speaking at the Utah Valley University last week shocked the nation and encouraged his vigorous debate on his accused killer’s motivation.
Text exchange
Gray also provided details of the text exchange between Robinson and his roommate, a person moving to a woman with whom he was romantically related, in which Robinson apparently confessed to the murder.
According to the exchange, in detailed charging documents, the Robinson’s partner seems to have no knowledge that Robinson took a rifle and planned a shoot for about a week.
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After shooting, the authorities say, Robinson allegedly wrote to the partner, “Lower what you do, look at my keyboard.” The roommate found a message saying, “I had the opportunity to take the Charlie Kirk and I was going to take it.”
“Who ??????????????” The roommate responded to Robinson by text message. “You joke, right ????”
Robinson seems to have confessed to killing in text messages and describes the details of shooting because he allegedly tried to avoid the authorities.
“You weren’t the one who did it, right?” According to Gray, a roommate sent a text to Robinson after shooting.
“I’m, sorry,” Robinson replied according to court applications.
Although local and federal officials were looking for a gunman, Gray said, Robinson allegedly sent his partner to explain his decision to kill a Kirk.
“Why?” His partner, who was inherent in Gray, was scanned by Robinson.
“Why did I do that?” Robinson replied.
“Yes,” replied the roommate, according to Gray.
“I was enough for his hatred,” Robinson allegedly replied. “Don’t negotiate some hatred.”
Parental suspicions
It took almost a day for the officers to release photos of the suspect.
Gray said his parents were leading to Robinson, including a mother, who first recognized him from the photos that were released into the suspected shooter society. She then showed images to her husband, who agreed that the person looked like their son, according to Gray.
Robinson’s mother told investigators that in recent years, her son “has become more political and began to lean more to the left, becoming more of gay and rights oriented,” Gray said.
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Robinson also talked to his parents about Kirk, who visited Utah town, and accused the Kirk of “hatred,” Gray said.
When his parents encountered him, Robinson confessed to killing and said he was thinking of killing himself, Gray said.
“Robinson thought he was a shooter and didn’t want to go to prison,” Gray said. “When asked why he did it, Robinson explained, ‘There is too much evil, and the guy, pointing out the Kirk, is” too hate. “
Strife conversation
Earlier this week, The Washington Post reported that Robinson seems to confess to Discord Chat group members two hours before his arrest.
When quoting the source, the post quoted the message as “Hey guys, I have bad news for you all. Yesterday I was uvu. I apologize for all this.”
The record stated that it was arrested soon.
Agents are also interviewing people who interacted with the suspect online, FBI director Kasha Patel said.
This includes a strife conversation that seems to have covered more than 20 people after shooting.
“We release them all,” the patella said.
The weapon
The rifle, according to Gray, as a gift, apparently gave Robinson Robinson. According to the text of the text with his roommate, the rifle belonged to his grandfather at one time, and Robinson seemed concerned that he would not be able to recover it.
“I’m worried about what my old man would do if I didn’t return the grandparents’ rifle,” Robinson wrote. “How f – will explain it to lose my grandfather …”
When his son was involved in the shooting, his father asked Robinson to send a rifle photo, but his son did not respond, according to Gray.
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This story initially appeared at the Los Angeles Times.