Orem, Utah (AP) – DNA in towel wrapped around a rifle near the location Conservative activist Charlie Kirk FBI director Kash Patel said Monday that the murder coincided with the assassination of the 22-year-old defendants.
Investigators also used DNA evidence to link suspect Tyler Robinson and retrieved the driver from the rooftop. A fatal shot He was fired, Patel told the Fox News channel on Monday.
Utah officials are preparing to file a murder charge against Robinson on Tuesday. President Donald Trump’s confidence One of the countries after establishing Arizona-based Turning Point USA The biggest political organization.
Kirk, who brought young, conservative evangelical Christians into politics, was shot Wednesday while speaking at Utah Valley University at one of his many campus stops. The shooting caused fear of increased Deeply biased political violence in the United States.
Officials said Robinson had a hatred of Kirk and attributed it to a “left ideology” that has grown in recent years. Robinson’s family and friends said they spent a lot of time scrolling through “the dark corners of the internet.” Utah Governor Spencer Cox said Sunday.
Patel told Fox News that Robinson wrote in a note before the shooting. Investigators were able to recover the notes after the memo was destroyed, the FBI director said they rephrased the memo without giving details.
Officials said Robinson is not cooperating with law enforcement. They say he may have been “radicated” online, and the ammunition found in the gun used to kill Kirk included sculptures in the language of anti-fascist and memetic culture. Court records show that one bullet casing had a message saying, “Hey, fascist! Catch!”
Robinson was arrested late Thursday at a place he grew up around St. George, on the corner of southwestern Utah between Las Vegas and Bryce Canyon and Zion National Park. It is unclear whether there is a lawyer who can speak on his behalf.
Respect for Kirk continues across the country. There was a mourner’s line wrapped in Washington’s Kennedy Center for a vigil on Sunday, and there were moments of silence at several professional sporting events.
Vice President JD Vance, WHO I counted Kirk as my best friendwill serve as an alternative host on Monday for Kirk’s talk show on streaming platform Rumble.
“I’m paying tribute to my friends, so please join me,” Vance wrote on social media.
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Seewer was reported from Toledo, Ohio.
