{"id":15477,"date":"2025-10-02T13:53:49","date_gmt":"2025-10-02T13:53:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cndailynews.store\/?p=15477"},"modified":"2025-10-02T13:54:20","modified_gmt":"2025-10-02T13:54:20","slug":"suspected-kirk-assassin-makes-statement-to-police-after-arrest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cndailynews.store\/?p=15477","title":{"rendered":"Suspected Kirk Assassin Makes Statement To Police After Arrest"},"content":{"rendered":"

Tyler Robinson, the 22-year-old accused of killing Charlie Kirk on Wednesday, has \u201clawyered up\u201d and is no longer talking with investigators, according to a new report.<\/p>\n

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A source familiar with the matter told CNN that Robinson had initially been speaking with law enforcement but has since gone silent, Newsmax\u00a0reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n

It was not made clear what Robinson said before he stopped talking. He is currently being held without bail at the Utah County Jail.<\/p>\n

He is expected to be charged with aggravated murder, felony discharge of a firearm causing serious bodily injury, and obstruction of justice, according to a probable-cause affidavit obtained by NBC News.<\/p>\n

Court records show Robinson has no prior misdemeanor or felony convictions.<\/p>\n

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Kirk, 31, was killed while speaking at Utah Valley University in Orem.<\/p>\n

Utah Gov. Spencer Cox said during a press conference that officials have three days to formally charge Robinson and that authorities believe he acted alone.<\/p>\n

Cox also said Friday that Robinson made disparaging comments about Kirk during a family dinner days before the shooting.<\/p>\n

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\u201cInvestigators interviewed a family member of Robinson who stated that Robinson had become more political in recent years,\u201d Cox said.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe family member referenced a recent incident in which Robinson came to dinner \u2026 and in the conversation with another family member, Robinson mentioned Charlie Kirk was coming to [Utah Valley University].\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThey talked about why they didn\u2019t like him and the viewpoints that he had. The family member also stated Kirk was full of hate and spreading hate.\u201d<\/p>\n

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President Donald Trump said that whoever is convicted of killing Kirk should face the death penalty, which Utah allows for aggravated murder.<\/p>\n

Robinson was arrested Thursday night after his father recognized him from FBI-released images, multiple outlets reported.<\/p>\n

His father urged him to surrender, but Robinson initially said he would rather kill himself, according to the Daily Mail.<\/p>\n

He was persuaded to turn himself in after speaking with a local youth minister who also works with the U.S. Marshals Service.<\/p>\n

Cox said Robinson\u2019s roommate directed investigators to Discord, where Robinson allegedly posted about a rifle he had stashed.<\/p>\n

The roommate allowed investigators to take photos of messages describing a rifle hidden in a bush, engraved bullets, adding a scope, and changing outfits.<\/p>\n

Law enforcement later recovered a Mauser Model 98, .30-06 caliber bolt-action rifle with a mounted scope wrapped in a towel from a wooded area near the university campus in Orem.<\/p>\n

During the event, Hunter Kozak, a math major at the college who has his own YouTube channel, asked Kirk about transgender mass shooters. A gunshot rang out as Kirk answered, hitting him in the neck and killing him.<\/p>\n

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Kozak later discussed the event on social media and the reaction he was witnessing online in a video posted to X late Thursday.<\/p>\n

\u201cFirst off, you sick f*cking psychos that think this is the answer, I don\u2019t know what else to say. It\u2019s f*cking not. It\u2019s awful and a father doesn\u2019t have his kids anymore,\u201d Kozak began.<\/p>\n

He continued: \u201cCharlie had two kids and a wife. And, like, not to make this about me, but I have two kids and a wife and if my 1-year-old boy, like his 1-year-old will grow up without memories of his dad, it\u2019s a tragedy and it\u2019s hard to grapple with.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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