The suspect arrested within the deadly taking pictures Charlie Kirk had an “obsession” with the conservative influencer, based mostly on the alleged shooter’s digital footprint, FBI Co-Deputy Director Dan Bongino stated Monday on Fox Information.
Tyler Robinson, a 22-year-old Utah native, is accused of fatally taking pictures Kirk throughout an occasion at Utah Valley College on Sept. 10.
Bongino stated the suspect appeared to have exhibited “a number of warning indicators.”
Mugshot of Tyler Robinson, the suspect within the taking pictures of Charlie Kirk.
Courtesy of Gov. Spencer Cox
“I consider co-workers said he had indifferent himself when the subject of politics got here up and walked away,” Bongino stated on Fox Information’ “America’s Newsroom.”
Bongino stated they’re wanting into whether or not anybody knew the taking pictures may occur and did not alert authorities, referring to on-line chats Robinson allegedly had about Kirk.
“Did they … hear it and assume it was a joke? That’s what we’re looking for out now,” he advised Fox Information. “If there’s a bigger community right here, we are going to get that out to the general public as quickly as we will.”
FBI Director Kash Patel additionally introduced on “Fox & Buddies” that DNA discovered on the crime scene, particularly the towel wrapped across the firearm used within the taking pictures, and on a screwdriver, hyperlinks Robinson to the killing of the conservative influencer.
Robinson was arrested final week for felony discharge of a firearm, aggravated homicide and obstruction of justice, in line with possible trigger paperwork, and was booked into the Utah County Jail.
Charging paperwork towards Robison are anticipated to be filed early this week, Utah Gov. Spencer Cox stated on Friday.
Robinson was apprehended after his father acknowledged him in pictures launched by authorities, Cox stated on Friday. His father advised Robinson to show himself in, with the 22-year-old initially saying no, however later altering his thoughts, officers stated.
The daddy then known as a youth pastor, who can also be a U.S. Marshals activity drive officer. The officer suggested the daddy to have Robinson keep in place. This info was then conveyed to the FBI.
Cox thanked Robinson’s household, who “did the proper factor.”
Investigators additionally interviewed a member of the family of Robinson who stated the suspect had “change into extra political lately,” Cox stated.
In a latest incident the member of the family detailed to investigators, Robinson got here to dinner and in a dialog with one other member of the family he talked about Kirk was coming to Utah Valley College. They talked about why they did not like him and his viewpoints.
Folks mourn Turning Level USA Founder Charlie Kirk at a memorial arrange exterior of the Turning Level USA headquarters on September 12, 2025 in Phoenix, Arizona.
Charly Triballeau/AFP by way of Getty Photographs
President Donald Trump, who introduced Friday on “Fox & Buddies” that the suspected shooter was in custody, stated Robinson ought to get the dying penalty.
“In Utah, you’ve got dying penalty, and a great governor there, I’ve gotten to know him,” Trump stated of Cox. “The governor is intent on the dying penalty on this case and he must be.”
Earlier than the arrest of the alleged shooter, officers stated they’d obtained “good” video footage of the person and have been in a position to monitor the actions of the suspect.
On the day of the taking pictures at roughly 11:52 a.m., the suspect arrived on the Orem campus after which proceeded to journey by the stairwells as much as the roof of the constructing close to the place the out of doors occasion was happening, earlier than the suspect fired down at Kirk, Utah Division of Public Security Commissioner Beau Mason stated final week.
Kirk was hit by a single shot at roughly 12:20 p.m. and brought to a hospital, the place he was pronounced lifeless, authorities stated.
After the taking pictures, the suspect traveled to the opposite aspect of the constructing, jumped off and fled off-campus right into a neighborhood, Mason stated.
On Friday, Erika Kirk , the conservative commentator’s spouse, stated “nobody will ever overlook my husband’s identify.”
“You don’t have any thought the hearth that you’ve got ignited inside this spouse, the cries of this widow will echo all over the world like a battle cry,” Erika Kirk stated on Friday in her first public message since her husband’s dying.
ABC Information’ Luke Barr contributed to this report.
