Revealed on: Sept 12, 2025 08:22 pm IST
Tyler Robinson was recognized because the suspect who assassinated Charlie Kirk on Wednesday.
Tyler Robinson was recognized because the suspect who assassinated Charlie Kirk on Wednesday. The 22-year-old shot Kirk when the Turning Level USA founder was talking at an out of doors occasion in Utah Valley College’s Orem campus. The Trump ally and conservative activist was taken to the hospital in vital situation and pronounced useless inside hours.
Utah Governor Spencer Cox, FBI chief Kash Patel and different officers advised reporters on Friday that Robinson had earlier expressed to household his opposition to the viewpoints of Kirk. The 22-year-old had develop into ‘extra political’ within the run-up to the taking pictures.
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Is Tyler Robinson a Democrat or Republican?
Whereas officers revealed that Robinson had develop into extra political over the times, they didn’t reveal the Charlie Kirk suspect’s political affiliation. A number of social media customers speculated whether or not he’s a Republican voter.
“Sure Tyler robinson was a registered republician in Utah, in response to state data,” one particular person famous on X, platform previously generally known as Twitter. HT.com can not confirm the authenticity of this declare in the meanwhile. We have no idea Tyler Robinson’s political affiliation.
Kirk was killed by a single shot in what police stated was a focused assault and Utah’s governor referred to as a political assassination. Kirk co-founded the nonprofit political group Turning Level USA, based mostly in Arizona.
Authorities recovered a high-powered, bolt-action rifle close to the scene of the taking pictures and had stated the shooter jumped off a roof and vanished into the close by woods afterward.
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Kirk had been talking at a debate hosted by Turning Level at Utah Valley College on the time of Wednesday’s taking pictures. He was taken to a neighborhood hospital and was pronounced useless hours later.
“He needed to assist younger folks, and he didn’t deserve this,” Trump stated Friday. “He was actually particular person.”
(With inputs from the Related Press)
