Crime Suspect in Charlie Kirk's killing identified: Sources - A family member saw the photos of the suspect and turned him into police, two senior law enforcement officials say. / The bullet casing that killed Charlie Kirk had "notices your bulge 0w0 what's this" on it

The person accused of fatally shooting conservative activist Charlie Kirk is 22-year-old Utah resident Tyler Robinson, according to five law enforcement officials briefed on the matter.

Kirk, a co-founder of Turning Point USA and an influential voice in the Trump administration, was shot and killed Wednesday during an event at Utah Valley University, a public school south of Salt Lake City, according to Utah Department of Public Safety Commissioner Beau Mason. The event was hosted by the school's chapter of Turning Point USA, a group Kirk founded that organizes and mobilizes young conservatives.

He was later pronounced dead at a local hospital, Mason said.

A witness told NBC News that he heard a gunshot and saw Kirk fall out of his chair. Blood appeared to be coming from his neck, said Taylor Dufur, who said he was roughly 30 feet from Kirk at the time.

Law enforcement officials said the shot was believed to have been fired by a person on the roof of a building. In an interview with NBC News, Mason said the single shot fired at Kirk traveled a distance of roughly 175 yards.

Investigators tracked the person's movements on campus, through stairwells and across a roof, Mason said at a news conference Thursday. After opening fire, Mason said, the person was seen jumping from a building and fleeing to a neighborhood.

Video released by authorities Thursday captured the person they described as the shooter running across a building's roof and descending onto a grassy area below. The person can then be seen walking past a parking lot toward a busy road.

The person "blended in well with the college institution,” Mason said.

The FBI was analyzing a weapon described as high-powered bolt-action rifle that was recovered in a wooded area where the shooter is believed to have fled, according to the public safety department. Investigators were also examining trace evidence collected from the rooftop — a palm print, a forearm imprint and a shoe impression, the FBI said.

In a statement, Turning Point USA said Kirk had faced “thousands” of threats throughout his life but “always prioritized reaching as many young Americans as possible over his own personal safety.”

“All of us will miss Charlie,” the group said. “None of us will ever forget him.”

In a post on his social media platform, Truth Social, President Donald Trump announced Kirk's death on Wednesday and said that no one "understood or had the Heart of the Youth in the United States of America better than Charlie."

“He was loved and admired by ALL, especially me, and now, he is no longer with us,” Trump said.

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[The Gene Genie]

To add to this, even though Nick Fuentes didn't like Charlie, there's nothing suggesting that he encouraged his followers to target Kirk. It wouldn't even make sense for a groyper to do this. "In order to convince people that Israel and jews control our government we need to kill the guy who wasn't extreme enough for us. This will surely convince people that were right"

I think that it's insane that all of these Democrat-aligned accounts on Twitter and elsewhere are all coordinating the same messaging with the same shit. They're saying he's a groyper because of some Halloween costume doing the squatting slave and comparing it to some stale Pepe from 2017, and claiming that Bella Ciao is actually some arcane reference to some song a groyper listened to ten years ago. It's transparent that they're trying to deflect from the reality that this guy is a DSA operative.

 

[DickMain]

Imagine if he had written ‘I Suck Cox’ on one though.

Real "Our Label is Run by Homos" moment there.

<inb4 he had a KiwiFarms account>

He had a Discord according to a report I saw, but that won't matter because (reasons).

 

[Farm Hand]

I think that it's insane that all of these Democrat-aligned accounts on Twitter and elsewhere are all coordinating the same messaging with the same shit. They're saying he's a groyper because of some Halloween costume doing the squatting slave and comparing it to some stale Pepe from 2017, and claiming that Bella Ciao is actually some arcane reference to some song a groyper listened to ten years ago. It's transparent that they're trying to deflect from the reality that this guy is a DSA operative.

It's obfuscation of how militant antifa largely has the same sense of humor as groypers, in part because of horseshoe theory. They both like slav squats, Pepe, and calling things gay. Just look at Hasan's Twitch chat.

 

[Rootless Cosmopolitan]

I think that it's insane that all of these Democrat-aligned accounts on Twitter and elsewhere are all coordinating the same messaging with the same shit. They're saying he's a groyper because of some Halloween costume doing the squatting slave and comparing it to some stale Pepe from 2017, and claiming that Bella Ciao is actually some arcane reference to some song a groyper listened to ten years ago. It's transparent that they're trying to deflect from the reality that this guy is a DSA operative.

Bella Ciao thing is a dead giveaway. It is a protest song originally written about actual fascists and the glory of dying while fighting them.

And if I die
an anti fascist

[Bye bye beautiful]

And if I die
An antifascist
Bury me beneath a beautiful flower

[Bye bye beautiful]

So all the people
Who pass this flower

[Bye bye beautiful]

Will say “here lies an antifascist”
“He died fighting for freedom”

[Bye bye beautiful]

 

[The Gene Genie]

Bella Ciao thing is a dead giveaway. It is a protest song originally written about actual fascists and the glory of dying while fighting them.

And if I die
an anti fascist

[Bye bye beautiful]

And if I die
An antifascist
Bury me beneath a beautiful flower

[Bye bye beautiful]

So all the people
Who pass this flower

[Bye bye beautiful]

Will say “here lies an antifascist”
“He died fighting for freedom”

[Bye bye beautiful]

Yeah and the fact they have to find some random playlist that has it on there to "prove" that it's a groyper thing is ridiculous. It's clear misdirection and an attempt to, if I had to guess, divide right wing reaction to what is obviously a leftist shooter and to obfuscate the reality and the truth. Have people arguing over bullshit that's totally made up rather than figuring out who this guy was working with and who he was in contact with.

 

[The Taco Santo!]

A face made for reddit.

 

[Rootless Cosmopolitan]

A face made for reddit.

According to a dentist friend, it’s the face of a mouth breather. Deal with any allergies and teach your kids to keep their tongues firmly on the roof of their mouths and their mouths closed while they sleep.

 

[ziggity zaggity]

I gotta say that Cox reading the engravings on the casings is memeception.

I just had the privilege of hearing the Spectrum news wonk read three out of four, and the "If you read this you're gay" almost got him. Strangely he failed to read the one that was fired, perhaps the absurdity would have broken even the most corporate news anchor's ability to keep a straight face.

 

[Agares]

Not as fat or trooned out as I was expecting, but he was a reddit moment in human form. As expected.