The young man of Utah, suspected of mortal shooting of conservative activist Charlie Kirk during the University forum, was taken into custody. “We got it,” said the Governor of Utah Spencer Cox during the press briefing on Friday, expressed relief after extensive search made by both local and federal authorities, Reuters reported.
Suspect, identified as Tyler Robinson, 22, was taken into custody on Thursday evening, about 33 hours after shooting, the FBI director told reporters. The agency received more than 11,000 tips on Friday morning, most of the bombing of Boston Marathon in 2013, said, as Reuters says.
However, formal fees have not yet been filed. According to CNN, citing source, Robinson does not cooperate with the investigators. Utah’s lawyer is expected to file formal fees on Tuesday because his office continues to review evidence on Tuesday. Robinson is also scheduled for his first court performance of the same day.
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Kirk was killed on Wednesday by a sniper on Utah Valley University in Orem.
Robinson was captured after a relative, and his family friend pointed out the local Sheriff’s office that he had confessed to them, or “indicated he had committed” murder, the governor said.
“I want to thank family members of Tyler Robinson, who in this case did the right thing and were able to bring him to enforcement,” Cox said. “During some process, the family learned that it happened.”
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Pictures of a security camera, some previously published and evidence collected from a suspicious profile and the Discord streaming platform also helped investigators to connect him with a crime, Governor said.
Was Anderson Groyper?
According to CNN, investigators found a rifle with a bolt-anchorage rifle wrapped in a towel on the scene, along with bullets engraved messages-one sounds: “Hey fascist! Catch!” Officials are now investigating the potential importance of these inscriptions that could throw light on thinking or the motifs of the suspect.
There was speculation on the social media that Robinson could be associated with the Groyper movement. This theory gained a traction after the photograph appeared, which shows Robinson in the black sweatpants of Adidas, a crunchy – a position often associated with meme culture. Some users on X placed their picture next to the popular meme Pepe The Frog on each other on each other and described Robinson as “Groyper”.
Groypers are part of the far-right, white nationalist and Christian nationalist movement, which often associates with Nick Fuentes, a well-known Holocaust denier and a prominent figure of Alt-right. While the term originally came from the Internet MeME culture, since then it has been associated with more organized extremist ideologies.
Kirk, 31, close to US President Donald Trump, who helped build Republican support among young voters in 2024, was killed by a single shot fired from the roof when he spoke on stage during an outdoor campus attended by 3,000 people. Trump called the shooting of a “abominable assassination”.
The rifle with a screw event, which is assumed to be a murder weapon, was later found nearby, the officials said.
Killing aroused outrage between Kirk’s supporters and the testimony of political violence from democrats, Republicans and foreign governments.
Increasing political violence
The United States is currently facing its longest section of political violence for decades. Since January 6, 2021, an attack on American Capitol from Trump supporters, Reuters has seen more than 300 politically motivated violent incidents that include all parts of the political spectrum.
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Trump survived two attempts to assassinate, one in July 2024, when the bullet grazing the ear during the campaign, and the next two months later that stopped federal agents
A suspicious profile appears
The governor refused to discuss possible killing motifs. But in describing the investigators of the inscriptions found on ammunition recovered from the Cox scene, he said that one of the cases was reported: “Here a fascist! Catch,” he added in response to reporters’ questions: “I think it speaks for itself.”
According to an affidavit of arrests filed in court, a bullet that killed Kirka was written: “The announcement of Bulldge Owo, what is it?” The apparent link to Jokey meme about online playing and playing roles, Reuters reported.
Details of Robinson’s background began to appear on Friday. Governor Cox said that the suspect spent most of his life in Washington, located in the southwestern part of Utah near the border with Arizona and Nevada.
According to state records, Robinson had no previous criminal history. Voters’ records show that it was registered, but has not joined any political party.
At the time of shooting, a third -year student was enrolled in the Electrical Apprenticeship program on Dixie Technical College, which is part of the Utah’s public university system. In his academic career he won a four -year scholarship at Utah State University in Logan, but left one semester.
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The neighbor, Steven Green, said he knew the family from participating in the same Mormon church.
A member of the family with whom the investigators asked that Robinson has become more political in recent years and told another relative that he did not like Kirk and his opinions, Cox said.
I think it speaks for myself.
According to an affidavit by the investigator, he was arrested for suspicion of an aggravating murder. He was detained in Utah County, expected to be formally accused at the beginning of next week, Cox said.
(With Reuters inputs, CNN)
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