Charlie Kirk Capturing Suspect Seen For First Time Since Arrest

Tyler Robinson — the 22-year-old Utah native charged with murdering conservative pundit Charlie Kirk — simply went in entrance of a choose for the primary time … and he was stone-faced.

Robinson appeared by way of video name for his first court docket listening to Tuesday in Utah … staring blankly forward as a choose rattled off the fees in opposition to him.

Earlier Tuesday, Robinson was formally charged with aggravated homicide … and prosecutors mentioned they might search the demise penalty. When capital punishment was introduced up in court docket, Robinson merely appeared down.

Prosecutors beforehand launched a trove of proof they are saying proves Robinson was Kirk’s killer … together with textual content messages between Robinson and his roommate/accomplice, the place Robinson confessed to taking pictures Kirk, mentioned he’d deliberate the assault days prematurely and defined, “I had enough of his hatred.”

Robinson turned himself in Thursday evening after his dad and mom acknowledged him in photographs regulation enforcement launched of an individual of curiosity. Prosecutors say the dad and mom referred to as Robinson and satisfied him to return to their dwelling. They reached out to a retired deputy sheriff and bought the ball rolling on his give up.

As we reported, phrase of Robinson’s arrest first broke Friday, when President Donald Trump shared on “Fox & Friends” {that a} suspect was in custody. Later within the day, Utah Governor Spencer Cox confirmed the arrest replace, sharing particulars concerning the suspect and the way he was apprehended after a manhunt.

Authorities have highlighted different items of proof within the aftermath of the taking pictures … together with recovered bullet casings from the scene, which allegedly had anti-Fascist messages written on them.

Robinson’s dad and mom instructed investigators he’d gotten extra political up to now yr, turning into “more pro-gay and trans-rights oriented.” In a textual content to his accomplice after the taking pictures, Robinson mentioned … “since trump got into office [my dad] has been pretty diehard maga.”