Charlie Kirk Shooting 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 decide for the primary time … and he was stone-faced.

Robinson appeared by way of video name for his first court hearing Tuesday in Utah … staring blankly forward as a decide rattled off the costs in opposition to him.

Earlier Tuesday, Robinson was formally charged with aggravated murder … and prosecutors stated they’d search the dying penalty. When capital punishment was introduced up in court, Robinson merely seemed down.

The remainder of the hearing primarily featured the decide studying via the charging paperwork.

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/companion, the place Robinson confessed to taking pictures Kirk, stated he’d deliberate the assault days prematurely and defined, “I had enough of his hatred.”

Robinson turned himself in Thursday evening after his mother and father acknowledged him in photographs legislation enforcement launched of an individual of curiosity. Prosecutors say the mother and father referred to as Robinson and satisfied him to return to their house. They reached out to a retired deputy sheriff and received 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 in regards to 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 mother and father informed 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 companion after the taking pictures, Robinson stated … “since trump got into office [my dad] has been pretty diehard maga.”