Charlie Kirk Shooting What We Know About Tyler Robinson
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What began as another fiery campus debate ended with gunfire. Charlie Kirk was speaking at Utah Valley University when a single rifle shot from a rooftop sniper hit him mid-sentence. Panic swept through the crowd as the shooter fled.
Authorities identified the suspect as 22-year-old Tyler Robinson, a college apprentice who traveled nearly 300 miles for the attack. Surveillance cameras captured his escape, and investigators later uncovered a hidden rifle, Discord messages, and bullets carved with strange internet slang and political slogans.
Now Robinson is facing capital murder charges, and prosecutors say they will seek the death penalty. The question investigators are asking is simple but chilling. How did a quiet gamer from small-town Utah become the face of a campus assassination?
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