Charlie Kirk suspect confessed to the roommate, alleys prosecutors

The man accused of shooting Charlie Kirk’s shot admitted to the right -wing activist in a message to his roommate, prosecutors said, when they announced seven accusations against him.

Tyler Robinson, 22, left a note under a keyboard so that his roommate to discover, said Utah County prosecutor Jeffrey Gray. He added that the roommate was the romantic partner of Mr. Robinson.

According to Mr. Gray, the note said: “I had the opportunity to leave Charlie Kirk, and I will take it.”

The prosecutor also shared SMS between roommates, one in which the accused said he had shot Kirk because he had “enough of his hatred”.

The suspect is detained without surety in a special housing unit in the County of Utah prison. He made his first appearance in court on Tuesday, appearing at a distance while the prosecutors read the seven accusations against him.

The accusations are an aggravated murder, a criminal release of a firearm, two counts of obstruction of justice, two leaders of falsification of witnesses and to commit a violent crime when children are present.

They also said they would ask for the death penalty during the Kirk shooting, which had been killed by a single shot fired on a roof when he was speaking on Wednesday at Utah Valley University.

Arrested last week after a 33 -hour man hunt, Robinson did not plead or admit to the police. Mr. Gray also stressed that the suspect is innocent until guilt is proven and will be tried by jury.

He unveiled on Tuesday a mine of evidence at a press conference, in particular the alleged confession of the defendant and the DNA found on the trigger of the rifle suspected of having been used in crime.

Describing the so -called hidden note at a press conference Tuesday, Mr. Gray said that Mr. Robinson had sent an SMS to his roommate by reading: “Place what you do, look under my keyboard.”

After reading the apparent confession, the roommate, who was not appointed and cooperated with the investigators, replied: “What ???????????

Mr. Gray cited long exchanges of SMS between Mr. Robinson and his roommate, whom he described as his romantic partner. The authorities said the roommate was transgender and went from man to woman.

In an exchange, the roommate asked Mr. Robinson why he had killed Kirk.

“‘I was tired of his hatred,” said Gray. “” A certain hatred cannot be negotiated. “”

Mr. Robinson would also have written: “To be honest, I had hoped to keep this secret until I died of old age. I’m sorry to get involved.”

The roommate replied: “You were not the one who did it correctly ????”

Mr. Robinson replied: “I’m, I’m sorry.”

Mr. Gray also gave more details about how Mr. Robinson’s parents have become suspect that their son could have been involved in the murder of Charlie Kirk.

He said that Mr. Robinson’s mother had seen a video of the suspect released one day after the shooting and told her husband that it looked like their son. She confronted Mr. Robinson on the phone about the likeness, said Gray, but he told him that he was sick at the house on the day of the shooting.

The father then confronted Mr. Robinson, who replied by implying that he could commit suicide, said the prosecutor.

Robinson was finally convinced to come to his parents and, during his stay, would have suggested that he was the attacker. He then said he wanted to “end” rather than going to prison, said Gray.

With the help of a family friend, who is a retired sheriff, his parents convinced him to go to the police and was arrested late Thursday – 33 hours after the shooting.

The suspect would also have told his parents that “there was too much trouble and that the guy spreads too much hatred”, in reference to Kirk, according to the indictment.

Mr. Robinson’s mother told investigators that his son had become more political in recent years, said Gray, becoming more favorable to the rights of homosexuals and transgenders and entering a relationship with a transgender person.

But the prosecutor refused to answer when he was asked if Kirk had been targeted for his transgender opinions. “It’s for a jury to decide,” he said.

Mr. Gray said Kirk answered a question about mass fire led by transgender individuals when the shot rang. The ball struck Kirk on the neck and he immediately sprained on the ground.

The ball went closely by other people, including the nearby children and the person who asked Kirk, he said.

Gray said that suspect’s DNA was found on the rifle trigger used in the shooting.

He also said that Mr. Robinson’s father had suspected that the weapon corresponded to a lock rifle that formerly belonged to the suspect’s grandfather. He contacted Mr. Robinson after the shooting and asked him to send a photo of the rifle but he did not respond, said Gray.

The suspect also detailed his movements after the shooting in the messages sent to his roommate.

“I had planned to grab my rifle from my fall point shortly after, but most of this side of the city locked up,” he wrote, according to the prosecutors.

“I will try to recover it again, I hope they have evolved. I saw nothing about them to find it,” read another message.

“I can get closer, but there is a squad car parked next door.”

Mr. Robinson is also accused of falsifying witnesses, said prosecutors, because he ordered his partner to delete their messages and remain silent if questioned.