Kirk's Killer Caught

Charges include aggravated murder

Sep 12, 2025

Woke up to some fabulous news this morning! The authorities have identified and arrested a suspect in Wednesday’s assassination of Charlie Kirk. 22-year-old Tyler Robinson is an electrical apprentice who lives a few hours from the Utah Valley University campus. (He was not a student there.)

Robinson was turned in by his father and youth pastor, with some help from his roommate.

Newsweek article about Tyler Robinson

Authorities have identified 22-year-old Tyler Robinson as the suspect in Wednesday's fatal shooting of conservative activist Charlie Kirk, 31, and say he is in custody, ending a nationwide manhunt following the assassination.
Robinson had "become more political in recent years," Utah Governor Spencer Cox said during a Friday press conference. A family member told officials that Robinson came to dinner in September and "mentioned Charlie Kirk was coming to [Utah Valley University]."
"This is certainly about the tragic death and assassination, political assassination of Charlie Kirk. But it is also much bigger than an attack on an individual. It is an attack on all of us. It is an attack on the American experiment. It is an attack on our ideals," Cox said to the public.
The governor confirmed that Robinson "was not a student here at UVU" and was "living and has been living for some time with his family in Washington County."
Since midday Wednesday, authorities had been searching for the shooter, who jumped from a roof and fled after firing at Kirk, according to the FBI. Prior to Robinson's arrest, two people were briefly detained and then released on Wednesday.

The press conference where officials announced the collar:

I haven’t been able to track down charging documents yet, but once they are released I’ll go over them and update the article.

More as the coffee kicks in and we learn more about Robinson.

Utah County Attorney Jeff Gray plans to file charges on Tuesday in relation to the shooting and killing of Charlie Kirk, according to a statement from the Utah County Attorney’s Office.
The office said it is currently reviewing evidence to determine which charges to file.

Robinson will be in court on Tuesday after the charges are filed. I doubt we’ll see any sort of official paperwork before then.

So now the killer is caught and it looks like his motivations are exactly what we thought his motivations were. So about that dangerous rhetoric that’s inspiring violence…….

For YEARS we have heard “DONALD TRUMP IS INCITING VIOLENCE WITH HIS DANGEROUS WORDS,” but when there’s actual violence, we get “we cannot take responsibility for the minds that are out there and how they hear it.”

Disgusting.

This speech from Charlie’s wife Erika is heartbreaking, but also giving off serious “Melania Trump revenge” vibes. Highly encourage you to watch this one (skip to 16:27 to start):

“If you thought that my husband’s mission was powerful before, you have no idea. You have no idea what you just have unleashed across this entire country, and this world.”

An update from Sunday: