{"id":139035,"date":"2025-09-13T01:25:11","date_gmt":"2025-09-13T01:25:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/139035\/"},"modified":"2025-09-13T01:25:11","modified_gmt":"2025-09-13T01:25:11","slug":"charlie-kirk-tyler-robinson-alleged-assassin-is-an-apprentice-electrician-who-lives-with-his-parents","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/139035\/","title":{"rendered":"Charlie Kirk: Tyler Robinson, alleged assassin, is an apprentice electrician who lives with his parents"},"content":{"rendered":"

The man who has been arrested for allegedly murdering conservative campaigner Charlie Kirk at a Utah university rally is an apprentice electrician who lives with his parents.<\/p>\n

Tyler Robinson, 22, was studying and was in his third year of an electrical apprenticeship program at Dixie Technical College while living at home in St George, Utah.<\/p>\n

A spokesperson for Utah Valley University, where Charlie Kirk was shot dead, told NBC that Robinson had earned college credits through Utah Tech University while he was in high school.<\/p>\n

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Social media images show the young man in typical family situations with his parents and siblings with his mother, Amber Robinson, posting school aptitude scores for Tyler \u2013 34 out of 36 \u2013 that would place him in the top 1 per cent of test takers.<\/p>\n

Utah Governor Spencer Cox and US President Donald Trump announced to the world on Friday that authorities arrested the alleged murderer who allegedly shot and killed Charlie Kirk on Wednesday.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe got him\u201d, Governor Cox told a media conference.<\/p>\n

Robinson is believed to have told his father that he was responsible for Mr Kirk\u2019s death and his parents then contacted their pastor who spoke to the Washington County sheriff\u2019s office.<\/p>\n

Governor Cox confirmed on Friday that the family told investigators Robinson had become more political recently and had spoken in a disparaging manner about Charlie Kirk.<\/p>\n

\u201cOn the evening of September 11th a family member of Tyler Robinson reached out to a family friend who reached out to Washington County Sheriff\u2019s office with information that Robinson had confessed to them, or implied that he had had committed the incident,\u201d Governor Cox confirmed.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe FBI identified Robinson arriving on UVU campus in a grey Dodge Challenger at approximately 8.29am on September 10th in which he is observed on video wearing a plain maroon t-shirt, light coloured shorts, a black hat with a white logo and light coloured shoes.\u201d<\/p>\n

Robinson was taken into custody on Thursday night, FBI Director Kash Patel confirmed at the same press conference, and authorities have released mugshots of the alleged assassin.<\/p>\n

Kirk, a close ally of US President Donald Trump, was killed by a single bullet as he spoke onstage at an outdoor amphitheatre at Utah Valley University on Wednesday.<\/p>\n

\"MugshotsMugshots of Tyler Robinson have been released by the Utah Governor’s Office on hows Tyler Robinson. Credit: AP<\/p>\n

Previously, US investigators said they had found the bolt-action rifle believed to have been used to kill Kirk and released images of a person of interest.<\/p>\n

Investigators spoke to Robinson\u2019s roommate, who showed them comments Robinson had made on Discord, a chat and streaming platform popular with gamers, discussing retrieving a rifle from a drop point and then leaving the rifle in a bush wrapped in a towel.<\/p>\n

This matched the description of the gun that authorities recovered after the shooting in a wooded area near campus.<\/p>\n

Ammunition found at the scene had been inscribed, Cox said.<\/p>\n

The messages on the casing included: \u201cWhat\u2019s this;\u201d \u201cOh, Bella Ciao, Bella Ciao, Bella Ciao, Ciao;\u201d \u201cIf you read this, you are gay, LMAO;\u201d and \u201cHey fascist, catch!,\u201d Cox told reporters.<\/p>\n

Cox, a Republican, called Kirk\u2019s killing an \u201cattack on the American experiment\u201d and he urged a new generation to \u201cchoose a different path\u201d.<\/p>\n

Robinson is believed to have acted alone, and the investigation is ongoing, Cox said.<\/p>\n

\"CharlieCharlie Kirk\u2019s suspected shooter is in custody following political assassination, says FBI director Kash Patel. Credit: AP<\/p>\n

Kirk, a well-connected activist, author and podcast host, helped build support for Trump and the Republican Party among younger voters.<\/p>\n

President Trump backed up the announcement with confirmation of the arrest during and interview on Fix News on Friday.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think we have him,\u201d Trump said, adding that a person who knows the suspect had turned him in.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think with a high degree of certainty we have him in custody.\u201d<\/p>\n

Charlie Kirk was the co-founder and president of the conservative student group Turning Point USA and appeared at Utah Valley on Wednesday as part of a planned 15-event \u201cAmerican Comeback Tour\u201d of US college campuses.<\/p>\n

His killing has stirred outrage and denunciations of political violence from Republicans, Democrats and foreign governments.<\/p>\n

Kirk frequently engaged with his critics from the far left to the far right, often inviting members of his audiences to debate him live.<\/p>\n

Mr Trump said the suspect was recognised by people close to him, and suggested the suspect\u2019s father drove him to a police station and handed him over.<\/p>\n

FBI and state officials said the killer, believed to be Robinson, arrived on the campus a few minutes before the start of the event, in front of 3000 people, just south of Salt Lake City.<\/p>\n

Security-camera videos showed a person going up stairwells to gain access to a roof before firing at Kirk, the officials said at a media briefing.<\/p>\n

Kirk, a staunch defender of gun rights, was answering an audience question about mass shootings when the bullet struck his neck.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The man who has been arrested for allegedly murdering conservative campaigner Charlie Kirk at a Utah university rally…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":139036,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[43,44,84,41,39,42,40,5071,2957,1720],"class_list":["post-139035","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-headlines","tag-news","tag-politics","tag-top-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topnews","tag-topstories","tag-us-politics","tag-usa","tag-world"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/139035","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=139035"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/139035\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/139036"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=139035"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=139035"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=139035"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}