{"id":164120,"date":"2025-09-12T13:27:00","date_gmt":"2025-09-12T13:27:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/suspect-in-charlie-kirk-shooting-identified-as-tyler-robinson-nbc-news\/"},"modified":"2025-09-12T13:27:00","modified_gmt":"2025-09-12T13:27:00","slug":"suspect-in-charlie-kirk-shooting-identified-as-tyler-robinson-nbc-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/suspect-in-charlie-kirk-shooting-identified-as-tyler-robinson-nbc-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Suspect in Charlie Kirk shooting identified as Tyler Robinson – NBC News"},"content":{"rendered":"

DEVELOPING: Suspect in Charlie Kirk\u2019s assassination in custody and identified by authorities<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

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The person accused of fatally shooting conservative activist Charlie Kirk<\/a> is 22-year-old Utah resident Tyler Robinson, according to five law enforcement officials briefed on the matter.
Kirk, a co-founder of Turning Point USA and an influential voice in the Trump administration, was shot and killed Wednesday during an event at Utah Valley University, a public school south of Salt Lake City, according to Utah Department of Public Safety Commissioner Beau Mason. The event was hosted by the school’s chapter of Turning Point USA, a group Kirk founded that organizes and mobilizes young conservatives.
He was later pronounced dead at a local hospital, Mason said.
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A witness told NBC News that he heard a gunshot and saw Kirk fall out of his chair. Blood appeared to be coming from his neck, said Taylor Dufur, who said he was roughly 30 feet from Kirk at the time.
Law enforcement officials said the shot was believed to have been fired by a person on the roof of a building. In an interview with NBC News, Mason said the single shot fired at Kirk traveled a distance of roughly 175 yards.
Investigators tracked the person’s movements on campus, through stairwells and across a roof, Mason said at a news conference Thursday. After opening fire, Mason said, the person was seen jumping from a building and fleeing to a neighborhood.
Video released by authorities Thursday captured the person they described as the shooter running across a building’s roof and descending onto a grassy area below. The person can then be seen walking past a parking lot toward a busy road.
The person “blended in well with the college institution,\u201d Mason said.
The FBI was analyzing a weapon described as high-powered bolt-action rifle that was recovered in a wooded area where the shooter is believed to have fled, according to the public safety department. Investigators were also examining trace evidence collected from the rooftop \u2014 a palm print, a forearm imprint and a shoe impression, the FBI said.
In a statement, Turning Point USA said Kirk had faced \u201cthousands\u201d of threats throughout his life but \u201calways prioritized reaching as many young Americans as possible over his own personal safety.\u201d
\u201cAll of us will miss Charlie,\u201d the group said. \u201cNone of us will ever forget him.\u201d
In a post on his social media platform, Truth Social, President Donald Trump announced Kirk’s death on Wednesday <\/strong>and said that no one “understood or had the Heart of the Youth in the United States of America better than Charlie.”
\u201cHe was loved and admired by ALL, especially me, and now, he is no longer with us,\u201d Trump said.
Tom Winter is NBC\u2019s National Law Enforcement and Intelligence Correspondent.
Michael Kosnar is the Justice Department Producer for NBC News.
Jonathan Dienst is chief justice contributor for NBC News and chief investigative reporter for WNBC-TV in New York.
Ken Dilanian is the justice and intelligence correspondent for MSNBC.
Tim Stelloh is a breaking news reporter for NBC News Digital.
Matt Lavietes is a reporter for NBC News.
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