Charlie Kirk shooting suspect Tyler Robinson set for first court date after father made him surrender: Live updates

Alfonso Serrano, a politics editor at The Conversation, spoke with University of Massachusetts Lowell scholar Arie Perliger after Kirk’s shooting. Perliger studies political violence and assassinations and spoke bluntly about political polarization in the United States.

Utah County Attorney’s Office expects suspected shooter Tyler Robinson to make his first court appearance, virtually, on Tuesday, after Utah County Attorney Jeff Gray files charges in the killing of Charlie Kirk on the same day.

“Assuming all goes as planned and we file charges on Tuesday, Mr. Robinson’s first appearance will be Tuesday afternoon at 3:00 p.m. MDT,” according to Christopher Ballard, chief of staff at the public information office.

The office said it is currently reviewing evidence to decide which charges to file. Gray is also expected to hold a news conference Tuesday, where he will make a public statement on the case.

There are not many manhunts that conclude with the President of the United States announcing that a suspect has been apprehended on morning television — but then Charlie Kirk had a special place in Donald Trump’s MAGA inner circle.

Here’s Ariana Baio’s report on an extraordinary moment on Fox & Friends:

Meanwhile, in Utah, Governor Spencer Cox and FBI Director Kash Patel held a press conference as the suspect’s name was first reported by the Associated Press.

Here’s what we learned from the governor:

Social media platform Discord said it found no evidence that suspect Tyler Robinson had used its app to plan or incite violence.

During this morning’s press conference, Utah Governor Spencer Cox spoke in detail about messages shown to investigators by Robinson’s roommate, which implied the messages were sent by the suspect.

However, Jud Hoffman, vice president of trust and safety at Discord, said in a statement: “These were communications between the suspect’s roommate and a friend after the shooting, where the roommate was recounting the contents of a note the suspect had left elsewhere.”

Hoffman said Discord has taken down the account of the suspected shooter and will keep working with law enforcement.

“We are deeply saddened by this tragedy and extend our condolences to the Kirk family and everyone affected. In the course of our investigation, we identified a Discord account associated with the suspect, but have found no evidence that the suspect planned this incident or promoted violence on Discord,” the spokesperson also said. “The messages referenced in recent reporting about planning details do not appear to be Discord messages.”

The last person to talk to conservative activist Charlie Kirk before he was shot dead by a sniper on a Utah university campus has broken his silence by posting a video to social media giving his version of events and expressing his shock.

“I don’t know how to make this video, it’s been a rough 24 hours,” Hunter Kozak, 29, a mathematics student at Utah Valley University, says in the video first posted to Instagram.

Charlie Kirk’s friends and coworkers livestreamed his podcast today to honor his legacy and share messages from the conservative activist’s supporters.

Turning Point’s spokesman Andrew Kolvet and chief operating officer Tyler Bowyer also appeared on Friday’s show, along with conservative podcaster Jack Posobiec.

Their voices were breaking, and some cried as they described how he was texting with some of them moments before he was shot.

“What it was about was, what are the good arguments in favor of marriage, the Christian version of marriage,” said Blake Neff, a former writer for Tucker Carlson who traveled with Kirk.

Kirk espoused a view of marriage in which a husband is the head of a household while a wife is focused on raising children and supporting her man, as long as the man follows Scripture.

On X/Twitter, horror author King had responded to a post by Fox News host Jesse Watters that claimed that Kirk was not “controversial” or “polarizing.”

“This is not good for us, it is not good for us to consume,” he said. “I would encourage people to log off. Turn off. Touch grass. Hug a family member. Go out and do good in your community.”

Cox’s delivery immediately received praise from Democrats, as Eric Garcia reports from Washington, D.C.

Two people detained and later released following the killing of political activist Charlie Kirk faced a number of threats and scrutiny even after police said they were not suspects.

“They don’t deserve that harassment.”