After the suspected shooter has been detained, the FBI held a press conference to report on the case and announce the next steps going forward. Spoiler: we, as leftists, are fucked.
Key points:
- The shooter is Tyler Robinson of Utah.
- His friend reported him to the FBI.
- Tyler’s Discord messages have been used as evidence, as provided by his roommate.
Robinson has been reported to be getting increasingly political, and during dinner one day, he spoke about how Kirk was “full of hate”.UPDATE 4: Tyler did not say that.- The casings do not contain any trans references. But they do have anti-fascist rhetoric (bella ciao and “notices bulges OwO” included) and symbols engraved in them.
- Tyler was taken into custody on September 11th, 10 PM local time.
- The investigation is still ongoing.
- One guy cried while speaking.
- Thousands of more leads of potential accomplices are being followed.
- No other arrests are known
- Tyler drove to campus on a car.
- It’s not known if Tyler is mentally ill.
- The charging documents will be filed 3 days from now (September 16), then a preliminary hearing will take place.
(Added by LangleyDominos)
- Patel awkwardly trying to signal the Norse viking larp shit. “Charlie, I’ll see you in Valhalla”
- Utah Governor Cox told everyone to log off and stop consuming rage bait, called social media a cancer, and that everyone should “touch grass” (his actual words).
UPDATES
UPDATE 1: Tyler apparently donated to TRUMP??? WHAT- UPDATE 2: ignore update 1
- UPDATE 3: new link to donations check (POTENTIALLY MISLEADING!!!)
Tyler Robinson’s mugshot
Other sources:
I dunno dude, Charlie Kirk seems pretty dead to me. I would think it self-evident that nobody attempts an assassination without accepting that the rest of their life as they know it is over either way. Whether shot dead fleeing the scene, caught and imprisoned, caught and executed, or living in hiding from the planet’s most powerful surveillance apparatus, there was never a plausible end to the story where he goes back to paying taxes and posting.
eh, that’s also true. i guess the absurdity of this entire situation is what’s making people talk about it. kirk got his neck popped open by a bullet with “notices bulge OwO what’s this” engraved on it while debating a dude about trans gun violence, wearing a “freedom” t shirt and sitting under a banner that said “prove me wrong”. it is all just so fucking insane and stupid and kind of horrifying. it’s like a car wreck you can’t look away from.