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

Tyler Robinson’s mugshot

Other sources:

BBC

New York Times

CNN

  • LENINSGHOSTFACEKILLA [he/him]@hexbear.netM
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    How fucked are we? No more than usual. No matter this guy’s ideological beliefs, it will be “the radical left is destroying the country” as it has been for the last decade. They didn’t “need” this to fuck us any harder.

    • Nopeace [he/him, comrade/them]@hexbear.net
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      I’m glad to see someone else saying this too. I’ve said this to at least half a dozen friends or relatives, since this went down, who are just realising the true state of America rn and it blows my fucking mind that people who’ve listened to me rant about this shit FOR YEARS just didn’t realize what was happening around them… It’s just baffling.

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        The decline is becoming too noticeable to dismiss, so this event while not unusual makes normal americans “tune in” for the first time.